Drivers, rookies, crews… The 2025 WEC grid in figures

New faces, new cars and new stories: there is plenty to look forward to in the 2025 FIA World Championship season.Endurance ! This year again, the WEC should offer a superb show with eighteen cars entered in each of the two classes, Hypercar and LMGT3. A figure slightly down on 2024, where there were nineteen Hypercars with the presence of Lamborghini and Isotta Fraschini. The main attraction this year will of course be the arrival ofAston Martin in the premier category with its majestic Valkyrie. The Gaydon firm is betting on youth and novelty since among the six drivers of the British manufacturer, only Harry Tincknell has at least one start in Hypercar!

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Toyota relies on experienced and proven crews, true references in Hypercar. With its 86 starts and 26 victories in the premier class since the creation of the WEC in 2012, Sébastien Buemi is the figurehead of this discipline in its golden age, attracting increasingly younger drivers from diverse backgrounds. The championship's youngest drivers, Lin Hodenius in LMGT3 and Nico Pino in Hypercar, are 18 and 20 years old respectively, a symbol of a grid that is getting younger and more diverse. In fact, in 2025, there will be nine of them discovering the Hypercar category, including a certain Kevin Magnussen, BMW's flagship recruit. The actors are there, the scene is set: let's get to the show!

Number of LM P1 / Hypercar entered in WEC

Average age of pilots

Hypercar : 31,94 years
LMGT3 : 34,67 years

Youngest / Oldest Drivers*

Hypercar
The youngest : Nico Pino = 20 years, 5 months and 7 days
The oldest : Sébastien Bourdais = 46 years and 0 days
LMGT3
The youngest : Lin Hodenius = 18 years, 6 months and 27 days
The oldest : Claudio Schiavoni = 64 years, 3 months and 14 days
(*) On the day of the 1812 km of Qatar on February 28

Nico Pino © Javier Jimenez / DPPI

Younger/Older Crews

Hypercar
The youngest : Alpine n°35 (Habsburg – Chatin – Milesi) = 27,67 years
Le older : Cadillac n°38 (Bourdais-Button-Bamber) = 41,67 years
LMGT3
Le younger : Lexus Akkodis-ASP n°78 (Barnicoat – Robin – Gehrsitz) = 29,33 years
The oldest : Ferrari AF Corse n°54 (Flohr – Castellacci – Rigon) = 45 years

Sébastien Buemi, the WEC reference

Most experienced driver in LM P1 / Hypercar : 86 departures
Most successful driver in LM P1 / Hypercar : 26 wins

Sébastien Buemi © Frédéric Le Floc'h / DPPI

Toyota – Aston Martin, at the antipodes

Most experienced crew in Hypercar
Toyota No. 8 (Buemi – Hirakawa – Hartley): 177 starts, 55 victories
Least experienced crew in Hypercar
Aston Martin n°009 (Sørensen – De Angelis – Riberas): 0 start, 0 victory

Most represented nationalities

Hypercar : France, 11 pilots
(Andlauer, Jaminet, Estre, Nato, Chatin, Milesi, Gounon, Makowiecki, Duval, Vergne, Bourdais)
LMGT3 : Italy, 11 pilots
(Schiavoni, Cressoni, Drudi, Rossi, Castellacci, Levorato, Pera, Rovera, Rigon, Cairoli, Gattuso)

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