In just its third season competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s top tier, Ferrari has reasserted its legendary status in global endurance racing, dominating the Hypercar class from start to finish. The Italian marque’s 499P prototype proved the benchmark all year, securing victory in the opening four rounds and building a lead that no rival could overturn.
The triumph marks Ferrari’s first world endurance title since 1972, when it last claimed the World Sportscar Championship crown—ending a 53-year wait for top-level honours. The Prancing Horse concluded the season an emphatic 74 points clear of Toyota in the Manufacturers’ standings.
Adding to the celebrations, Ferrari achieved a clean sweep in the Drivers’ Championship, locking out the top three positions. With a controlled fourth-place finish in Bahrain, Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado, and Alessandro Pier Guidi sealed the crown in the #51 Ferrari AF Corse entry, maintaining their championship lead since their emotional home victory at Imola in April.
“Even before the race finished, I was almost in tears,” admitted Calado, now a four-time world champion and the fourth British driver to capture FIA WEC’s biggest prize. “It’s extremely emotional, of course, but this is really down to the team. From when we started at Sebring in 2023 to where we are today, the effort and improvements across the programme have been incredible.
To become both Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ champions—and to also finish second and third in the Drivers’ Championship—shows the strength of this team and our determination to never give up. It’s been a challenging second half of the season, but today we executed perfectly. A huge thanks to everyone involved, and especially to my two team-mates. What an amazing achievement!”
Rounding out Ferrari’s dominance, Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson, and Yifei Ye—winners of this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans—claimed runner-up honours in the #83 AF Corse 499P, a privately-run entry under the Ferrari banner. The #50 crew of Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen, and Miguel Molina completed the sweep in third.
While Toyota took victory in the Bahrain season finale, it was Ferrari’s year to remember—one that firmly cements the 499P’s place among the greats in endurance racing history.
