2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a sports car race, held at Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025. It was the third round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It is the eleventh year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the sixteenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series, respectively. The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. The race was held at the Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025.

Standings before the race Preceding the event, Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 760 points, with Matt Campbell, Kévin Estre, and Mathieu Jaminet in second, 91 points behind. Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, and Scott Dixon were third, 173 points behind the leaders. The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis, and Russell Ward with 690 points, 41 points ahead of Tom Gamble, Zacharie Robichon, and Casper Stevenson. Adem Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Tom Sargent sat in third place, 57 points behind the leading trio. The Teams' Championships were led by Porsche Penske Motorsport in GTP and Winward Racing in GTD, with Porsche and Mercedes-AMG leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships.

Entry list The entry list was published on April 2, 2025, and featured 27 entries: 11 in GTP, and 16 in GTD. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries) 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Earl Bamber 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande GTD (GT Daytona) (16 entries) 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Tom Gamble Casper Stevenson 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kenton Koch Seth Lucas 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Manny Franco Daniel Serra 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Tommy Milner Robert Wickens 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Danny Formal Trent Hindman 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg 89 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer 177 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Jonny Edgar Laurens VanthoorSource:

Qualifying Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . Class Entry Driver Time 1 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor 1:11.539 — 1 2 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde 1:11.789 +0.250 2 3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy 1:11.989 +0.450 3 4 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet 1:12.268 +0.729 4 5 GTP 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly 1:12.414 +0.875 5 6 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:12.446 +0.907 6 7 GTP 31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken 1:12.512 +0.973 7 8 GTP 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.964 +1.425 8 9 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Tijmen van der Helm 1:13.001 +1.462 9 10 GTP 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz 1:13.015 +1.476 10 11 GTP 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Ross Gunn 1:13.392 +1.853 11 12 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Parker Thompson 1:17.877 +6.338 12 13 GTD 177 AO Racing Jonny Edgar 1:17.937 +6.398 13 14 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Tom Gamble 1:17.939 +6.400 14 15 GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco 1:18.168 +6.629 15 16 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher 1:18.275 +6.736 16 17 GTD 89 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo 1:18.372 +6.833 17 18 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:18.378 +6.839 18 19 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Robert Wickens 1:18.411 +6.872 19 20 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson 1:18.592 +7.053 20 21 GTD 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Seth Lucas 1:19.062 +7.523 21 22 GTD 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1:19.387 +7.848 22 23 GTD 78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg 1:19.432 +7.893 23 24 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe 1:19.432 +7.893 24 25 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman 1:19.933 +8.394 25 26 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Sheena Monk 1:20.446 +8.907 26 27 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal No time set 27 Sources:

Race

Post-race With a total of 1140 points, Nasr and Tandy's victory allowed them to extend their advantage in the GTP Drivers' Championship over Campbell and Jaminet. The final results of GTD kept Ellis and Ward atop the Drivers' Championship with 994 points. Hawksworth and Thompson advanced from sixth to second. Porsche Penske Motorsport and Winward Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships. Porsche continued to top the GTP Manufacturers' Championships while they took the lead of the GTD Manufacturers' Championship with 8 rounds remaining in the season.

Race results Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Time/Retired Engine 1 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy Porsche 963 75 1:40:36.022 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 2 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 963 75 +3.058 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 3 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 75 +12.903 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 4 GTP 31 Cadillac Whelen Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Cadillac V-Series.R 75 +17.454 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 75 +17.975 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 6 GTP 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R 75 +38.319 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 7 GTP 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R 75 +41.328 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 8 GTP 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Aston Martin Valkyrie 75 +53.942 Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 9 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Acura ARX-06 75 +55.541 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 10 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm Porsche 963 75 +56.861 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 11 GTP 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande Acura ARX-06 74 +1 Lap Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 12 GTD 177 AO Racing Jonny Edgar Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 71 +4 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 13 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson Lexus RC F GT3 71 +4 Laps Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 14 GTD 89 Vasser Sullivan Racing Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz Lexus RC F GT3 71 +4 Laps Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 15 GTD 57 Winward Racing Philip Ellis Russell Ward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 71 +4 Laps Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 16 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher BMW M4 GT3 Evo 71 +4 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 17 GTD 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Kenton Koch Seth Lucas Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 71 +4 Laps Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8 18 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 71 +4 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 19 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff Ferrari 296 GT3 71 +4 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 20 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Tom Gamble Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 71 +4 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis Ford Mustang GT3 71 +4 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 22 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal Trent Hindman Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 71 +4 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 23 GTD 78 Forte Racing Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 71 +4 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 24 GTD 13 AWA Matt Bell Orey Fidani Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 71 +4 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 25 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk Ferrari 296 GT3 71 +4 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 26 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Tommy Milner Robert Wickens Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 70 +5 Laps Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 27DNF GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 15 Accident damage Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 Source:

Standings after the race

+GTP Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 1140 2 Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell 1017 3 4 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 875 4 2 Jack Aitken Earl Bamber 850 5 2 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 832Source:

+LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Felipe Fraga Gar Robinson Josh Burdon 645 2 Dan Goldburg Paul di Resta Rasmus Lindh 643 3 Bijoy Garg Tom Dillmann 602 4 Steven Thomas Hunter McElrea Mikkel Jensen 591 5 Benjamin Pedersen Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales 576Source:

+GTD Pro Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch 653 2 Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich Alessio Picariello 636 3 Connor De Phillippi Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 628 4 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 617 5 Antonio García Daniel Juncadella Alexander Sims 614Source:

+GTD Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Philip Ellis Russell Ward 994 2 4 Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson 903 3 1 Tom Gamble Casper Stevenson899 4 1 Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer 895 5 1 Frankie Montecalvo 875Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

+GTP Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1140 2 #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1017 3 4 #24 BMW M Team RLL 875 4 2 #31 Cadillac Whelen 850 5 2 #60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 832Source:

+LMP2 Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #74 Riley 645 2 #22 United Autosports USA 643 3 #43Inter Europol Competition 602 4 #11 TDS Racing 591 5 #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 576Source:

+GTD Pro Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports 653 2 #77 AO Racing 636 3 #1 Paul Miller Racing 628 4 #64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports 617 5 #3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports 614Source:

+GTD Teams' Championship standings +/– Team Points 1 #57 Winward Racing 994 2 4 #12 Vasser Sullivan Racing 903 3 1 #27 Heart of Racing Team 899 4 1 #120 Wright Motorsports 895 5 #96 Turner Motorsport 835Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

+GTP Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Porsche 1142 2 1 BMW 1005 3 1 Acura 994 4 Cadillac 964 5 1 Aston Martin 592Source:

+GTD Pro Manufacturers' Championship standings +/– Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 689 2 BMW 682 3 Porsche 658 4 Chevrolet 638 5 Ferrari 618Source: