BMW M4 GT3 EVO also in gold, silver and bronze
The Le Castellet race was a complete success for the BMW M Motorsport teams beyond the overall victory. Paradine Competition had double reason to celebrate. In the Silver Cup, the victory went to the #992 BMW M4 GT3 EVO while sister car #991 finished second in the Bronze Cup. In the Gold Cup, the #777 BMW M4 GT3 EVO from AlManar Racing by Team WRT celebrated a third-place finish. #111 CSA Racing save the honor of McLaren 720S GT3 EVO picking Gold Cup and Kessel Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 won Bronze Cup with #74 and P3 with sister #8.
Gold cup in top 10 overall
Arthur Rougier, Simon Gachet and James Kell with #111 CSA Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO picked up the Gold Cup class win with sixth overall while both promising Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO hit trouble across the course of the race and did not make checkered flag.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #111 CSA Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.
Thierry Vermeulen, Chris Lulham and Harry King with #33 Verstappen dot com Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo picked up ninth and 2nd Gold Cup, while Jens Klingmann, Ben Tuck, Al Faisal Al Zubair in #777 Al Manar Racing by Team WRT completed the overall top ten and the podium in Gold Cup.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #33 Verstappen dot com Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo (left); #777 Al Manar Racing by Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO (right).
Silver cup
Silver Cup honors went to the #992 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 EVO of James Kellett, Pedro Ebrahim and Charles Clark,
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #992 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 EVO.
#24 Steller Motorsport Corvette was able to secure a superb runner-up finish on its series debut, with the #26 Saintéloc Racing Audi claiming third.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #24 Steller Motorsport Corvette (left); #26 Saintéloc Racing Audi (right)
Bronze cup
Dustin Blattner, Conrad Laursen and Dennis Marschall driving #74 Kessel Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 won Bronze Cup.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #74 Kessel Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3
They edged Daniel Harper, Sean Gelael, Darren Leung in the #991 Paradine Competition BMW by just 2.7 seconds, while the sister #8 Kessel Racing Ferrari driven by Nicoló Rosi, Niccoló Schiro', David Fumanelli was third.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Circuit Paul Ricard 2025. #991 Paradine Competition BMW (left); #8 Kessel Racing Ferrari (right).
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