2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) is a sports car race, set to be held at Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025. It will be the third round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race will be held

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024.^[1] It is the eleventh year the event will be held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the sixteenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series, respectively. The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach will be the third of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA.^[1] The race will be held at the 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025.^[1]

Standings before the race

Preceding the event, Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor lead the GTP Drivers' Championship with 760 points, with Matt Campbell, Kévin Estre, and Mathieu Jaminet in second, 91 points behind. Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, and Scott Dixon are third, 173 points behind the leaders.^[2] The GTD Drivers' Championship is led by Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis, and Russell Ward with 690 points, 41 points ahead of Tom Gamble, Zacharie Robichon, and Casper Stevenson. Adem Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Tom Sargent sit in third place, 57 points behind the leading trio.^[2] The Teams' Championships are led by Porsche Penske Motorsport in GTP and Winward Racing in GTD, with Porsche and Mercedes-AMG leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships.^[2]

Entry list

The entry list was published on April 2, 2025, and features 27 entries: 11 in GTP, and 17 in GTD.^[3]

No.	Entrant	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2
GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries)
6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Matt Campbell	Mathieu Jaminet
7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Felipe Nasr	Nick Tandy
10	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Filipe Albuquerque	Ricky Taylor
23	Aston Martin THOR Team	Aston Martin Valkyrie	Roman De Angelis	Ross Gunn
24	BMW M Team RLL	BMW M Hybrid V8	Philipp Eng	Dries Vanthoor
25	BMW M Team RLL	BMW M Hybrid V8	Sheldon van der Linde	Marco Wittmann
31	Cadillac Whelen	Cadillac V-Series.R	Jack Aitken	Earl Bamber
40	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Louis Delétraz	Jordan Taylor
60	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Acura ARX-06	Tom Blomqvist	Colin Braun
85	JDC–Miller MotorSports	Porsche 963	Gianmaria Bruni	Tijmen van der Helm
93	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Acura ARX-06	Nick Yelloly	Renger van der Zande
GTD (GT Daytona) (16 entries)
021	Triarsi Competizione	Ferrari 296 GT3	Stevan McAleer	Sheena Monk
12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth	Parker Thompson
13	AWA	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Matt Bell	Orey Fidani
27	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Tom Gamble	Casper Stevenson
32	Korthoff Competition Motors	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Kenton Koch	Seth Lucas
34	Conquest Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Manny Franco	Daniel Serra
36	DXDT Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Tommy Milner	Robert Wickens
45	Wayne Taylor Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Danny Formal	Trent Hindman
57	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Philip Ellis	Russell Ward
66	Gradient Racing	Ford Mustang GT3	Jenson Altzman	Robert Megennis
70	Inception Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Brendan Iribe	Frederik Schandorff
78	Forte Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Mario Farnbacher	Misha Goikhberg
89	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Frankie Montecalvo	Aaron Telitz
96	Turner Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	Robby Foley	Patrick Gallagher
120	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Adam Adelson	Elliott Skeer
177	AO Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Jonny Edgar	Laurens Vanthoor
Source:^[4]^[5]