In 2025, Woodward scored his first pole position for 23Events Racing at Le Castellet, and then scored a second pole at Portimao at the end of the season. While points were hard to come by in the early part of the season, a change of teammate to James Winslow for Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone brough success with a win at home in September and then a podium finish in the final race in Portugal with Taiwanese racer Chun Ting Chou.
Terrence Woodward then raced with 23Events Racing in the Asian Le Mans Series alongside Slovakian racer Matus Ryba and Egyptian driver Ibrahim Badawy. The trio scored one win in Dubai and three further podiums to take third in the LMP3 championship standings.
“It was my first season with the team, and I really enjoyed working with them,” Terrance Woodward said. “They're a great team. They're all very focused on winning and wanting to compete. I had a couple of great mechanics in Hugo and Vincent, who were faultless and the car was always really well prepared. The race engineer is critical, and I built up a great relationship with Nathan there. He learned quickly how to set the car up for me, to give me confidence, and how to get the best out of me. So, I really enjoyed it and we had a good season.
“There was a bit of variation in the driver line ups, they had a couple of changes during the year. But, they were all good to work with. In the last couple of races. I mean, I went to Silverstone with James Winslow, and that was great, and then I raced with Chun Ting Chou, who we all call ‘Jimmy’, with a third place to finish the season.”
Terrence Woodward was looking to compete with 23Events Racing in the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup but was unable to gain a grid slot in the LMP3 Pro/Am category due to the amount of entries received by the series organisers. However, as a quick bronze rated driver, Woodward was soon picked up by another team.
“I've agreed to race with Ultimate, another quality French outfit,” he said. “They had a space on the European Le Mans grid, and they reached out to me after the Dubai round of the Asian Le Mans series, where we had some success. The prospect of being back on the ELMS grid with a strong team for 2026 was certainly hard to resist.”
Terrence Woodward will race the no35 Ultimate Ligier JS P325-Toyota alongside Lucas Fecury and Sebastian Gravlund. So how does the new third generation LMP3 car compare to the LMP3 cars he has raced previously?
“I’ve driven the gen one car, the gen two car, and obviously now the gen three one, so I'm probably in a good position to comment on this,” Woodward said. “They’ve definitely got better with each generation.
“The second gen was a very sweet car, naturally aspirated, more aero than the first car, quicker in a straight line. I think as people get into these cars, and they learn how to drive, and they learn how to extract a good lap time, you are learning skills. You're learning how to brake. You're learning all the things that will help if you are going to progress into LMP2. I've seen many people do it, like the likes of John Falb, Tony Wells and others have done it successfully.
“LMP3 is definitely a good grounding for anyone who wants to move up in the Le Mans Prototype range, but it's a fabulous car in its own right. Doing 190 miles an hour down the straight at Le Mans? Yeah, it's not a slow car. You know, it's 150 miles an hour through Eau Rouge, it's a thrilling car to drive in its own right. Even if you're not looking to progress to P2 I think it's still a challenge and a fun car to drive.”
4 Hours of Barcelona
The 2026 European Le Mans Series will begin on Monday 6 April with The Prologue, the two-day official pre-season test.
The 4 Hours of Barcelona weekend begins on Friday 10 April with Free Practice 1 and the 30-minute Bronze Driver Collective Test.
On Saturday 11 April will feature the second 90-minute Free Practice session followed by qualifying for the 4 Hours of Barcelona. The 4 Hours of Barcelona takes place on Sunday 12 April, with the race due to start at 12h00 and the chequered flag waved four hours later at 16h00.
Tickets are still available from only 8€. CLICK HERE to visit the event page on the official website of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
CLICK HERE to view the provisional timetable for the 4 Hours of Barcelona.
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