Team Porsche: Recapping the 2025 Race Season and What’s Next in 2026

The Core Programs and Classes in 2025

1) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Team: Porsche Penske Motorsport
Car/Class: Porsche 963 / GTP (top prototype class)

IMSA remained Porsche’s most dominant theatre in 2025. Porsche Penske Motorsport returned with two full-season Porsche 963 entries:

• No. 6: Matt Campbell / Mathieu Jaminet
• No. 7: Felipe Nasr / Nick Tandy
  (With additional factory drivers joining for the endurance rounds.)

By season’s end, Porsche Penske Motorsport delivered a massive results stack: multiple wins and double-digit podium finishes, and most importantly, a clean sweep of the major season championships for the second year in a row.

2) FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)

Team: Porsche Penske Motorsport (Hypercar) + Manthey (LMGT3)
Cars/Classes: Porsche 963 / Hypercar; Porsche 911 GT3 R / LMGT3

In WEC, Porsche’s 2025 story had two parallel arcs:

• Hypercar: A year defined by flashes of pace, key podiums, and one major late-season breakthrough win—plus the reality of razor-thin margins at the top.
• LMGT3: Manthey’s Porsche 911 GT3 R effort continued to be a benchmark, including trophy-level results that reinforced Porsche’s strength in customer-based GT3 rulesets.

3) ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

Team: Porsche Formula E Team
Car/Class: Porsche 99X Electric / Formula E

Porsche’s electric program also delivered, closing 2025 with major title success that underscored the brand’s “two-lane” approach: prototypes and GT cars on one side, electrification and energy strategy on the other.

IMSA 2025: Porsche Penske’s Title Defense in GTP

The calendar and circuits that shaped the season

IMSA’s 2025 schedule again demanded versatility: street circuits, classic road courses, and endurance races where strategy can undo raw speed. Porsche’s season touched nearly every “major” test in the series, including:

• Daytona International Speedway (24 Hours of Daytona)
• Sebring International Raceway (12 Hours of Sebring)
• Long Beach (street circuit intensity)
• Watkins Glen (high-speed balance and tire life)
• Road America (power and traffic management)
• Road Atlanta (Petit Le Mans season finale)

The drivers and the big moments

The defining early-season statement was Daytona. Porsche’s No. 7 (Nasr / Tandy / Vanthoor) won the 24 Hours of Daytona, a flagship endurance victory that instantly set the tone for the year: Porsche wasn’t just consistent—it could win the biggest races.

Across the season, the title fight stayed tight enough that Porsche leaned on what it does best: minimize bad days, maximize points, and keep both cars in the championship conversation. That approach paid off late, when the team locked down the decisive results at the final rounds and sealed another championship sweep.

Podiums, trophies, and the “numbers that matter”

Porsche’s 2025 IMSA campaign ended with:

• A Drivers’ Championship for the No. 6 pairing (Campbell/Jaminet)
• The Teams’ Championship
• The Manufacturers’ Championship
• Plus endurance-specific silverware tied to the season’s longer-distance rounds

Even more telling than any single win was the cumulative output: regular top finishes, low-error execution, and two cars that could trade the “hero day” role depending on track profile.

WEC 2025: Podiums, a breakthrough win, and GT3 strength

Hypercar (Porsche 963): a global fight at the razor’s edge

WEC’s 2025 calendar tested Porsche across contrasting circuits and conditions, including:

• Lusail (Qatar)
• Imola
• Spa-Francorchamps
• Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)
• São Paulo
• Circuit of the Americas (Austin)
• Fuji Speedway
• Bahrain (Sakhir)

Porsche’s season included a critical late-year highlight: a race win at the Lone Star Le Mans round at Circuit of the Americas, which served as both a morale reset and proof that Porsche’s Hypercar package could still beat the best when strategy and execution aligned.

Another key datapoint was Fuji, where Porsche finished on the podium and kept its title hopes alive into the finale. Fuji mattered because it showcased Porsche’s ability to score under pressure against a field packed with factory programs and complex performance-balancing variables.

At Le Mans, Porsche’s headline result in the top class was a hard-fought run that ended near the front, underlining that the 963 remained a genuine contender on the sport’s biggest stage even when the overall win slipped away.

LMGT3: Manthey’s Porsche 911 GT3 R as a trophy platform

In GT3-based WEC racing, Porsche’s story leaned heavily on Manthey. The Porsche 911 GT3 R program continued to deliver the type of results that matter in endurance racing: steady points, clean execution, and trophy-level outcomes. That stability is central to Porsche’s broader motorsport strategy because GT3 rulesets are designed for customer racing—and Manthey represents Porsche’s gold standard for running GT efforts at the highest level.

2025 by the numbers: why it was a “Porsche-style” season

If you had to summarize 2025 in one sentence, it would be: Porsche turned consistency into silverware in IMSA, stayed dangerous in WEC Hypercar, and reinforced GT3 as a global strength.

That combination matters because Porsche’s motorsport identity has always been built on endurance credibility: the ability to win “big races,” yes—but also the ability to be in contention all year.

2026 Plans: what changes, what stays, and where Porsche is aiming next

1) Factory focus shifts: Hypercar emphasis moves toward IMSA

For 2026, Porsche’s highest-profile strategic change is the way it allocates factory effort between championships. The direction signaled for 2026 places greater focus on IMSA at the prototype level, while Porsche maintains a major presence in WEC through GT3 and customer-aligned structures.

2) New IMSA driver lineups for Porsche Penske Motorsport

Porsche has already outlined a significant IMSA lineup reshuffle for 2026:

• No. 6: Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor
• No. 7: Felipe Nasr and Julien Andlauer

This is a classic Porsche move: inject fresh pairing dynamics without losing the core strength of factory driver depth.

3) WEC LMGT3 remains a headline Porsche priority

Manthey will continue with two Porsche 911 GT3 R entries in WEC for 2026, and the program’s driver lineups blend continuity with new additions—an approach designed to protect the championship-winning foundation while raising the ceiling with new talent.

4) A broader customer-racing push with an updated 911 GT3 R

Porsche’s 2026 plan leans heavily into customer GT racing with a comprehensively updated 911 GT3 R positioned for major series and marquee endurance events. That’s important because GT3 is where Porsche can scale—more cars, more teams, more championships—while still using factory-level support to keep the platform at the front.

Closing: What 2025 says about Porsche’s motorsport identity

Porsche’s 2025 season wasn’t built on one storyline—it was built on a portfolio. IMSA provided the biggest championship sweep. WEC provided global credibility, podiums, and a signature win. GT3 confirmed its role as a reliable trophy channel. And 2026 plans show Porsche doing what it has always done best: adjust the chessboard without abandoning the foundations—endurance, execution, and engineering depth.

If you want, I can tailor a second version that focuses only on IMSA GTP, only on WEC (Hypercar + LMGT3), or only on Porsche’s driver roster moves heading into 2026.