Ferrari won the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles in today’s Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain season finale, sealing the deal in style with a triple top five finish in Sakhir.
In its third campaign in FIA WEC’s top-tier, the legendary Italian marque has been the benchmark all year in the Hypercar class, winning the opening four races with its 499P prototype to establish an advantage that none of its rivals was ultimately able to overcome.
The result represents the Prancing Horse’s first global endurance racing success since lifting the laurels in the World Sportscar Championship more than half-a-century ago in 1972, ending up a commanding 74 points ahead of closest competitor Toyota in the Manufacturers’ classification.
To complete Ferrari’s joy, its three crews locked out the top three positions in the Drivers’ standings. Courtesy of a fourth-place finish in Bahrain, Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi clinched the crown behind the wheel of the #51 Ferrari AF Corse entry, having led the way since triumphing on home turf at Imola back in April.
“Even before the race finished, I was almost in tears,” admitted Calado, now four times a world champion and the fourth British driver to claim FIA WEC’s biggest prize. “It’s extremely emotional, of course, but this is really down to the team, because from when we started at Sebring in 2023 to now, you can’t imagine the effort and improvements that have been put into the whole programme to get us to where we are today.
“To become Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ champions, and also be second and third in the [Drivers’] championship just shows our strength, and we never give up. It was definitely a tricky second half of the season, but today we executed perfectly as a team, and that is reflected in the results. I need to extend a big thanks to everyone involved in this project, and my two team-mates in particular. What an amazing achievement!”
The runner-up spoils in the Drivers’ table went the way of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson and Yifei Ye in the privately-run #83 AF Corse 499P, with the #50 Ferrari AF Corse crew (Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina) taking third.
The final race of the season was won by outgoing Manufacturers’ World Champion Toyota.
Check out the final race result.
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