Ferrari grabs all FIA WEC titles at Bahrain
Penalized by a BoP change decreasing their performance on track, Porsche and Cadillac have never been able to challenge Ferrari who controlled the championships results during the whole race, ending with P3, P4 and P5 the 8 Hours of Bahrain to warrant the hypercars titles and a 1, 2, 3 in the drivers ranking.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Qatar. Three Ferrari 499P tops Drivers Championship
New manufacrurers’ title since 53 years
Thanks to the extraordinary result at the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the last race of the season, Ferrari has taken the Manufacturers’ title in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, 53 years after its last world title.
A historic achievement that arrives in the third year since Ferrari returned to the top class of endurance racing and which comes thanks to the third place achieved by the Ferrari #50, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen and fourth at the chequered flag taken by official drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of the Ferrari – AF Corse 499P #51
📷© Ferrari. Ferrari AF Corse team celebrating both titles.
This is its ninth overall world endurance title, following those won in 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and the 1972 victory in the FIA World Championship for Makes taken by the Ferrari 312 P; in that season the 312 P contested 10 of the 11 races on the calendar, winning them all.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Qatar, Imola and Spa. Winning Ferrari 499P #50 (left), #51 (center and right).
This year saw the Ferrari – AF Corse 499Ps collect three wins (in Qatar with the #50 crew, at Imola and in Belgium with the #51), two second places and three third places, as well as three pole positions (at Lusail and Imola with Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi, and at Spa with Fuoco-Molina-Nielsen).
The honours list was further enriched by the season-opening 1-2-3 finish at Lusail (with the number 83 499P finishing second) and by twin one-twos at Imola and Spa.
📷© FIA WEC/DPPI. Both Ferrari 499P
John Elkann, Ferrari Chairman: “This milestone fills us with pride and represents the fulfilment of a dream – the culmination of a journey we began in 2022, when we decided to return to the top class of endurance racing.
It has been a journey that saw us win Le Mans three consecutive times, and brings us today not only two world titles, but the celebration of the strength of a team that worked as one, facing the relentless challenges of endurance racing with humility, and with the drive to improve every single day.”
📷© Pierpaolo Lonardo for Italian-Endurance.com at Bahrain. Ferrari celebration.
Top three in drivers’ title
The triumph was twofold, with the FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship being taken by official drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of the Ferrari – AF Corse 499P #51, fourth at the chequered flag.
This is the marque’s first overall Drivers’ title in the top class of endurance racing, which Ferrari participated in up until 1973, an era when only the Manufacturers’ title was awarded. For Pier Guidi and Calado, who have already enjoyed many seasons at the wheel of Ferrari’s GT cars, this is their fourth drivers’ crown, the 2025 title adding to their three LMGTE Pro class titles of 2017, 2021 and 2022.
📷© Ferrari. Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado celebrating the FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship win.
Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari - AF Corse #51: “I think it will take a few days for me to realise what we’ve achieved here in Bahrain. I want to thank the whole team, made up of people who over the past three years have worked tirelessly to reach this goal. We’ve grown step by step, winning three 24 Hours of Le Mans and, at last, managing to clinch the world manufacturers’ and drivers’ titles. This shows that our team was the best throughout an entire season we’ll never forget. I’m happy and proud to be among the drivers who brought Ferrari back to the top of the endurance world.”
James Calado Ferrari - AF Corse #51: “I’m proud to be part of this team – today I’ve fulfilled a lifelong dream, becoming world champion with Ferrari. The journey we’ve taken over these three years has been extraordinary: we returned to the top class at Sebring in 2023, immediately taking pole position, and race after race we proved our ability to progress as a team, as well as to extract the full potential of a fantastic car like the 499P. Winning two world titles is truly extraordinary.”
Antonio Giovinazzi Ferrari - AF Corse #51: “This is a fantastic day that none of us will ever forget. My first thought is to thank the whole team and my teammates. With Ale and James (Pier Guidi and Calado), from the very first day of this programme we shared a dream – to become world champions. We’ve managed to make it come true, and we end the year with two world titles, manufacturers’ and drivers’. All of this is already part of history.”
📷© Ferrari. Both Ferrari 499P crossing checkered flag
The third place achieved by the Ferrari #50, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen and fifth place for the #83 AF Corse 499P, entrusted to official Ferrari driver Yifei Ye, along with Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson, delivered first place to Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi, ahead of Ye-Kubica-Hanson; with Fuoco-Molina-Nielsen in third in the Drivers’ championship.
Antonio Fuoco Ferrari - AF Corse #50": “This has been a perfect weekend in which the whole team did an incredible job. Despite the pressure being high, we did our best without making a single mistake, proving once again that we are a great team. What we’ve achieved over these three years with the 499P is incredible – I’m proud to be part of this project.”
Miguel Molina Ferrari - AF Corse #50: “I’m absolutely delighted to end such a fantastic season this way. We’ve finally managed to win the manufacturers’ title, an important result for the team and for the brand. Congratulations to our teammates in the number 51 499P, who clinched the drivers’ title, and thanks to Antonio and Nicklas (Fuoco and Nielsen, Ed.) because, for the third year in a row, we finish the season with a place on the World Championship podium.”
Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari - AF Corse #50: “Bringing Ferrari back to winning a world manufacturers’ championship in endurance after so many years is a dream come true and proof of how hard this team has worked, always striving to improve race after race. I want to thank everyone for achieving such an extraordinary result.” Source: Ferrari
Teams’s title for AF Corse Ferrari #83
The 8 Hours of Bahrain also ended with fifth place for the #83 AF Corse 499P, entrusted to official Ferrari driver Yifei Ye, along with Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Le Mans. Winning AF Corse Ferrari #83
With podium finishes and triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, AF Corse has already taken the 2025 FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams reserved for independent teams.
Source: FIA WEC
Source: FIA WEC
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