Monza – Ferrari finished third at the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season finale at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. With 75.181 spectators attending over the weekend, the race marked the 499P hypercar's final appearance after four years of competition.
Antonio Giovinazzi brought car number 51, which he shared with Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado, across the finish line in third place. Ferrari – AF Corse's other official 499P, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, had started from pole position and finished ninth. The private AF Corse Ferrari bearing number 83, driven by Yifei Ye, Phil Hanson and Robert Kubica, finished seventh.
Ferrari 499P: a record of success
The Ferrari 499P leaves behind a successful four-year era that began in Sebring in 2023 with a pole position and a podium finish. In Monza, Antonio Fuoco secured another Hyperpole for the hypercar's farewell, while car number 51 reached the podium. Altogether, Ferrari achieved 27 podium finishes and eight overall victories with the 499P, including three consecutive wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
A highlight came in 2025, when Ferrari won the manufacturers' title in the World Endurance Championship after 53 years and a first drivers' title for Pier Guidi, Calado and Giovinazzi. Other victories included the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 with Pier Guidi, Calado and Giovinazzi and in 2024 with Fuoco, Molina and Nielsen, as well as a win in Austin that same year with Ye, Shwartzman and Kubica. Ferrari – AF Corse also won at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin during the 2026 season.
Reflecting on the 499P's farewell, Antonello Coletta, Global Head of Endurance and Corse Clienti, said: “We are proud to have finished this season on the podium in Monza in front of all the Tifosi.” Ferdinando Cannizzo, Head of Endurance Race Cars, stressed the 499P's reliability and looked ahead: “We need to take a close look, work on the areas for improvement, and we will start again next year with greater determination.”
The race began in cool but dry conditions. The official 499P cars initially ran in third and fourth place. Several neutralisations affected the strategies. A tyre penalty for cars 50 and 83 forced them to fight back through the field. Car number 51 remained near the front and secured third place, 35,767 seconds behind the winner.
