4 women at start of race with the 4 clinching P1
ELMS Barcelona round saw Jamie Chadwick’s first race ending with a P1 in LMP2 class and the Iron Dames winning LMGT3 class. But above all, we saw a stunning “remontada” from Mathieux Vaxivière who move from fourth to winning the 4 Hours of Barcelona in the two last laps.
Jamie Chadwick wins LMP2
For her first race with a LMP2 in ELMS, Jamie Chadwick ends with a LMP2 class win together with Mathys Jaubert and Daniel Juncadella driving the #18 IDEC Oreca backed by Genesis Magma Racing. Chadwick becomes the first female driver to stand on the top step of the ELMS LMP2 podium.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. 3 class winners: #18 IDEC Oreca backed by Genesis Magma Racing (LMP2), #17 CLX Motorsport (LMP3) and Iron Dames (LMGT3)
Iron Dames in LMGT3
Michelle Gatting, Sarah Bovy and Célia Martin kicked off the 2025 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) campaign with a hard-fought victory – the first of the Iron Dames X Porsche partnership – after stamping their authority on the four-hour contest with a commanding performance.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. LMGT3 #63 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3
AF Corse wins overal and Pro-Am
Stunning end of race by Matthieu Vaxiviere driving the #83 AF Corse Oreca who overtook three LMP2 cars on the two final laps. Together with François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera, they win overall trophies as well as the LMP2 Pro/Am category. With the victory, they start the season with high points in their LMP2 Pro/Am title defence.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. #85 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R
Second-place finish for the #18 IDEC Oreca driven by Mathys Jaubert, Jamie Chadwick and Daniel Juncadella.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. #18 IDEC Oreca driven by Mathys Jaubert, Jamie Chadwick and Daniel Juncadella
Milesi, Masson and Ollie Gray finished third overall in the #48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025.
#10 Vector Sport trio of Fittipaldi, Vlad Lomko and Ryan Cullen ends fourth.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. #10 Vector Sport.
CLX Pure Rxcing completed the overall top five with the #37 Oreca driven by Alex Malykin, Tristan Vautier and Tom Blomqvist.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona 2025. #37 CLX Pure Rxcing.
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📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona. Mercedes-AMG in LMGT3 and Ligier JS P325s in LMP3
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona. Reshad De Gérus and Giorgio Roda pace LMP2 quali.
📷 © Luc Warnotet at Barcelona. Iron Lynx among the best in FP1 at Barcelona
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Barcelona. 9 LMP3 drivers under 1:38" mark during prologue
