93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans: LMGT3 Victory for Manthey 1st Phorm

The LMGT3 Winners: The #92 Driver Trio

The LMGT3-winning lineup for Manthey 1st Phorm featured three drivers:

• Ryan Hardwick (USA)
• Richard Lietz (Austria)
• Riccardo Pera (Italy)

Together, they steered the #92 Porsche to the class victory, finishing 33 seconds ahead of the next-closest LMGT3 rival by the end of 24 hours—close enough to reflect the intensity of the fight, but far enough to show Manthey’s control when it mattered most.

For Richard Lietz, the win carried added historical weight. Le Mans’ official reporting emphasized that this result marked his sixth GT-class victory at Le Mans, all achieved with Porsche—an extraordinary record in modern endurance racing.

That combination—an experienced Porsche factory ace, a capable endurance competitor, and a sharp GT specialist—gave Manthey a lineup well suited to LMGT3’s unique challenge: it’s not about one driver being heroic for a single stint, it’s about three drivers being consistently good for dozens of stints.

Who Is Manthey Racing?

Manthey Racing isn’t just another team that shows up at Le Mans. It is one of Porsche’s most important endurance racing partners and a pillar of Porsche’s GT program legacy. Manthey’s own history notes that it ran Porsche’s FIA WEC GT “works” entries in the former GTE era (2013–2022), and then moved into the new LMGT3 era beginning in 2024 with the Porsche 911 GT3 R.

That matters because LMGT3 is a customer-racing category at its core: teams run race cars built for private entrants, but compete at a world championship level. Manthey operates right at the point where “customer racing” becomes indistinguishable from factory precision—especially in strategy, pit execution, and vehicle preparation.

Porsche’s own race report on the event framed the 2025 LMGT3 win as another example of Manthey’s ability to deliver at Le Mans, highlighting that the team had also won LMGT3 at Le Mans in the previous year—reinforcing a sense of sustained dominance rather than a one-off result.

The Team’s Cars: Porsche 911 GT3 R and a Multi-Car Effort

Manthey’s Le Mans LMGT3 story in the 93rd edition wasn’t limited to a single entry. The team brought multiple Porsche 911 GT3 R cars to the fight, reflecting how serious the operation is about competing across the class rather than relying on one “headline” chassis.

The Winning Car: #92 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R

The #92 was the spearhead—and it delivered. Porsche’s reporting specifies the car, the team identity, and the driver trio (Hardwick/Lietz/Pera) as the winners.
Manthey’s own release echoes the same: #92 took the LMGT3 win, validating both the car’s pace and the team’s endurance execution.

The Sister Entry: #90 Porsche 911 GT3 R

Manthey also fielded a sister car, the #90, which finished sixth in LMGT3. Manthey’s race recap lists the #90 lineup as Au, Bachler, and Hartog, and notes the sixth-place result as part of the team’s overall Le Mans performance.

That matters in endurance racing because it shows organizational depth. One fast car can happen; multiple cars performing across 24 hours usually means strong engineering processes, solid pit discipline, and the ability to solve problems under pressure.

The Iron Dames Entry: Another Manthey-Run 911 GT3 R

Manthey’s Le Mans recap also references the Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R, listing Bovy, Frey, and Martin and noting a race impacted by a repair stop, ultimately finishing 16th.

Even in a tougher result, that entry illustrates Manthey’s broader presence in LMGT3: multiple programs, multiple driver lineups, and the ability to support different partnerships under the same technical umbrella.

What Won Le Mans in LMGT3: The “Manthey Formula”

So how does a team actually win LMGT3 at Le Mans?

LMGT3 is often decided by:

• clean running in traffic (especially at night)
• pit stop quality (time gained or lost repeatedly)
• tire and stint management
• avoiding penalties
• staying calm when the race flips (safety cars, weather shifts, incidents)

The #92 win, described by Porsche as a controlled class victory with a defined margin at the end, reflects the kind of race you win through steady, repeatable performance.

And for Lietz, it also reflected a career-long mastery of Porsche GT racing at Le Mans, something Le Mans’ own reporting called out directly in the context of his record-setting success.

Why This Win Matters Beyond One Trophy

LMGT3 is the future-facing GT category of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Winning it at Le Mans is about more than a class victory—it’s about proving that your organization can operate at factory standards in a customer-racing framework.

Manthey’s 93rd Le Mans LMGT3 win reinforces three realities:

1. The Porsche 911 GT3 R remains a front-line GT3 weapon at endurance’s biggest venue.
2. Manthey Racing is the benchmark team in LMGT3 execution, capable of delivering results across multiple cars.
3. Driver pairing and stability still matter, and the Hardwick–Lietz–Pera trio delivered the kind of complete, low-error performance Le Mans demands.

When the dust settled at the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans, Manthey didn’t just win LMGT3—they reinforced their status as the team that understands how to turn a Porsche GT car into a 24-hour-winning machine.