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The 2025 Monza 900 Kilometers was an endurance sports car race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy on 20 July 2025. It was the third round of the 2025–26 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Preview
The FIA WEC announced their calendar for the re-instated super season during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the Monza 900 Kilometers being the third of nine rounds. It was the fourth running of the event, and the first as a 900-kilometer event, instead of 6 hours. The Monza 900 Kilometers was the third of nine scheduled sports car endurance races by the FIA. The race took place at the 5.793 km Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy on 20 July 2025.

Success ballast
The was the final race of the season without the inclusion of success ballast, meaning all cars still had their base weight of 1065 kilograms. Lap time predictions were published on 18 June 2025. Hypercar lap times were set at 1:34.5, and LMGT3 lap times were set at 1:49.0.

Entry list
The entry list was published on 8 July 2025. It consisted of 41 entries, one more than the full-season entry list: 22 in Hypercar and 19 in LMGT3. In Hypercar, Frédéric Vervisch was replaced by Richard Lietz, since Vervisch was still recovering from his Le Mans crash. Furthermore, the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche did not participate due to a clash with the IMSA season. This gave BMW M Team WRT to field an additional entry for the Monza round. The No. 26 BMW was driven by Tijmen van der Helm, Maxime Martin , and Marco Wittmann. LMGT3 was headlined by the addition of a third BMW, allowed by the FIA and ACO after BMW's Le Mans victory. The No. 32 BMW was driven by Ben Barnicoat, Ben Keating , and Josh Pierson. Furthermore, Richard Lietz will be replaced by Mathieu Jaminet.

Practice
Three practice sessions were held: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes. The session on Saturday morning lasted 60 minutes.

Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 12:00 CEST on Friday. The session ended with Robin Frijns on top in the No. 25 BMW M Team WRT BMW with a lap time of 1:35.081. He lapped 0.215s quicker than second-placed Jean-Éric Vergne in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot. The No. 12 Red Bull Team Jota of Will Stevens ended in third place, 0.612s behind Frijns. LMGT3 was led by Valentino Rossi in the No. 46 BMW M Team WRT BMW, with a fastest lap of 1 minute, 47.929 seconds. He was almost a full second quicker than Nicolas Costa in the No. 59 United Autosports McLaren. Kei Cozzolino was third-quickest in the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford, 1.034s behind Rossi.


 * Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2
The second practice session took place at 16:30 CEST on Friday and ended with Felipe Nasr topping the charts in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with a lap time of 1:35.116. Second-quickest was Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine, 0.114s slower. Earl Bamber rounded out the top three in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac. Doriane Pin was fastest in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini in LMGT3, with a lap time of 1:48.066. She was 0.153s quicker than second-placed José María López in the No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with Ben Barnicoat in the one-off No. 32 BMW entry third-quickest.


 * Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice
The third and final practice session took place at 10:30 CEST on Saturday. Mike Rockenfeller set the fastest lap time in 1 minute and 35.083 seconds in the No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford, 0.104s quicker than second-placed Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot. Laurens Vanthoor rounded out the top three in the No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, 0.220s slower than Rockenfeller. LMGT3 saw Romain Dumas top the session in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin with a lap of 1:47.621, 0.258s quicker than José María López in the No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus. Barnicoat was third-quickest in the No. 32 BMW, 0.377s behind.


 * Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying
Qualifying started at 14:30 CEST on Saturday. The first session was for LMGT3 cars, and the second session was for Hypercars. The top ten fastest qualifiers in each round advanced to the Hyperpole round. The first Hyperpole session was for LMGT3 cars. James Cottingham took pole position in the No. 59 United Autosports McLaren with a lap time of 1:44.335. P. J. Hyett qualified alongside Cottingham on the front row, whilst Arnold Robin rounded out the top three in the No. 78 Lexus. The second Hyperpole session was for the Hypercar class. Stoffel Vandoorne took the overall pole position with a lap of 1:31.540, 0.216s faster than Louis Delétraz in the No. 77 Acura TF Sport Acura. The No. 27 AMR Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin took third place, ahead of the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari and the No. 66 Ford.

Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 109 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.