IDEC Reignites ELMS Title Fight with 4H Silverstone Win

Daniel Juncadella, Mathys Jaubert and Jamie Chadwick took a second European Le Mans Series victory of the season in the 4 Hours of Silverstone to reignite the LMP2 title fight with one race to go.

Their Genesis Magma Racing ‘trajectory program’ No. 18 IDEC Sport Oreca 07-Gibson was vaulted to the head of the pack in the third hour, when the complexion of the race was transformed by worsening rain.

Despite increasing pressure from Tom Dillmann’s Inter Europol Competition Oreca in the final hour, as the Frenchman whittled a gap north of 15 seconds down to almost nothing at one stage, Juncadella was never truly threatened at the head of the field.

Juncadella, Jaubert and Chadwick’s second outright victory and third LMP2 triumph in 2025 was confirmed, by a margin of 5.941 seconds, when the red flags were flown with eight minutes on the clock due to poor visibility.

With championship leaders Oliver Gray, Esteban Masson and Charles Milesi (VDS Panis Racing) labouring to eighth of the LMP2 entries, after dominant early leader Gray was penalised for running a red light at the pit exit, IDEC has trimmed its advantage heading to Portimao’s title-deciding round to just six points.

For much of his stint, Jaubert had been locked in battle with sister car of Job van Uitert towards the tail end of the top 10, but the crew’s hopes came alive during the rush to take on wet tires.

The main outlier in this regard was Inter Europol’s Nick Yelloly, who after taking over from Kuba Smiechowski had pulled a 28 second advantage over the Nielsen Racing Oreca of Cem Bolukbasi.

But when rain fell heavier, Yelloly delayed pitting and spun on his in lap at Becketts. The delay incurred as he recovered combined with an earlier stop for wets for Jaubert, who moments earlier had watched Matteo Cairoli’s Iron Lynx-Proton Oreca spin ahead of him on the kerb at Aintree, handed Juncadella a lead he would never lose.

Nielsen had to pit Bolukbasi out of sync with a little over an hour remaining, to ensure Ferdinand Habsburg could complete his drive time. The Alpine Hypercar driver’s final stop with 20 minutes to go dropped the car started by Filipe Albuquerque from third to an eventual sixth.

The podium was therefore completed by the Vector Sport Oreca of Ryan Cullen, Vlad Lomko and Pietro Fittipaldi, who narrowly clung on to third by 0.649 seconds after a five-second penalty was applied for a pitstop infringement.

An excellent day for IDEC Sport was completed by van Uitert, Paul Lafargue and Paul-Loup Chatin finishing fourth ahead of Algarve Pro Racing trio Mathias Kaiser, Lorenzo Fluxa and Theo Pourchaire, a spin for the Frenchman ultimately proving costly.

Another penalty applied after the checkered flag decided a topsy-turvy LMP2 Pro-Am contest in favour of Algarve Pro Racing’s championship leaders Kriton Lentoudis, Ollie Caldwell and Alex Quinn.

Four different crews had a shot at winning the class in the final hour, as Clement Novalak’s TDS Racing Oreca held the advantage after the change to wets from Louis Deletraz (AO by TF) and Quinn. The last-named came alive and scythed through to the lead, before Novalak was served a drive-through penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.

But Deletraz wasn’t finished and returned the favour on Quinn with a move down the inside at Brooklands that appeared to have decided the race.

Before the red flag, Quinn was under pressure for second from Mathieu Vaxiviere (AF Corse), and lost the place before taking it back again when the Frenchman found the gravel at Luffield.

However, the order changed again with a five second post-race time penalty for a driving standards infringement that ultimately cost Deletraz, Dane Cameron and PJ Hyett the win. The trio was demoted to second in the classification, a frustrating 0.141 seconds shy of victory, and will need to overcome a nine-point deficit in Portimao to claim the title.

Vaxiviere, Francois Perrodo and Alessio Rovera were credited with third, just 0.805 seconds behind the winners, despite being served with a drive-through for Perrodo’s part in a heavy crash for Giorgio Roda that resulted in red flags being flown.

Ferrari wins in LMGT3, CLX claim LMP3 crown

Riccardo Pera, Tom Fleming and Mike Wainwright looked to have taken a superb victory in the LMGT3 class in their GR Racing Ferrari 296 GT3, but were undone by the timing of the red flag.

Pera made a decisive move on Lilou Wadoux shortly before the race was stopped with a brave pass into the Maggotts left-hander, the Italian zeroing in as conditions worsened after a Full Course Yellow was required to clear tire debris.

But when the red flags were declared, the race was counted back one lap and Wadoux reinstated to victory in the No. 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari she shared with Custodio Toledo and Riccardo Agostini.

Wadoux had taken the lead after GR Racing waited a lap longer to bring in Fleming for Pera and take on wets. The call proved decisive in securing a second win of the season for the AF crew that also prevailed in mixed conditions at Paul Ricard and now holds the championship lead.

TF Sport’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, driven by Hiroshi Koizumi, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood, completed the podium in third.

Takeshi Kimura, Ben Tuck and Daniel Serra’s Kessel Racing Ferrari finished fourth after Tuck forced a mistake from Matteo Cressoni’s Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Meanwhile, CLX Motorsport drivers Paul Lanchere, Adrien Closmenil and Theodor Jensen secured the LMP3 crown with a race to spare.

The No. 17 Ligier JS P325-Toyota crew’s fourth victory of the season was clinched in dominant fashion after a straightforward race, beating the M Racing Ligier of Stephane Tribaudini and Quentin Antonel by over a minute.

Jean-Baptiste Lahaye, Matthieu Lahaye and Louis Stern completed a Ligier podium sweep in their Ultimate example.

Results: 4 Hours of Silverstone