The 60-minute race was interrupted by three Safety Car periods, which then saw the remaining competitors take part in a one lap sprint to the chequered flag.

The LMP3 Pro/Am victory went to the no2 DKR Engineering Ginetta G61-LT-P325-EVO-Toyota, the first ever MLMC win for Ginetta, the fourth RTLM win for DKR, a new record for the event, and the second win at Le Mans for Thomas Laurent, the French driver having won the very first RTLM race back in 2016.Laurent stood on the top step of the podium with his Estonian teammate Antti Rammo at the end of the 60-minute race.

The GT3 battle was once again won by a Mercedes-AMG GT3, this time it was the no65 Team Motopark of Heiko Neumann and Lukas Dunner, with the no5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren and race 1 winners no14 Getspeed Mercedes-AMG completing the podium.

The second Road To Le Mans race got underway with several incidents at the first corner that saw the no8 Team Virage being spun around by the charging no29 Forestier Racing by VPS and coming to a halt across the track.This resulted in several cars going off track in avoidance.In a separate incident at Dunlop the no21AF Corse Ferrari was hit by the no23 Biogas Motorsport Ferrari, resulting in both cars being stranded on the track and bringing out the Safety Car.

After 15-minutes the Safety Car was withdrawn and racing resumed with the no29 Forestier Racing by VPS of Louis Rousset leading the race from the no50 23Events Racing of Lena Buhler and the no68 M Racing of Quentin Antonel. The LMP3 Pro/Am field was led by the no2 DKR Engineering Ginetta of Antti Rammo from the no84 ANS Motorsport Ligier of Julien Lemoine.

The GT3 field was led by Heiko Neumann in the no65 Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG, with the no52 AF Corse Ferrari and the no14 Getspeed Mercedes-AMG in second and third.

At the front Lena Buhler was putting the pressure on Louis Rousset and as the pitstop window approached the stewards gave the no29 Ligier a drive through penalty for causing a collision with the no8 Team Virage Ligier.

After the pitstops Matteo Quintarelli was leading the race from Theo Jensen in the no37 CLX Motorsport Ligier.

The second Safety Car was deployed when the no33 Kessel Racing Ferrari was pushed wide and hit the tyre wall at Mulsanne and the no11 Code Racing Development Aston Martin went off at speed into the barriers at Indianapolis. Both drivers were OK, but the field had to circulate behind the Safety Car until the two cars and debris were cleared.

Racing resumed with 11 minutes on the clock but another Safety Car was deployed almost immediately when the no37 CLX Motorsport ran wide at the final corner and the back of the car spun round, with the car stranded on the inside on the start finish straight. There was another incident involving the no27 P4 Racing Ligier and the no28 Bretton Racing at T3, with both cars damaged.

The race went green again with three minutes left, which meant the race was now a one lap sprint to the chequered flag.

The no2 DKR Engineering Ginetta of Thomas Laurent was still leading the LMP3 Pro/Am with Felipe Fernandez-Laser in the championship leading no71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier keeping the French driver under pressure.

But Laurent was able to keep the German driver at bay and he took the chequered flag to record his second RTLM victory, the first MLMC win for Ginetta, the fourth RTLM victory for DKR Engineering and, with Antti Rammo standing on the top step of the podium with him, the first MLMC win for an Estonian driver.

Second place for the no71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier gave Stefan Aust and Felipe Fernandez-Laser another 15 points as the first MLMC car across the line (the no2 Ginetta was a guest entry), extending their championship lead even further. The final LMP3 Pro/Am podium went to the no88 R-ace GP Duqueine of Romane Ricci and Fabien Lavergne.

The final lap of the GT3 race saw the no14 Getspeed Mercedes-AMG leading but Steve Janis was coming under pressure from Lukas Dunner in the no65 Mercedes-AMG, with the German taking the lead at the Forest Esses. Janis then lost another place when the no5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren of Bradley Ellis swept past the Mercedes-AMG in the first chicane. This then saw the three cars running nose to tail until the chequered flag, with less than 1.7 seconds covering the three cars as they crossed the finish line.

While this was going on further down the field, the battle for the overall lead was just as intense.

Matteo Quintarelli was being challenged by the no85 R-ace GP Duqueine of Hugo Schwarze. The two cars ran side by side out of Indianapolis and Arnage and it looked like Schwarze was going to get the upperhand but Quintarelli held his nerve and entered the Porsche Curves still leading the race. The Italian then made his car as wide as possible through Ford and crossed the line to take the chequered flag 0.5 seconds ahead of his rival.

Oscar Tunjo brought the no70 Gebhardt Motorsport Duqueine home to claim the final overall podium position another 1.9 second behind the battling duo.

Round 4 of the 2025 Michelin Le Mans Cup will take place in Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday 23 August.