2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain^[1]) will be an endurance sportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It will be the fourteenth running of the event, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.

2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	8 November 2025
Location	Sakhir
Venue	Bahrain International Circuit
Duration	8 Hours
Results
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:46.826
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Kamui Kobayashi

Entry list

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 while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche.^[3] Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively.^[4] Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.^[4]

Schedule

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]

Practice

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]

Practice 1

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]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

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]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3

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]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 16:00 AST 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]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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]