The 499Ps return to the spotlight of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 6 Hours of Imola after achieving an extraordinary one-two-three finish in Qatar.

Perfect race for Ferrari this weekend at Lusail (Qatar) with the triple for the second season with the Ferrari 499P.

Ferrari ends 2024 championship with third place in the Manufacturers’ standings and second in the Drivers’ with Fuoco, Molina, and Nielsen courtesy of their win at Le Mans following sister car’s victory in the centenary edition of 2023.

Let’s look at the best case scenarii for Ferrari to win one of the two Hypercars titles still at play next weekend for the 8 Hour of Bahrain.

2024 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Nicklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco are second in the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Drivers Championship.

6 Hours of São Paulo: Ferrari - AF Corse applied new solutions to the Prancing Horse’s Le Mans Hypercar for the first time since its racing debut in March 2023.

A year on from Ferrari’s tenth overall victory in the centenary edition of the world’s oldest endurance race, the Maranello manufacturer returns to the La Sarthe circuit to confirm its position as a leading contender in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

For Ferrari AF Corse, the Prologue was essential to start gathering valuable information on this new track for the championship, but there is still much work to do during free practice.

Both BMW and Ferrari have been sanctioned for performance in excess during the Rolex 24 At Daytona, losing all their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Michelin Endurance Cup manufacturers points in the GTD PRO and GTD classes.

Risi Comptizione’s Ferrari 296 GT3 won overall combined GTD PRO and GTD classes and Winward Racing’s Mercedes AMG GT3 won GTD class finishing third of combined classes. Four Ferrari 296 GT3 among top 7 GT3 entries.

The Maranello manufacturer will field five Ferrari 296 GT3s and seven official drivers competing in the two GTD/GTD PRO classes. Two additional Ferrari official drivers will compete inLMP2 class.

Thursday practices were run in clear conditions with Toyota #8 dominating their rivals in the morning practice by more than 1.6 sec. and Ferrari managing to tie the game, even beating the time set by the #8 during the second session.

The 6 Hours of Portimão saw five different Hypercar manufacturers represented in the top 5: Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac and Porsche. Four cars had technical problems and one did not finish. We review each car race and share drivers comments after the race.

Toyota Gazoo Racing and United Autosport dominated their respective class. In LMGTE AM, the battle was fierce with several leaders; Corvette Racing clinch a second victory after Sebring.

Brendon Hartley did set the fastest lap of 6 Hours of Portimao qualifying to head another Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2. Mirko Bortolotti in LMP2 and Ben Keating in LMGTE AM are the winners in their respective classes.

Kamui Kobayashi did set the fastest lap of today’s both sessions to head another Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2.

Here are the Ferrari Hypercars drivers’ comments ahead of the 6 Hours that will kick off on Sunday 16 April, at 12 p.m. (local time) at the Portuguese track.

After a positive debut at Sebring, the two Ferrari 499P crews are ready to make a comeback in the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Portimão. Miguel Molina interview by Ferrari.com

After the accident on Turn 1 on Sunday, having completed the analysis, AF Corse Ferrari decided to replace the chassis of number 51. Drivers quotes before the race weekend.

Ferrari officially announces its crews for taking on the 2023 season in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance.