Race Highlights | 4 Hours of Le Castellet 2025 | ELMS

Catch up with the highlights of a thrilling Round 2 of the 2025 European Le Mans Series held at Circuit Paul Ricard, the 4 Hours of Le Castellet.

The European Le Mans Series (ELMS) is a motorsport endurance series inspired by 24 Hours of Le Mans. ELMS offers its competitors a full season of car racing on some of the best tracks in Europe and is split into four different categories: LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3, and LMGT3. The 2025 season runs between April – October and consists of six races, starting in Barcelona and finishing in Portimão. The series is a natural training ground for drivers wanting to tackle the FIA World Endurance Championship with many aiming to become future world champions.

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We’re about to go racing for the second time in the season for the European Lemon Series. But there are a huge amount of unknowns here because of the rain which has started to pour again. And remember that the lead car number 43 driven by Kubish Mihovski is just about one of the only LMP2s on treaded wet weather tires. Everybody else is going to be tippy towing their way through. Already a spin for the 22 United Autoports car joined by another that spun two and now the difficulty is trying to get back into the race as safely as you can with all the LMP3s and the GTs pouring their way through. Meanwhile, Duncan Cameron takes the leading GT and that’s not a big surprise cuz he’s on wet weather tires as well. Gra standing water a couple of places we had noticed a little earlier but you’re right, two cars went around. We’ll soon say which they were. I think it’s the Edex Sport car. I think that might well be the 28 car that’s gone around as well. Bang on. 2822. Both descending rapidly on the timing screen. That’s Paul the Fog in Edex Sport and it’s Manuel Maldonardo’s United Autoport 22 car. Meanwhile, fast starting to crat is in amongst the LMP2 Pros in his number 12 Dukane. There is a fair amount of spray now on the back straight. If this rain stays for much longer, I don’t think they’re going to be able to avoid coming in for wet weather tires. Seeing LMP3 cars going by P2 cars on the straight here. There’s been so much to talk about. I don’t think we mentioned during this particular broadcast that we’ve got the chicanees back for the first time in 8 years. They were last run in 2017. So now an extra overtaking opportunity and a significant reduce in pace. That’s the spin from France Brodo and absolutely nailed by the number eight car. Janetta also picking up a little bit of debris there as everybody scatters to try and avoid. So it would be the fourth lap for it. Let’s again see that’s the Edex Sport car I think was hit by the United Autoports car. RLR car in trouble behind it. Then we got to the top of the picture, the number 18 car running very wide as now here comes Kaiser. He’s side by side with to the outside line of Bandor Corner. Galaban is next and that’s a righthander. So if Kaiser can stay there and there’s contact though and he kept it amazingly just about in the right direction and with it gets the race lead. [Music] now has to be on wet because of the performance of the car. They’re fueling the car. [Music] They can’t change. Was it on wet? They look like yellow sidewalls. Not the same color codings in the European Lemon series as it’s wet. It is. It’s It’s That’s blue. Trouble for the 37 and that’s in the wall. So 37 car in the hands of Alex Blein. We’re now going to be on board with the 37. Looped it. Lost it. Lost the rear and into the barrier on the right side. Oh, it was quite a crunch. Yeah, maybe this is this is a slight change. They just maybe they’re looking gang billing on it drying up and this is maybe just slightly difference in the nose between starting the wet and maybe it’s going to go dry or Oh, get your hand away from there sunshine. Yeah, I think that that was uh there was m miscommunication there. Dunka Cameron had to stay in. Yes, but we have the change in the Mike Wayright car. So, the GR racing car has finally happened. Oh dear. So straight back in it will go. And that is one tire they’re not going to be be able to use again. And that car is going into the garage. So it’s damage to either bodywork or the hub of that car as a result of the wheel departing. That is utter disaster for the length proton. Oh, trouble for the 28. And that’s in the wall heavily for Edex Sport. That’s a job for [Music] new deployed. Will absolutely ruin the race for Neiel racing. There was another car 34 34 LMP2 car. That’s the green-nosed car from into Europole competition. This is the the wheel being lost from the number nine car there. car then runs across [Music] the the high deck surface and there is the wheel doesn’t cross the track does it I think it does you know so the 10 car will have to stop shortly the 47 car with Enzo Fitipaldi at the wheel how many drivers have they managed to get through so far only the two. So 47 surely going to be back down pit road next time around as well and that will be to put Manuel Espirto Santo in the car. In fact they come now. One quick message by the way I’m hearing on output we are talking over Eduardo Freight. We’re not hearing those messages at all. So apologies we wouldn’t do that normally. So apologies if that’s spoiling part your viewing and listening pleasure but we’re not having those uh messages through our ears. [Music] This is the Mateo Kaii number nine car which lost a wheel and tire. Certainly uh in the realms of a podium position for them. Could Nielson be on the podium in both classes? They’ve had a cracking run today. Made some good strategic calls when the weather got its worst. In comes the 29 car from the lead LMP2 ProAm also in the 27 Neielson racing car which briefly takes the class lead just in in terms of the way the pit stops happen. Interopol competitions 43 is on pit lane as is Louis Delatra. It’s a battle on pit lane now for the glory the honor the podium positions in LMP2 proam. Looking to see just exactly where Marino Sto cycles back to here. The lead change has happened in LMP3. We were building that one up, but Adrian Clomanil has got ahead of Canon Antonell. In comes the leader while you’re looking for that. Matia Sher with 70 seconds advantage over Philippe Albuquerque who does need to stop once more. And this could be any Dick Sport stop to take the overall win. Round come the chasing pack. Philip Albberk just a little way ahead. No, it is. He’s at the lead of this group in fact. So it is Neielson Racing’s Philippam headed still by Matias Bes. He’s a feisty fell is Matias. LMP3 traffic this time up the inside from Louis Delat. He takes the place neatly done. Cleanly done. Still has some traffic to deal with. I think knowing how stubborn Bes can be, that was the time to do it now around the outside of the 31 LMP3. I think he’s got that done. And Bes has now got his mirrors full of the air car of Matia Vazavier. This pair have got a lot of history. Will be disappointed he couldn’t get his way through there. And now he’s under attack from Lu Delatraz. Can he go up the inside? He’s got a good line out. I think this might be it. I think Delat Treza’s got him. Far better drive off the corner. And to be fair to Marinos Sto, he’s given him plenty of racing room. He wants to use the toe to maybe repay the favor into Bose, but the speed is just not there. And that’s tire life. I think I agree with you. This is the race lead. And the LMP2 leader behind does not look under immediate pressure. But it is going to be about uh this battle and that might be enough with the LMP2 car getting involved. Where did Leelu Wadu lose that half second? Well, Fabilla will know. That’s where we apply the pressure. Yeah. At the moment though, she’s still taking to the natural racing line. The race leader is into the final sector. in fact rounding Bose corner now, but we’re quite rightly concentrating on the lead scrap within LMGT3. We’ll keep you updated on that through the final sectors. But in this the 70 70th race in the European Leavon series since it was rebranded in 2013 on a famous Star Wars day. May the fourth be with Edex Sport who take another victory in the LMP2 category and this time it is an overall win. a first ever overall win by a female driver of the European Lemon Series and it looks like they’re going to get depending on as home comes CLX motorsport for another win. So two wins in the LMS, two wins in the Michelin Cup in two races of this current iteration. Could Lu Wadu make it two female class winners in the same race in the European Lemon Series? Boy oh boy are things changing. Here they come. There’s another car involved in this battle. Fab Shill will not give this one up lightly. So, she’s having to maybe react to when that LMP2 car pulls off the corner. In the end, I don’t think it affected things too much. There’s going to be one more chance at this at Fabian Chilla round the outside just as we saw Ricardo Perah try it, but they know he’s not in the right position. So, what’s the the draft light of the final corner? It’s going to be a drag race between the mid-enine Ferrari, the front engine Mercedes, but Lilyu Wadu will make it another female runner on a podium. One on the overall for Edex Sport, one in a class victory for LM GT3. There’s Jamie Chadwick with a big smile on her face. She clenches a fist and it’s Lillu Wadu as part of the 50 lineup joined by Custodia Toledo who drove spectacularly well in his opening couple of stints. Ricardo Agustinini. I can’t remember mentioning him too much. He’s the gold and theoretically the quickest, but it was all about who started and finished that number 50 car. They come home with victory. TDS Racing complete the LMP2 Pro and podium uh behind Neielson Racing 24 and the AO by TF99 Spike the Dragon car. Uh so they complete that and there are there’s the overall classification. 107 laps completed eventually less than 2 seconds the gap between the 18 edexport the 27 Neielson racing our winner in LMP2 Pro and after that uh mixed bag of ProAm and Pro Cars down through the order that gifted out to us by those change of conditions and all sorts of shenanigans. It’s a win for CLX Motorsports in LMP3. Uh the number 17 car ahead of the M racing le 123 with your international uh finishing third and that fantastic finish in LMGT3. Rishard me af course is 50 car ahead of the iron links AMG number 63 and the 86 from GR Racing. Uh down towards the bottom and there’s a number of bad news stories for a number of crews. It was eventually 37 finishes from the 44 starters with a variety of the instance, some of which you saw, some of which you did not. Uh, the late retirement of the Corvette, the last of the not classified cars there.