Le Mans 24 Hours: 3 Ferrari 499P entries

WECHyperCar

Jun 6

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.
In the Hypercar class Ferrari has the same lineups as for the 3 previous rounds of the World Endurance Championship with the two official Ferrari – AF Corse 499Ps #50 and #51 and the #83 Yellow AF Corse 499P.

Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen, with Ferrari 499P #50 and

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 2024.

the winners of the 2023 edition, Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, and Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of the Le Mans Hypercars #51.

AF Corse’s Ferrari #83 will debut in the temple of endurance, crewed by Maranello’s official drivers Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman who share the 499P with Robert Kubica.
Besides the prestige of a race that this year celebrates its 92nd edition and the excitement of a global event, Le Mans is the race that, more than any other, is decisive for the world rankings, with 50 points up for grabs for the winners. So, the red-liveried Ferrari 499Ps go to France to prove their potential and win crucial championship points.

Current championship standings

After a podium finish in the previous round at Spa-Francorchamps and a pole position at Imola, Fuoco-Molina-Nielsen go to Le Mans—where they took the Hyperpole in 2023—in fifth place in the Drivers’ standings on 40 points (34 points behind the leaders). Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi are ninth on 18 points, returning to the French tarmac in the 499P #51, with which they won the acclaim of the 325,000 spectators in the stands on 11 June 2023. Ferrari is third in the Manufacturers’ standings, 34 points behind the leader.
In their first season on the biggest stage in endurance racing, Ye-Shwartzman-Kubica are seventh in the Drivers’ standings, while AF Corse is second in the independent FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams’ ranking (11 points off the top) thanks to a class win at Imola and two podiums in Qatar and Belgium.

An indelible legacy of success

The timeline linking Ferrari and Le Mans, the “temple” hosting the world’s oldest endurance race, contains dates and numbers inscribed in history. Ten, as in the Prancing Horse’s overall victories, the last of which was twelve months ago, courtesy of the 499P on its top-class debut; 29, as in the Maranello manufacturer’s class wins between 1949 (Ferrari’s debut year in the French marathon, which ended in first place overall) and 2023, when Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovanazzi climbed the top step of the podium in the centenary edition. This history will continue with the 92nd edition of the race on 15-16 June at the 13.626-kilometre French circuit in the fourth round of the FIA WEC 2024. Source: Ferrari