WEC title battles go down to the wire as newest champions to be crowned at Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain at BIC

WEC title battles go down to the wire as newest champions to be crowned at Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain at BIC

Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, is set for an action-packed 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain, with all still to play for between this season’s title contenders in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

The endurance racing spectacle is less than a month away, and race fans are eagerly awaiting to see the Spirit of Le Mans come alive in the WEC’s grand finale, when its newest world champions are crowned under BIC’s bright lights this 7 and 8 November in Sakhir.

Four of the WEC’s coveted 2025 titles are to be decided in the Kingdom. With 66 points available for manufacturers and teams and 39 for drivers, the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain will certainly make for a thrilling spectacle that promises plenty of tight, wheel-to-wheel battles in both the WEC’s Hypercar and LMGT3 classes.

In the series’ top-tier category, both the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship and the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Drivers’ Championship are up for the taking.

Ferrari currently top the manufacturers’ standings with 204 points, as Porsche and Cadillac follow with 165 points and 143 points, respectively – with both needing extraordinary results in Bahrain to wrest away the crown from the leaders.

In the Hypercar drivers’ championship battle, Ferrari AF Corse’s #51 crew of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi, and James Calado are leaders on 115 points, but they are just 13 ahead of the AF Corse’s trio of Philip Hanson, Robert Kubica, and Yifei Ye in their #83 Hypercar. Porsche Penske Motorsport’s #6 crew of Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor – two of last season’s Hypercar drivers’ title winners – are still in the fight with 84 points, while Cadillac Hertz Team Jota’s # 12 team of Alex Lynn, Norman, Nato, and Will Stevens have a slim chance to take the crown but are mathematically in the hunt.

Meanwhile, also to be won in Bahrain are the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Teams and FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers.

Both the LMGT3 teams’ and drivers’ standings are currently led by Manthey 1st Phorm’s #92 crew of Riccardo Pera, Richard Lietz, and Ryan Hardwick with 105 points as they chase back-to-back title doubles. Vista AF Corse’s #21 triumvirate of Alessio Rovera, Francois Heriau, and Simon Mann follow on 94 points, while TF Sport’s #81 trio of Charlie Eastwood, Rui Andrade, and Tom Van Rompuy are third with 81 points.

The Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain will be the 14th WEC race in Sakhir. It will also be the seventh time it is being held in its current eight-hour format, which is unique on the WEC calendar as the only race of this duration.