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An exciting season awaits: Previewing Porsche motorsport activities in 2025
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With a new season comes new challenges and the chance for more victories.
After a stellar 2024 season, with eight titles across three series, Porsche is gunning to defend those titles and win even more in 2025.
The Porsche 963 claimed seven of a possible eight titles in WEC and IMSA last year, and with that success behind it, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team will kick off its 2025 season with the iconic 24 Hours of Daytona in January.
The Formula E season is already underway, with Pascal Wehrlein mounting his title defence, while the Esports and DTM teams continue their preparations.
With plenty of exciting races to come, we look ahead to the thrills expected in 2025.
IMSA
After taking a clean sweep of titles in the 2024 season, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team will be back for more thrilling action in 2025.
Last year, the team took a 1-2 in the GTP drivers’ and teams’ championships, and only one race in nine did not feature a podium finish for the 963 prototype.
The reigning champions will be hoping to continue their streak of success when they return for another nine-round calendar in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
There has been a tweak to the driver line-ups for 2025, with Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell sharing the #6 car, while reigning champion Felipe Nasr will team up with Nick Tandy in the sister #7 car.
Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor will support the crews at the Endurance Cup races at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Road Atlanta.
Porsche will be gunning for its 20th overall 24 Hours of Daytona victory at the opening round in Florida, having also won the 2024 edition of one of the world’s most famous endurance races.
Full IMSA 2025 calendar:
| Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolex 24 at Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 25–26 |
| 2 | Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 15 |
| 3 | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach | Long Beach Street Circuit | Long Beach, California | April 12 |
| 4 | Motul Course de Monterey | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | May 11 |
| 5 | Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic | Streets of Detroit | Detroit, Michigan | May 31 |
| 6 | Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | June 22 |
| 7 | IMSA Sportscar Weekend | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 3 |
| 8 | Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, Indiana | September 21 |
| 9 | Motul Petit Le Mans | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 11 |
WEC
Porsche also enters the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship as reigning champions, having claimed the drivers’ title at the final round in Bahrain in November.
Finishing second in the manufacturers’ championship, with Manthey Racing winning the LMGT3 title, Porsche is back and fighting for even more success in 2025.
The eight-round calendar is unchanged from last year, with the opening round taking place in Qatar at the end of February.
The championship then heads to Europe to race at Imola and Spa before the headline event: The 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Porsche will fight for its 20th overall victory.
Next, the series heads to the Americas, with races in Brazil and the US, before rounding off the season in Japan and Bahrain.
Two drivers will regularly pilot each car in the FIA World Endurance Championship, with Julien Andlauer joining Michael Christensen in the #5 Porsche 963.
Andlauer drove for the Proton Competition team in 2024, and has gained extensive experience with Porsche since being named Porsche Junior in 2018.
The #6 sister car will be helmed predominantly by Laurens Vanthoor and Kévin Estre.
A third driver will be called on for each car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the season's highlight races, with the #5 cockpit earmarked for Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell driving the #6 car.
Full WEC 2025 calendar:
| Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prologue | - | Losail International Circuit | Losail, Qatar | February 21-22 |
| 1 | Qatar 1812 km | Losail International Circuit | Losail, Qatar | February 28 |
| 2 | 6 Hours of Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | Imola, Italy | April 20 |
| 3 | 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | May 10 |
| 4 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | June 14-15 |
| 5 | 6 Hours of São Paulo | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | São Paulo, Brazil | July 13 |
| 6 | Lone Star Le Mans | Circuit of the Americas | Austin, Texas | September 7 |
| 7 | 6 Hours of Fuji | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Japan | September 28 |
| 8 | 8 Hours of Bahrain | Bahrain International Circuit | Sakhir, Bahrain | November 8 |
Formula E
The 2024-25 Formula E season is already underway, as the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team hopes to defend its first ever drivers’ title.
A landmark season from Pascal Wehrlein saw the German take the team’s maiden drivers’ title as he was crowned after a dramatic final round in London, beating Jaguar team-mates Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy to the title.
He took three wins and a further two podiums on his path to victory in the Porsche 99X Electric, including winning the season opener in Mexico.
Team-mate António Félix da Costa took four wins in a hugely successful season which helped the team finish second in both the teams’ and manufacturers’ championship.
At the season opener in São Paulo, da Costa secured a strong second-place finish after finishing just three-tenths shy of race winner Mitch Evans.
Lining up fifth in the #13 Porsche 99X Electric (GEN3 Evo), Da Costa was able to navigate a incident-filled event which saw two red-flag periods, the second of which was for the extraction from his car of team-mate Pascal Wehrlein.
The reigning champion’s race was ended after contact with the Jaguar TCS Racing car of Nick Cassidy following the first race restart.
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Full Formula E 2025 calendar:
| Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo E-Prix | Sambadrome (Street Circuit) | São Paulo, Brazil | December 7 |
| 2 | Mexico City E-Prix | Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez | Mexico City, Mexico | January 11 |
| 3 | Jeddah E-Prix | New Track (Street Circuit) | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | February 14 |
| 4 | Jeddah E-Prix | New Track (Street Circuit) | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | February 15 |
| 5 | Miami E-Prix | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Miami, USA | April 12 |
| 6 | Monaco E-Prix | Circuit de Monaco | Monaco, Monaco | May 3 |
| 7 | Monaco E-Prix | Circuit de Monaco | Monaco, Monaco | May 4 |
| 8 | Tokyo E-Prix | Street Circuit | Tokyo, Japan | May 17 |
| 9 | Tokyo E-Prix | Street Circuit | Tokyo, Japan | May 18 |
| 10 | Shanghai E-Prix | Shanghai International Circuit | Shanghai, China | May 31 |
| 11 | Shanghai E-Prix | Shanghai International Circuit | Shanghai, China | June 1 |
| 12 | Jakarta E-Prix | Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit | Jakarta, Indonesia | June 21 |
| 13 | Berlin E-Prix | Tempelhof Airport (Street Circuit) | Berlin, Germany | July 12 |
| 14 | Berlin E-Prix | Tempelhof Airport (Street Circuit) | Berlin, Germany | July 13 |
| 15 | London E-Prix | ExCel London (Street Circuit) | London, UK | July 26 |
| 16 | London E-Prix | ExCel London (Street Circuit) | London, UK | July 27 |
Esports
The first Esports competition of 2025 kicks off on February 1, with the return of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup.
The seven-round series will see some of the world’s best sim racers battle it out to become champion. The top 15 drivers from the Contender Series will go up against the 15 leaders from the 2024 championship, who automatically qualify.
They will be joined by wildcard nominations from national Porsche Esports championships. The grid line-up is capped at 35 participants.
Former PESC champion Jordan Caruso joins the works driver line-up for 2025 alongside Joshua Rogers, Dayne Warren and Charlie Collins.
Rogers claimed victory in the Contender Series in 2024, guaranteeing his return to the main championship by winning four of the 12 races.
ESL R1 also returns in February, with the first events taking place from February 3 to 10. The drivers’ championship will be held from 20 to 22 February as part of the Rennsport Summit in the Motorworld Munich.
The teams’ championship will commence in April, with 12 online rounds, before the finale takes place in Riyadh at the Esports World Cup.
Full PESC 2025 calendar:
| Round | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daytona Road Course | February 1 |
| 2 | Autodromo Internazionale de Mugello - Grand Prix | February 8 |
| 3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | February 15 |
| 4 | Sachsenring | March 8 |
| 5 | Thruxton | March 29 |
| 6 | Fuji International Speedway - Grand Prix | April 5 |
| 7 | Circuit de 24 Heures du Mans | April 12 |
DTM
The 2025 DTM season begins in April, with the season kicking off at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt.
Its eight-round calendar continues through the summer, culminating in the season-finale at the Hockenheimring from October 4-5.
Manthey Racing is working towards continuing its involvement in the DTM, having fielded two entries last year with drivers Thomas Preining and Ayhancan Güven.
The pair put in some impressive performances in a hotly contested season, with Preining’s win from pole at the Lausitzring being a highlight of the campaign which saw him finish fifth overall.
Allied Racing, which has enjoyed success in Porsche’s one-make cups, among others, aims to establish itself in the German racing series.
The Bavarian outfit fields two Porsche 911 GT3 R with former Porsche Junior Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller.
The Swiss driver joins the expanded Porsche Motorsport driver squad as a new member.
Full DTM 2025 calendar:
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | April 26-27 |
| 2 | Lausitzring | Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany | May 24-25 |
| 3 | Circuit Zandvoort | Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands | June 7-8 |
| 4 | Norisring | Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | July 5-6 |
| 5 | Nürburgring | Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | August 9-10 |
| 6 | Sachsenring | Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen, Germany | August 23-24 |
| 7 | Red Bull Ring | Spielberg, Styria, Austria | September 13-14 |
| 8 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | October 4-5 |
