Ferrari AF Corse’s factory FIA WEC Hypercar line-ups will stay the same for the 2025 season, following the news last week that 2024 Le Mans winners Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina have had their contracts extended.
Speaking with the press today at the brand’s end-of-season Finali Mondiali press conference, Ferrari sports car boss Antonello Coletta said he is “very satisfied” with the performance of the six drivers, who all have a Le Mans win with the 499P on their resume.
“Nothing is going to change on the No. 50 (Fuoco, Molina and Nicklas Nielsen) or No. 51 (James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi & Alessandro Pier Guidi),” he said when asked about Ferrari’s 2025 driver roster. “But we haven’t finalized the line-up for the No. 83 (the privately funded 499P entered by AF Corse).”
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Arthur Leclerc — the younger brother of Ferrari F1 driver Charles — will get a first taste of the 499P in the Bahrain WEC rookie test next month, but Coletta said he will not take up a full-season drive next year in the third car.
“Next year the line-up for the No. 83 will be for full-season drivers. Arthur is doing the rookie test but he is not a choice for next year — our goal is to keep him growing so he will be ready to catch more opportunities in prototypes,” Coletta explained. “We want to help our drivers grow and we are doing the best we can.”
Instead, the 24-year-old Scuderia Ferrari development driver — who has been racing in the ELMS LMP2 class and Italian GT this year — looks set to continue competing in GT3 next season.
“Next year he will probably be in the GT3,” Coletta said of the younger Leclerc. “We haven’t taken a final decision. But it’s clear that our dream and his dream is to go ahead in the most important championship.”
The potential for Charles Leclerc to compete at Le Mans in the future was also addressed, but Coletta stressed that he remains fully focused on his Formula 1 commitments.
“We know that Charles Leclerc would like to do Le Mans, but he is absorbed in F1 and bringing him in for one race would be a penalty for a team running the whole championship,” he said.