Ferrari third at Monza as it bids farewell to the 499P

Monza 08 November 2026

In front of an extraordinary crowd, with 75,181 spectators recorded over the weekend, Ferrari climbed onto the third step of the podium at the Monza 6 Hours, the closing round of FIA WEC 2026, in the 499P’s final World Championship appearance at the end of its fourth year of competition.

Antonio Giovinazzi crossed the finish line in third place in car number 51, shared in the race with Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado. The other Ferrari – AF Corse official team 499P, crewed by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, finished ninth, having started from pole position secured by the Italian driver.

The Ferrari number 83 of AF Corse, entrusted to Prancing Horse official drivers Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson together with Robert Kubica, finished sixth*.

499P, four years of success. Having made its debut on the world championship stage at the Sebring circuit in 2023, securing a pole position with Antonio Fuoco and a podium finish with the number 50 crew, the 499P brought an extraordinary four-year chapter to a close at Monza with another Hyperpole for the Italian driver and a podium finish for the number 51 car driven by Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado. In front of the Italian Tifosi, the Maranello manufacturer secured its 27th podium finish at the end of the fourth year since Ferrari returned to the top class of endurance racing with the 499P. During this period, the company founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1947, which returned to competing for overall endurance victories in 2023 after 50 years, not only immediately made its mark at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the oldest and most prestigious race, but also secured three consecutive victories in the French classic. The team in red continued to make steady progress, reaching its peak in 2025 when the World Manufacturers’ Championship returned to Maranello after 53 years, together with the first overall Drivers’ title.

All the figures. The 499P has secured eight overall victories: in 2023 came the historic triumph at the Centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans with Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi; in 2024 came a second consecutive win at the Circuit de La Sarthe, this time with Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, and the victory at COTA for Yifei Ye, Robert Shwartzman and Robert Kubica; in 2025, the wins at Lusail for the number 50 crew, and at Imola and Spa-Francorchamps for their teammates in the number 51, were instrumental in Ferrari securing the World Manufacturers’ Championship title and the World Drivers’ title for Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi, in a season which also saw the Prancing Horse secure victory at Le Mans for the third consecutive year with the yellow-liveried AF Corse car driven by Ye-Hanson-Kubica. Finally, in the 2026 season, the Ferrari – AF Corse team celebrated victory at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin in September.

These figures are complemented by 11 pole positions and 27 podium finishes achieved overall by the two official crews, competing since 2023, and the number 83 499P, which made its World Endurance Championship debut in 2024.

The race. The green flag was waved in cold track conditions, although the circuit was almost dry. At the start, the official 499Ps driven by Molina and Giovinazzi settled into third and fourth positions, with Hanson seventh in the AF Corse number 83 car. The opening hours were characterised by several neutralisations, which repeatedly closed up the gaps and altered the strategies. Thanks to a consistent, error-free race, car number 51 remained among the front-runners throughout the stints of Calado and Pier Guidi, securing third place at the finish, 35.767 seconds behind the leader. A penalty for tyre pressure recorded in the opening hours dropped cars number 50 and 83 down the order, forcing them to fight their way back. Nielsen and Fuoco brought the Ferrari – AF Corse 499P across the finish line in seventh place, ahead of the yellow-liveried car driven in the closing stages by Ye and Kubica. Some penalties issued after the end of the race, however, dropped Fuoco-Molina-Nielsen to ninth place, while Ye-Hanson-Kubica moved up to sixth.

*Provisional standings