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The FIA World Endurance Championship is back on track this weekend with the third Superseason race at Silverstone. Traditionally the season’s opening race, in 2018 the Tourist Trophy has been moved to high summer after the Le Mans 24 Hours. Five Ferraris will be competing, two in the GTE-Pro class and three in the GTE-Am.

Le Mans

EIGHT FERRARI CREWS GO FOR GLORY AT LE MANS

June 13, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

The first free practice session today at 4 pm, will mark the official opening of the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Sixty cars are due to start, divided equally between prototypes and GT cars. The GT contingent includes 17 cars in the … Continue reading → ...

SPORTSCAR

THIRD AND FOURTH ROW FOR FERRARI AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

May 4, 2018 David Martin-Janiak

It was a difficult qualifying for the five Ferrari crews competing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the first round of the Super Season of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). In the GTE-Pro class the 488 GTE of AF Corse team will start from the third and fourth row with cars no. 51 and 71. … Continue reading → ...

Endurance

2018-19 FIA WEC SEASON KICKS OFF WITH FIVE FERRARI CREWS

May 3, 2018 Charles Côté

The Super Season of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) kicks off this weekend. The championship will last more than a year, concluding in about 13 months with the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Next year’s proceedings will open with a race at Sebring, followed by the second race at Spa-Francorchamps in May and the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.

Endurance

FIORANO DEBUT FOR THE FERRARI 488 GTE 2018

March 30, 2018 Charles Côté

Ferrari 488 GTEs no. 51 and 71 had their shakedown test on the Fiorano track ahead of the start of the 2018-19 Superseason of the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

News

OVER 50 FERRARI DRIVERS RECEIVE AWARDS AT FIORANO

February 18, 2018 Charles Côté

The Fiorano circuit hosted a gala evening on Saturday, with an award ceremony for the drivers and teams that won GT races at the wheel of Ferrari cars. These range from the 488 GTE, dominator of the FIA WEC World Championship and the European Le Mans Series, to the F430 Challenge, still capable of winning in Australia. In 2017 more than 50 drivers and 20 teams on four continents secured national and international titles for the Prancing Horse, as well as many individual race victories.

Endurance

FIVE FERRARIS CHASE A DREAM AT DAYTONA

January 25, 2018 Charles Côté

Ferrari returns to Daytona with five cars, one in the GT-Le Mans (GTLM) class and four in the GT-Daytona (GTD). The 488 GTE and four 488 GT3s will be trying to beat the many other manufacturers at the legendary 24 Hours that opens the IMSA SportsCar championship season and, indeed, a full-on year of GT racing.

Endurance

CALADO AND PIER GUIDI: “WE AIM TO RETAIN THE TITLE IN THE FIA WEC SUPER SEASON”

January 11, 2018 Charles Côté

FIA World Endurance Championship champions, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, appeared on stage at the Birmingham International where they reviewed their extraordinary 2017 and talked about their expectations for a 2018 season that is shaping up to be intense and special and will see the two together again on the 51 Ferrari 488GTE.

SPORTSCAR

FERRARI FIA WEC 2017 SEASON REVIEW – PART 2: A FANTASTIC CRESCENDO

December 30, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

James Calado and Pier Guidi-Calado began their comeback in July at the Nürburgring. The pair won thanks to a blend of skill and a perfect strategy developed in the Amato Ferrari team pitwall. After the summer, the championship resumed in Mexico where Rigon and Bird were second, while Pier Guidi and Calado could only manage ...

SPORTSCAR

FERRARI WEC – 2017 SEASON REVIEW – PART 1: A STRONG START

December 29, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The secret of victory in sport is perpetual motion, the knack of never stopping, not even for a second, even after the most wonderful of triumphs. It is about immediately thinking ahead to the next competition, to a new goal, a goal that makes you roll up your sleeves and go straight back to work.

Blancpain Endurance

KASPERSKY MOTORSPORT’S RICARD 1000kms CUT SHORT

June 25, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The third round of the Blancpain Endurance Series GT Cup was held at the Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France this Saturday. For all the teams taking part in the championship, this was an important race in its own right, at the track that returns to the Formula 1 calendar next year,