ELMS back in action from Imola this weekend for the Racing Spirit of Leman AMR crew

Sunday, June 29, 2025

For the first time since the 24 hours of Le Mans back in early June, ACO rules racing gets back down to normal business this weekend as the European Le Mans Series travels to Imola for its third round of the season.

With many teams and drivers having figured within the Le Mans racing programme, we get to see the return of the #59 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3 of Clement Mateu, Erwan Bastard and Valentin Hasse-Clot for the first time together since the previous ELMS round togther at Le Castellet (France) at the beginning of May where their first pole position within class sadly dropped to a P6 finish in class by the end of that four hour race.

That results lifted the crew up to eleventh within the LMGT3 Drivers Championship table and with both Mateu and Hasse-Clot getting valuable seat time within other series, the crew will certainly be looking for an improvement upon their race pace to date.

No Le Mans Cup Series support this time around (as they will return at the Spa Francorchamps round later in August) but track action will begin with Free Practice 1 on Friday before Free Practice 2 and Qualifying on Saturday before the start to this four-hour race later on Sunday at 12:00hrs local.

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