Ferrari AF Corse’s manufacturing facility FIA WEC Hypercar line-ups will keep the identical for the 2025 season, following the information final week that 2024 Le Mans winners Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina have had their contracts prolonged.
Talking with the press as we speak on the model’s end-of-season Finali Mondiali press convention, Ferrari sports activities automobile boss Antonello Coletta stated he’s “very happy” with the efficiency of the six drivers, who all have a Le Mans win with the 499P on their resume.
“Nothing goes to alter on the No. 50 (Fuoco, Molina and Nicklas Nielsen) or No. 51 (James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi & Alessandro Pier Guidi),” he stated when requested about Ferrari’s 2025 driver roster. “However we haven’t finalized the line-up for the No. 83 (the privately funded 499P entered by AF Corse).”
Arthur Leclerc — the youthful brother of Ferrari F1 driver Charles — will get a primary style of the 499P within the Bahrain WEC rookie check subsequent month, however Coletta stated he is not going to take up a full-season drive subsequent yr within the third automobile.
“Subsequent yr the line-up for the No. 83 will likely be for full-season drivers. Arthur is doing the rookie check however he’s not a alternative for subsequent yr — our purpose is to maintain him rising so he will likely be able to catch extra alternatives in prototypes,” Coletta defined. “We need to assist our drivers develop and we’re doing one of the best we will.”
As an alternative, the 24-year-old Scuderia Ferrari improvement driver — who has been racing within the ELMS LMP2 class and Italian GT this yr — appears to be like set to proceed competing in GT3 subsequent season.
“Subsequent yr he’ll in all probability be within the GT3,” Coletta stated of the youthful Leclerc. “We haven’t taken a ultimate resolution. Nevertheless it’s clear that our dream and his dream is to go forward in a very powerful championship.”
The potential for Charles Leclerc to compete at Le Mans sooner or later was additionally addressed, however Coletta careworn that he stays absolutely centered on his Formulation 1 commitments.
“We all know that Charles Leclerc want to do Le Mans, however he’s absorbed in F1 and bringing him in for one race could be a penalty for a crew working the entire championship,” he stated.
