V de V 24-Hour Grid Filling Up

The 2025 final for V de V Sports, the 2 Tours d’Horloge, a 24-hour race without interruption, will bring down the curtain on the season in a blaze of glory on the Paul Ricard circuit on 31 October-2 November. For GT, sports prototypes and touring cars, organisers tell us the grid is filling up for the 19th edition of the event.

Amongst the front runners are current V de V Endurance championship leader Armand Mille, teamed up with Maxime Guenat, Yves Scemama and Erwin France at the wheel of the Chevron B21; Julien and Didier Gruau driving a Chevron B16, both cars run by Equipe Europe. Eric Wassermann and Charles Veillard (Wassermann Racing) will be looking to better their current 3rd place in their BMW 323 i. Amongst the revelations this season is the diminutive, and very reliable Caterham Super Seven of Vincent Delarche/Laurent Trichet/ Nicolas Grue, who will team up with Thierry Lortal in a cost-effective effort to finish on the podium.

Photo Gilles Chaulet

Amongst other well-known names in the historic world, Damien Kohler and José Da Rocha in their Porsche 911 3.0 RS; Pascal Duhamel and Sébastien Crubilé in a 930 Turbo, a 2.8 RSR for Philippe and Sylvie Duhamel and a 964 for the all-female crew of Michaela Etcheverry/Charlotte Lacoste are on the entry list. Nigel Greensall will be driving a Tiga SC 84. At the other end of the scale is the Team TH Austin Mini 1300, smallest of a bunch of touring cars that includes GTAm Alfa, Ford Mustang, BMW 635.

Famous names will also be on the grid, Philippe Gache., with Monegasque teammates rally driver Jean-Pierre Richelmi and his son Stéphane Richelmi in a Porsche 934/5 Turbo and “John of B”/Soheil Ayari in a Chevron B8 GT, amongst others.

Two support races will come from ASAVÉ, for cars up to ’65 and cars up to ’76.