Le Mans Classic 2025 gets under way this Thursday, 3rd July, when the paddocks open to welcome over 800 classic racing cars and 1200 drivers plus their support crews to La Sarthe. As well as 6 regular grids covering the years 1923 – 1981, this year there are 3 support races featuring Group C from 1982 – 93, endurance prototypes from the 90’s and 2000’s and a special race featuring the Porsche marque from 1965 – 81.

Following on from the excitement of the contemporary 24 hours a couple of weeks ago, this years Classic is sure to be as successful as ever under to tutelage of Peter Auto. The 2023 edition of the bi-ennial event set the benchmark as the World’s largest gathering of classic cars with over 235,000 visitors over the 4 days.