Recap: Jamie’s ELMS season so far
Here’s how Jamie’s European Le Mans Series campaign is shaping up
Published
25 JUN 2025
Est. reading time
3 min
We’re just two rounds into the 2025 European Le Mans Series (ELMS), but Jamie can certainly be pleased with her first forays into endurance racing.
The 27-year-old linked up with new IDEC Sport team-mates Mathys Jaubert and Daniel Juncadella this season — and the trio have made quite an impression in their recent outings.
This year’s European Le Mans Series kicked off with 4 Hours of Barcelona back in April, with IDEC Sport harbouring hopes of a top-five finish in the LMP2 class.
Team Principal Nicolas Minassian acknowledged as much, saying: “As for the goals for the first race, I prefer to stay humble. A top five would be a good start, as the championship is very competitive.”
But the team’s car No.18 made a mockery of that target — winning the LMP2 class in Montmeló, as Jamie became the first woman to achieve such a feat.
They even came close to claiming an outright victory, only to be pipped to the post by AF Corse’s No.83 LMP2 Pro-Am entry after a late safety car saw them finish on fresher tyres.
Jamie was nonetheless delighted with her maiden ELMS race result.“We lost the overall lead on the last lap, but all in all, we're so, so happy,” she said. “To get this result — and on just our first weekend — was way beyond expectations.”
Round 1 ended in satisfactory fashion, then, but there was even more to come at 4 Hours of Le Castellet in early May.
Not only did the team come top of the LMP2 class on that occasion, but they won the overall race as well — climbing from a qualifying position of P4 to finish first in the standings.
That was despite some challenging weather conditions at Circuit Paul Ricard, and initially dropping down a number of positions in the driving rain.
“It was a cool start,” Jamie explained. “I was convinced that starting on slicks was the right decision — which I think it was — but obviously the rain continued to come.
“The big moment at the start of the race was a bit frustrating because we dropped back a little bit out of position, but we stayed in it.”That perseverance paid off, as the Bath native and her team-mates climbed impressively to reach the summit.
And the win represented another personal triumph for Jamie, as she became the first woman to secure an outright ELMS victory.
Unsurprisingly, IDEC Sport’s pair of positive results have put them top of both the LMP2 Teams’ Championship and the LMP2 Drivers’ Championship.
But they’ll need to maintain those high standards across the remaining four rounds of 2025, starting with a visit to Italy for 4 Hours of Imola in just over a week’s time.
Spa, Silverstone and Portimão then host the final three events, as Jamie goes in search of endurance racing silverware during her first season in the competition.
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