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2025 FIA World Endurance Championship

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Entries

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Hypercar

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Entrant Car Engine Hybrid Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
United States Aston Martin Heart of Racing Team[1] Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH Aston Martin-Cosworth RA 6.5 L V12 Hybrid 007 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
TBA TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport[2] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hybrid M 5 France Julien Andlauer[2] TBC
Denmark Michael Christensen[2]
France Mathieu Jaminet[2]
6 Australia Matt Campbell[2] TBC
France Kévin Estre[2]
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[2]
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing[3] Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[3] TBC
Netherlands Nyck de Vries[3]
United Kingdom Mike Conway[3]
8 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[3] TBC
New Zealand Brendon Hartley[3]
Japan Ryō Hirakawa[3]
United States Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA[4] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hybrid 12 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
38 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Italy Ferrari - AF Corse[5] Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 50 Italy Antonio Fuoco[5] TBC
Spain Miguel Molina[5]
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[5]
51 United Kingdom James Calado[5] TBC
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi[5]
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[5]
Italy AF Corse[6] 83 United Kingdom Phil Hanson[6] TBC
TBA
TBA

LMGT3

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Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Italy Iron Dames with Manthey Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 G 85 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Heart of Racing Team[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 G TBA United Kingdom Ian James[8] TBC
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Notes:

  • LMGT3 category will change the race number and colour code from orange to green, first time since 2022 in LM GTE-Pro.[9]

British Rail Class 68

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Named locomotives

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The names given to Class 68 locomotives are as follows:[10]

Loco Number Loco Name Operator Notes
68001 Evolution Direct Rail Services
68002 Intrepid Direct Rail Services
68003 Astute Direct Rail Services
68004 Rapid Direct Rail Services
68005 Defiant Direct Rail Services
68006 Pride Of The North[11] Direct Rail Services
68007 Valiant Direct Rail Services
68008 Avenger Direct Rail Services
68009 Titan Direct Rail Services
68010 Oxford Flyer Chiltern Railways Named on 12/12/2016
68011 Chiltern Railways
68012 Chiltern Railways
68013 Chiltern Railways
68014 Chiltern Railways
68015 Chiltern Railways
68016 Fearless Direct Rail Services
68017 Hornet Direct Rail Services
68018 Vigilant Direct Rail Services
68019 Brutus TransPennine Express[12]
68020 Reliance TransPennine Express
68021 Tireless TransPennine Express
68022 Resolution TransPennine Express
68023 Achilles TransPennine Express
68024 Centaur TransPennine Express
68025 Superb TransPennine Express
68026 Enterprise TransPennine Express
68027 Splendid TransPennine Express
68028 Lord President TransPennine Express
68029 Courageous TransPennine Express
68030 Black Douglas TransPennine Express
68031 Felix TransPennine Express Named after the Huddersfield station cat
68032 Destroyer TransPennine Express
68033 The Poppy[13] Direct Rail Services
68034 Direct Rail Services

British Rail Class 255

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List

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Number Nameplate Date Named
43004 Caerphilly Castle Dec 2019
43005 St Michael's Mount Jan 2022
43009 Nunney Castle Aug 2022
43010 Lydford Castle Jul 2022
43016 Powderham Castle Jan 2022
43022 Nether Stowey Castle Jul 2022
43027 Acton Castle Sep 2022
43029 Caldicot Castle May 2022
43040 Berry Pomeroy Castle Jun 2022
43041 St Catherine's Castle Oct 2019
43042 Tregenna Castle Dec 2019
43088 Dartmouth Castle Aug 2022
43092 Cromwell's Castle Sep 2019
43093 Berkeley Castle Aug 2022
43094 St Mawes Castle Jan 2020
43097 Castle Drogo Jun 2020
43098 Walton Castle Feb 2020
43122 Dunster Castle Jan 2020
43153 Chûn Castle Oct 2019
43154 Compton Castle Jan 2020
43155 Rougemont Castle Mar 2020
43156 Maen Castle Jul 2022
43158 Kingswear Castle Jan 2020
43160 Castle-an-Dinas Apr 2022
43162 Caerhays Castle Jun 2022
43170 Chepstow Castle Nov 2019
43171 Raglan Castle May 2022
43172 Tiverton Castle Apr 2022
43186 Taunton Castle Dec 2019
43187 Cardiff Castle

Y Cymro The Welshman

Jan 2022
43188 Newport Castle

Y Cymro The Welshman / Geraint Thomas

Apr 2020
43189 Launceston Castle Oct 2019
43192 Trematon Castle Mar 2020
43194 Okehampton Castle Sep 2019
43198 Driver Brian Cooper 15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999

Driver Stan Martin 25 June 1960 - 6 November 2004

British Rail Class 390

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List

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Key: In service Scrapped
Number Name Notes
390001 Bee Together Formerly Virgin Pioneer.[14] Named on 20 July 2018 to mark launch of exhibition of over 100 sculptures of Manchester's worker bee emblem.[15]
390002 Stephen Sutton Formerly Red Revolution, then renamed Virgin Angel. Named after teenage cancer patient who raised over £5 million before his death in 2014.[16]
390003
(390103) 		Asquith Xavier[17] Formerly Virgin Hero.[14] Between 2014 and 2019 carried Royal British Legion World War I commemorative branding.[18]
390004
(390104) 		Alstom Pendolino Formerly Virgin Scot.[14] Between September 2010 and December 2018 wore a unique co-branded livery in partnership with Alstom and Virgin Trains.[19][20]
390005 City of Wolverhampton[21]
390006 Rethink Mental Illness Formerly Virgin Sun, then Tate Liverpool.[14] New name carried as a sticker.
390007
(390107) 		Formerly Virgin Lady, then Independence Day: Resurgence.[14] Carried temporarily applied vinyls on each vehicle to promote the film for several months commencing June 2016.

Was the first 11-car Pendolino to have Virgin's updated 'Flowing Silk' livery.

390009 Treaty of Union[21] Formerly Virgin Queen
390008 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Formerly Virgin King. Named at Glasgow Central on 19 March 2018 as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of famed architect and artist[22]
390010 Cumbrian Spirit[23] Formerly Commonwealth Games 2002, then renamed Chris Green, then renamed A Decade of Progress at Wolverhampton in May 2007 after a book written by John Balmforth.

Was the first 9-car Pendolino to have Virgin's updated 'Flowing Silk' livery. Cast The Cumbrian Spirit nameplates removed and name now carried by a sticker in the same style.

390011 City of Lichfield[21]
390012
(390112) 		Formerly Virgin Star[14]. Wore temporarily applied Christmas-themed vinyls on each driving car during December 2014 and branded 'Traindeer'[24]
390013 Blackpool Belle Formerly Virgin Spirit. Wore temporarily applied Christmas-themed vinyls on each driving car during December 2015 and branded 'Penguilino'.[25] Named ‘Blackpool Belle’ in 2018 to celebrate the launch of Pendolino services to Blackpool.[26]
390014
(390114) 		City of Manchester[21]
390015
(390115) 		Crewe All Change Formerly Virgin Crusader[21]
390016 Formerly Virgin Champion[14]
390017
(390117) 		Blue Peter Formerly Virgin Prince.[21] Current name unveiled in October 2018 to mark the 60th anniversary of the BBC children's TV programme of the same name.[27]
390018
(390118) 		Formerly Virgin Princess[21]
390019
(390119) 		Progress Formerly Virgin Warrior,[21] then renamed Unknown Soldier. Name unveiled on 11 November 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Carries vinyls on all 11 carriages for Avanti West Coast Pride
390020 Formerly Virgin Cavalier[14]
390021
(390121) 		Opportunity[28] Formerly Virgin Dream[21] Carries vinyls on all 11 carriages for Avanti West Coast climate livery for Cop26 in Glasgow to tackle Climate change.
390022
(390122) 		Penny the Pendolino[29] Formerly Virgin Hope
390023
(390123) 		Formerly Virgin Glory[14]
390024
(390124) 		Formerly Virgin Venturer[14]
390025
(390125) 		Formerly Virgin Stagecoach. First Pendolino to have Avanti's fully refurbished interior.[30]
390026
(390126) 		Formerly Virgin Enterprise[14]
390027
(390127) 		Formerly Virgin Buccaneer[14]
390028
(390128) 		City of Preston[14]
390029
(390129) 		City of Stoke-on-Trent[14] Wore temporarily applied vinyls on all nine coaches advertising Superman Returns during 2006 and temporarily applied vinyls on all nine coaches advertising Monkey: Journey to the West during 2007. Cab-end nameplates "Brett" installed in 2022.[31]
390030
(390130) 		City of Edinburgh[14]
390031
(390131) 		City of Liverpool[14]
390032
(390132) 		City of Birmingham[14]
390033 City of Glasgow Crashed at Grayrigg on 23 February 2007; formally written off on 30 November 2007.[32][33] The two undamaged vehicles were taken to the Virgin Trains staff training centre in Crewe.[34] One damaged, but substantially intact, vehicle was donated to Cranfield University's accident investigation laboratory,[35] and a further two such vehicles were used at the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh until they were scrapped in 2022.[36]
390034
(390134) 		City of Carlisle[14]
390035
(390135) 		City of Lancaster[14] Name missing on one side since repaint June 2019, name only carried on eastern side (when running in normal formation).
390036
(390136) 		City of Coventry[14]
390037
(390137) 		Formerly Virgin Difference[14]
390038
(390138) 		City of London[14]
390039 Lady Godiva Formerly Virgin Quest. Renamed Lady Godiva on 4 April 2019.[37][38] It also has the new Coventry flag on it.[39]
390040 Formerly Virgin Pathfinder, then Virgin Radio Star.[14] Wore branding on both driving cars advertising Virgin Radio from April 2016 until November 2017.
390041
(390141) 		Formerly City of Chester[14]
390042 Formerly City of Bangor/Dinas Bangor.[14] Wore a different nameplate on each side, one in English and the other in Welsh.
390043 Formerly Virgin Explorer[14]
390044 Royal Scot Formerly Virgin Lionheart. Renamed before attempting to beat the London to Glasgow speed record set by the APT.[40] The train failed by 21 seconds but set a new London to Glasgow speed record for the Class 390.[41]
390045 Birmingham Pride[42] Formerly Virgin Valiant, then 101 Squadron, then Virgin Pride. Carried rainbow branding on coaches A and K with #ridewithpride slogan.
390046 Formerly Virgin Soldiers after the novel The Virgin Soldiers by Leslie Thomas.[14]
390047 Formerly Virgin Atlantic, then Heaven's Angels, then CLIC Sargent.[14] From 2006 this unit was named after the official nominated charity of Virgin Trains which was intended to change on rotation, Heaven's Angels name applied after record attempt to cover Glasgow–London in the shortest ever time on 22 September 2006.
390048
(390148) 		Flying Scouseman Formerly Virgin Harrier. Renamed as part of the Liverpool Echo train naming competition in June 2017.[43]
390049 Formerly Virgin Express[21]
390050 Formerly Virgin Invader[14]
390051
(390151) 		Unknown Soldier[14] Formerly Virgin Ambassador. Carried Union Flag branding and 'Business is Great' slogans on coaches A and K
390052
(390152) 		Formerly Virgin Knight[14]
390053
(390153) 		Formerly Mission Accomplished[14]
390154 Formerly Matthew Flinders.[14] Named at Euston station by the Duke of Cambridge on 18 July 2014
390155 Railway Benefit Fund Formerly X-Men: Days of Future Past. Named at Euston station on 31 March 2014 to promote the film of the same name.[44][45] Named Railway Benefit Fund in April 2021 as part of a fundraising drive by Avanti West Coast, promoting the charity of the same name.[46]
390156 Pride and Prosperity Formerly Stockport 170.[14] Delivered to Manchester Longsight on 13 February 2012. First 11-car into service on 5 April 2012. Named on 9 December 2019 to celebrate the launch of Avanti West Coast operations on the West Coast Partnership franchise.
390157 Chad Varah[14] Carried the slogan '11 Car Pendolinos – Successful Project Completion' on the front of coaches A and K during Autumn 2012.

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