Weekend preview: Title mission for Ferrari in Ultimate Cup Series at Paul Ricard

Maranello 07 November 2025

Like every year since 2021, the Ultimate Cup Series will conclude its season at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France, the same venue where the 2025 title contest began back in March. The leading contenders include Jean-Paul Pagny and Jean-Bernard Bouvet, who aim to secure a third consecutive GT Endurance Cup title in the number 1 Team Visiom Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020. The Prancing Horse also nurtures strong ambitions in the GT Sprint Cup, where five Ferraris will line up on the grid.

GT Endurance Cup. After last year’s successful edition, the 2025 finale will once again run over an extended 360-minute distance, starting at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, 10 November.
After the victory at Magny Cours, Jean-Paul Pagny and Jean-Bernard Bouvet hold a nine-point lead overall and 19 in the UCS1 class. Romain Iannetta will join the reigning two-time champions as they aim for a hat-trick at the Le Castellet round.

With the race set for Monday, 10 November, qualifying will be held the day before, on Sunday, 9 November, starting at 3:50 p.m.

GT Sprint Cup. Four races over the weekend will decide the class winners, with twenty-four cars on the entry list, including five Ferraris. In the UCS1 class, Grégoire Benedet will take the wheel of the F1 Squadra Corse Ferrari 430 GT3.
In the Ultimate Cavallino Tridente Cup, current leader Lyle Schofield aims to finish the season on a high in the SR&R Ferrari 296 Challenge number 353. Maurizio Fondi and Emilio Rocchi will share driving duties in Manfredi Ravetto’s other SR&R entry, the Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo number 350. French driver Patrick Michellier will start in the CMR Ferrari 296 Challenge number 73, while Swiss driver Lukas Azzato will make his season debut in the Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 Challenge number 100.
Sprint Series qualifying will take place on Saturday, 8 November at 5 p.m., with Race-1 scheduled later that evening at 8:55 p.m. over a 25-minute distance. The second 25-minute race will kick off at 11:20 a.m. on Sunday, 9 November, followed by Race-3 at 2 p.m. Finally, Race-4 will bring the weekend to a close at 9:25 p.m.

All times are local.