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24 Hours Moto Le Mans 2025

James Edmonds May 10, 2025
Words by Christopher Hubert. Photos by Fabrice Huet.
The 2025 Le Mans 24 Hour Moto was once again held on the Le Mans Bugatti circuit, this year with lots of le pleut.
It was in changing and more difficult weather conditions since the race start on Saturday at 3 pm, that the YART YAMAHA won after a fall of the KAWASAKI WEBIKE TRICKSTAR #11, at the exit of the corner in the last race hour. However, the race was off to a bad start for the Austrian team after a crash at the end of the first lap.

The difficult rainy weather conditions kept the suspense until the last moment in this 48th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto with more than 154 falls throughout the race

The start was given by the French actor and director, Mathieu Kassovitz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was entering the last hour of race that the Kawasaki #11, with the rain starting to fall again, fell out of the contention.. Then, in the lead of the race for long hours and with a lead of two laps, Roman Ramos Alvaro was forced to bring his bike in to the pits for repair, thus handing the victory to YART YAMAHA and its three drivers Karel Hanika, Marvin Fritz and Jason O’Halloran. This would mark the Fifth victory for Yamaha at Le Mans, and second victory for the YART team after the 2009 edition.

Gregory LeBlanc did not become the new record holder at Le Mans today and remains tied with Alex Viera, who has won five times.

The third step of the podium was completed by the ERC ENDURANCE #6 team with the BMW M1000 RR driven by Illya Mykhalchyk, Kenny Foray and David Checa.

In the Super Stock category, it was the French team NATIONAL MOTOS HONDA FMA #55 who won, ahead of the Honda DAFY RAC41 #41 and the Yamaha YZF-R1 of the 3ART BEST OF BIKE driven by Sarthian rider Alexy Negrier. Ths marked the first participation and first podium for the young prodigy!

For the production category, TEAM SUPERMOTO RACING and its #222 Yamaha won, ranking 31st overall. The Kawasaki ARTEC #199 finished 40th and last in this ranking.

The third step of the podium was completed by the ERC ENDURANCE #6 team with the BMW M1000 RR
The fastest lap in race was  1’36″084 by Gregg Black on his Suzuki GSXR1000R of the YOSHIMURA SERT MOTUL, who was not spared by the incidents during the race. Forty bikes crossed the finish line, with thirteen abandoned. The BMW M 1000 RR #713 of the HUNGARIAN ENDURANCE RACING TEAM BY MOTO-JUNGLE was not rated, with insufficient distance covered.

A few numbers about the race

Between great performances and tricky weather conditions, the 48th edition of the 24 Heures Motos delivered its share of notable statistics. Laps completed, top speed, crashes, retirements: a look back in figures at a memorable edition.
3 272.6
YART-Yamaha’s #7 Yamaha, winner of this 48th edition, completed 782 laps of the Bugatti circuit in 24 hours. This represents a total of 3,272.6 kilometers. Last year, Yoshimura SERT Motul’s #12 Suzuki accumulated 3,585.6 kilometers. This represents a 313-kilometer reduction, which can be explained by the weather conditions, as the race pace is logically slower when it rains or the track is wet.
296.4
This is the best top speed recorded in this 48th edition. It was achieved by the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team #37 BMW M1000RR on its 583rd lap of the race.
5
Yamaha now has five victories in the 24 Heures Motos. The previous wins were in 1991, 2005, 2009, and 2017. Suzuki still leads the ranking of the most successful brands with 15 wins. Kawasaki and Honda have 14 victories.
1’36’’084
It was the fastest lap of the race. It was set by Gregg Black, riding the #1 Yoshimura SERT Motul Suzuki. He achieved this feat on the 658th lap of the race. This machine crossed the finish line in sixth position after a strong comeback, having been in 25th place, 32 laps behind the leader, in the ninth hour of the race.
1 hour, 1 minute and 31 seconds
This is the total time spent in the pits for the #65 Yamaha of Motobox Kremer Racing, the leader in this field, after 24 hours of racing. In contrast, the #7 Yamaha, the winning machine, was stopped for 1 hour, 52 minutes and 48 seconds in its pits. It should be added that the machine that made the fewest refueling stops (18) was the #35 Yamaha of TMC35-PMO. This Breton team ranked 21st overall and 10th in the Superstock category.
39
This is the number of machines that reached the finish line classified. Out of 53 entries, this represents 74% of classified. Note that the #713 BMW of Hungarian Endurance Racing Team by Moto-Jungle was not classified, as it only covered 477 laps compared to the 782 of the winners.
The number of retirements is 14 (compared to 19 last year).
17 Yamaha at the start, 15 at the finish
11 Hondas at the start, 6 at the finish
10 Kawasaki at the start, 9 at the finish
6 BMWs at the start, 3 at the finish, 1 unclassified
5 Suzuki at the start, 5 at the finish
2 Aprilias at the start, 1 at the finish
1 Ducati at the start, 0 at the finish
1 Metis at the start, 0 at the finish
16
This is the number of lead changes in the overall standings. The Kawasaki Webike Trickstar #11 Kawasaki led 541 laps, compared to 164 for the winning Yamaha #7 and 48 for the BMW #37. The FCC TSR Honda France #5 Honda led 24 laps, compared to five for the Yoshimura SERT Motul #1 Suzuki.
154
Here is the number of falls recorded by InfosCourse during the event.
7
With the victory of the Yamaha #7, Bridgestone has won its seventh victory at the 24 Heures Motos.
4,185 kilometers or 2,6 miles, the length of the circuit
Source: 24motos.com
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