Algarve Pro chasing third Le Mans LMP2 Pro-Am win with Jensen, Hughes and Trulli

Algarve Pro Racing is bullishly chasing a third LMP2 Pro-Am win in the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (13-14 June), and drivers of the #25 ORECA 07-Gibson – Michael Jensen, Jake Hughes and Enzo Trulli – share the team’s ambition.

The famous 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events and Algarve Pro currently stands as a two-time LMP2 Pro-Am winner of the French endurance classic.

The Portugal-based team scaled the top step of the iconic Le Mans podium in 2020 and 2022, before achieving another class victory with CrowdStrike Racing in the Centenary edition of ‘The Great Race’ at Circuit de la Sarthe.

The Algarve Pro-Jensen partnership also began with success in the form of a convincing championship win in the 2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS), and the team-driver combination has since expanded into the European Le Mans Series (ELMS).

After racking up additional podiums in the 2025-26 ALMS, Jensen opened his ELMS account with an LMP2 Pro-Am victory at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya alongside teammates Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen.

Considering his and Algarve Pro’s track records at the highest levels of endurance racing, 2024 ELMS LMP3 Champion Jensen is optimistic about their prospects for the 94th edition of Le Mans on 13-14 June. 

“Algarve Pro Racing has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the past and knows what it takes to do it again,” said Jensen. “The team is full of hard working and passionate people. Enzo (Trulli) and Jake (Hughes) are both quick, talented drivers and they have the hunger to stand on the top step of the podium. It is a long and hard race. If we can keep it clean combined with a bit of luck, there is nothing stopping us from achieving one of the greatest successes in motorsport.”

Hughes is only part-way through his maiden season in top-line endurance sportscar racing, having completed only two ELMS race weekends at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and Circuit Paul Ricard with Algarve Pro to date.

The 2013 BRDC Formula 4 Champion ascended to the second tier of the single-seater ladder – FIA Formula 2 – but most recently competed in the ABB Formula E Championship with the NEOM McLaren and Maserati MSG Racing teams.

However, the Birmingham, England-born racer – a Test and Simulator Driver with the World Championship-winning McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team – made an instant impression on his LMP2 debut and is raring to take on what is widely acknowledged to be the world’s greatest motor race.

“It’s a big deal to be competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans,” said Hughes. “Whatever else happens in my career, I’ll remember my first Le Mans for the rest of my life and I’m buzzing to be doing it in a top car with Algarve Pro Racing and two talented drivers in Michael (Jensen) and Enzo (Trulli). I recently said in a conversation with my dad that I’d have huge regrets if I retired from racing without doing Le Mans, so this really is a dream come true and it’s surreal to be going there.

“Other racing commitments have put a hold on it until now and I’m excited about experiencing the whole event. We all have hopes and dreams to win and you only get one chance to be victorious on debut, so I’m going there to achieve that. It’s all centred around not making mistakes, consistently pumping in fast laps and calling the right strategy, making sure we have the car to fight at the end.”

Trulli – the son of ex-Formula 1 driver and Monaco Grand Prix winner, Jarno – first swivelled to sportscar racing with a podium-yielded Italian GT campaign, before amalgamating Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and an LMP2 test programme with Algarve Pro.

Innumerable laps of every ELMS circuit transformed Trulli into a race winner on debut at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in April, having already scaled the ALMS podium in both Malaysia and Dubai.

The young Italian’s rate of progress has been remarkable and, having already made a mark in LMP2 prototypes, he’s all set to level up for what is sure to be the biggest and toughest race of his career to date.

“Competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a big step in my career and I’m extremely happy that my first experience will be with Algarve Pro Racing, which has become like family,” said Trulli. “I cannot thank Sam and Stewart (Cox) enough for the opportunity. It will be emotional to race in this legendary event and, while there will be a lot of learning for me to do because I have never done a 24-hour race in LMP2 before, I will prepare hard and remain focused on the task at hand.

“Among the biggest challenges will be driving during the night with Hypercars coming up fast, and managing my nutrition, sleep and energy during race week. On-track testing is limited and we will have to make full use of every minute, but I expect to adapt quickly. For me, the main objectives are to learn as much as possible and finish the race because you need to reach the chequered flag in order to win. We know the competition is high and we will need to execute a perfect race. The cliché is that Le Mans chooses the winner, and it tends to be true. However, we have everything needed to be there when it matters and compete for the victory.”