Ferrari announces Lilou Wadoux contract renewal

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Jan 13

Ferrari announces the multi-year contract renewal with Lilou Wadoux Ducellier, who became (in 2023) the first Ferrari Endurance official driver to compete in the world’s leading international competitions.

IMSA Michelin Endurance GTD champion

The confirmation comes just a few months after Lilou Wadoux’s first title in the Maranello manufacturer’s colours: in the 2025 season, the French driver won the Drivers’ title in the GTD class Endurance Cup of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, together with Alessandro Pier Guidi and Simon Mann. The trio triumphed at the wheel of the AF Corse 296 GT3, also contributing to class titles for Manufacturer, Ferrari, and for the team itself. max Sebring Hours 4 and 8; The Glen hour 3 and Petit Le Mans hours 4, 8 and finish.

Ferrari AF Corse 296 GT3 — 📷 © Luc Warnotte at Michelin Raceway. AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 #21 with Pier Guidi and Mann.

32 races with Ferrari since 2023

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023. From left to right: Perez Companc, Alesio Rovera and Lilou Wadoux. (DNF)

Since 2023, Lilou Wadoux has contested 32 races with Ferrari cars, recording a total of four victories and seven podium finishes. Wadoux has taken part in two editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari: in 2023 – when she was entered for the full FIA World Endurance Championship season – and in 2025, driving respectively the 488 GTE and the 296 LMGT3 fielded by Richard Mille AF Corse. The driver also competed in the Spa 24 Hours, in the Bronze class, in 2023 with the 488 GT3 Evo 2020 and in 2024 with the 296 GT3.

First female driver to win a world championship race

Wadoux at Spa 2023 — 📷 © Luc Warnotte at 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2023. Lilou Wadoux wins LMGTE Am with Rovera and Perez Companc in Ferrari 488 GTE.

Her name is written into FIA World Endurance Championship history thanks to the victory at the Spa 6 Hours in 2023 with the 488 GTE – together with Alessio Rovera and Luis Perez Companc – a success in the LMGTE Am class that allowed Wadoux to become the first female driver to win a world championship race since the establishment of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012.

Rookie Tests at the wheel of the 499P

Among her experiences with Ferrari, Lilou Wadoux also counts the two Rookie Tests contested at the wheel of the 499P, in Bahrain on the Sakhir circuit, immediately after the final FIA World Endurance Championship rounds of the 2023 and 2025 seasons.

Before joining Ferrari

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2025 (left) and Sebring 2025 (right). Lilou Wadoux won LMP2 class at Watkins Glen International in 2024 with L. Perez Compaq and N. Nielsen (center).

Before joining Ferrari, Lilou Wadoux developed her career in France in the Peugeot single-marque series and at European level in the Alpine Elf Europe Cup; in 2022 she made her debut in the FIA WEC in the LMP2 class with the Richard Mille Racing Team; in both 2021 and 2022, finally, she took part in the World Endurance Championship Rookie Tests with Hypercars from other manufacturers.

Wadoux was also the first woman to climb the podium in the Japanese Super GT championship since the series adopted this name in 2005, thanks to second place in the GT300 class at the Sugo 300 Km in 2024, together with Kei Cozzolino, at the wheel of the 296 GT3 fielded by Ponos Racing. Among the records of the driver born in 2001 is also being the first woman to secure a victory in the LMP2 class of IMSA, in 2024.

Lilou Wadoux

“Continuing my journey with Ferrari makes me happy and proud. In my first three years as an official driver for the Prancing Horse I have always felt part of an extraordinary family. During this period, moreover, I achieved some important race successes and an IMSA title that means a great deal to me: the aim is to continue along this path to achieve many more victories, continuing to write motorsport pages with Ferrari.”