| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 8 of 8 in the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
 | |
| Date | 8 November 2025 |
| Location | Sakhir |
| Venue | Bahrain International Circuit |
| Duration | 8 Hours |
| Weather | Dry. Air temperature: 24.1–30.0 °C (75.4–86.0 °F). Track temperature: 25.0–38.2 °C (77.0–100.8 °F) |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 237 |
| Distance (km) | 1,282.64 |
| Distance (miles) | 797.03 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:46.826 |
| Team |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers | Kamui Kobayashi |
| Winners | |
| Team | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers |  Mike ConwayKamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Akkodis ASP Team |
| Drivers |  José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu |
The2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the2025Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain[1]) was anendurancesportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourteenth running of theevent, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.
36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.[2] In Hypercar,Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche whileMatt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche.[3]Ross Gunn andRoman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively.[4]Théo Pourchaire replacesStoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.[4]
| Date | Time (local:AST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 6 November | 12:15 | Free Practice 1 |
| 17:00 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Friday, 7 November | 12:00 | Free Practice 3 |
| 16:00 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 16:20 | Hyperpole - LMGT3 | |
| 16:40 | Qualifying - Hypercar | |
| 17:00 | Hyperpole - Hypercar | |
| Saturday, 8 November | 14:00 | Race |
| Source:[5] | ||
Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday lasted 60 minutes.[5]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 009 |  Aston Martin THOR Team |  Marco Sørensen | 1:49.697 |
| LMGT3 | 77 |  Proton Competition | Ben Barker | 2:02.681 |
| Source:[6][7] | ||||
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team | Marco Sørensen | 1:49.042 |
| LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team | Finn Gehrsitz | 2:02.613 |
| Source:[8][9] | ||||
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 |  Ferrari AF Corse | Antonio Fuoco | 1:49.725 |
| LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx |  Martin Berry | 2:03.158 |
| Source:[10][11] | ||||
Qualifying started at 16:00AST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.[5]Kamui Kobayashi claimed pole position in the No. 7 Toyota with a time of 1:46.826, ahead of the sister No. 8 Toyota, giving the Japanese marque its first pole position of the season.[12]
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:47.500 | 1:46.826 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:47.836 | 1:46.977 | 2 |
| 3 | Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:48.072 | 1:47.166 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1:47.643 | 1:47.208 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 12 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota | 1:47.881 | 1:47.543 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team | 1:47.421 | 1:47.624 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:47.949 | 1:47.726 | 7 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:48.137 | 1:47.870 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 007 | Aston Martin THOR Team | 1:47.290 | 1:48.036 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT | 1:47.872 | 1:48.136 | 10 |
| 11 | Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:48.176 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 83 | AF Corse | 1:48.186 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team | 1:48.217 | 13 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 38 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota | 1:48.392 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team | 1:48.470 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT | 1:48.716 | 16 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 99 | Proton Competition | 1:48.914 | 17 | |
| 18 | Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:49.157 | 18 | |
| 19 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team | 2:03.021 | 2:01.661 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 60 | Iron Lynx | 2:03.654 | 2:01.987 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx | 2:02.991 | 2:02.017 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team | 2:03.371 | 2:02.219 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 31 |  The Bend Team WRT | 2:03.493 | 2:02.427 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | 2:03.361 | 2:02.624 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition | 2:03.173 | 2:02.717 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 21 | Vista AF Corse | 2:03.536 | 2:02.763 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 46 | Team WRT | 2:03.534 | 2:03.067 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 59 | United Autosports | 2:03.626 | 2:03.531 | 31 |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport | 2:03.675 | 28 | |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 95 | United Autosports | 2:03.710 | 29 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition | 2:03.938 | 30 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport | 2:04.230 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman | 2:04.322 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse | 2:04.462 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 92 | Manthey 1st Phorm | 2:04.520 | 35 | |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames | 2:04.992 | 36 | |
| Source:[13][14] | ||||||
The race started at 14:00AST on Saturday, running for 8 hours.[5]
Class winners are inbold and ‡.
| FIA World Endurance Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: 6 Hours of Fuji | 2025 season | Next race: None |
