Ferrari honours 2025 GT and Endurance series champions
The Ferrari Endurance and Corse Clienti headquarters in Fiorano hosted the drivers and teams who excelled in their respective championships during the 2025 season, winning titles at the wheel of Prancing Horse cars.
As per tradition, the Endurance Award Ceremony celebrated the successes achieved in national and international series, a total of 49 titles, including the prestigious World Championships won in the FIA WEC. Ferrari secured the Manufacturers’ title through the results of the number 50 and 51 499P crews, while Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi celebrated the World Drivers’ Championship.
Special awards also went to the winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Ferrari 499P entered by AF Corse – driven by official driver Yifei Ye, together with Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson – and to Antonio Fuoco, who took the FIA GT World Cup with the 296 GT3 after the last race of the season in Macau.
The evening, among others, was presided over by Enrico Galliera, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer; Antonello Coletta, Global Head of Endurance and Corse Clienti; Ferdinando Cannizzo, Head of Endurance Race Cars; Alessandra Todeschini, Head of Endurance and Pista di Fiorano, and Amato Ferrari, founder of AF Corse.
National titles. AF Corse drivers took all three titles in the Italian GT Championship. Leonardo Colavita, Ibrahim Badawi and David Vidales claimed victory in the GT3 Pro-Am class, while Francesco Castellacci, Jason Ambrose and David McDonald secured the GT3 Am title. Finally, Fabrizio Fontana and Stefano Gai triumphed in the GT Cup Division 1 Pro-Am aboard the 296 Challenge, with which AF Corse also celebrated the Team title.
There were two award-winners in the Campionato Italiano Supersalita, where Gabry Driver prevailed in the GT Cup Group and Lucio Peruggini in the GT Supercup 1st Division. Both drivers also celebrated titles in the Southern Division of the Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna (hillclimb) and in the National Final, while the Northern division honours went to Giuseppe D’Angelo in the GT Supercup 1st Division and Rino Lunelli in the GT Cup Group.
A title also came in the GT Cup Light class of the National GT Challenge with Lyle Schofield, driving SR&R’s Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo.
International series. The year 2025 marked Ferrari’s first Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 53 years, with Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi crowned world champions in the number 51 499P of Ferrari – AF Corse. AF Corse also celebrated victory in the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams, thanks to the results of the number 83 car and, above all, its triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In the IMSA Sportscar Championship, victory in the GTD class of the Endurance Cup was secured by the crew featuring official drivers Lilou Wadoux and Alessandro Pier Guidi, together with Simon Mann. Ferrari and AF Corse celebrated both the Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles.
In the GT World Challenge Europe, Kessel Racing dominated all the Bronze Class standings, both teams and drivers: Dustin Blattner and Dennis Marschall were crowned Overall and Sprint champions, with Conrad Laursen joining them for the Endurance series. Chris Lulham and Thierry Vermeulen triumphed in the Sprint Cup Gold standings, also securing the teams’ title for Emil Frey Racing.
Moving to Asia, Garage 75’s David Tjiptobiantoro repeated last year’s win in the Am class of GT World Challenge Asia, this time alongside Christian Colombo, who celebrated his first title. In the Japan Cup, held exclusively on Japanese circuits, Akihiro Tsuzuki and Shintaro Kawabata won in both the Overall and GT3 Pro-Am standings, while their team, Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing, claimed the Teams’ title. Team Macchina’s Tadao Uematsu and Hirokazu Suzuki also celebrated victory in the GT3 Am.
As in 2024, Jay Schreibman and Oswaldo Negri won the GT3 Am class of the GT World Challenge America, also securing the Teams’ title for AF Corse USA. Back in Europe, the Le Mans Cup saw another Ferrari triumph, following last year’s success, with Alessandro Cozzi and Eliseo Donno securing the Drivers’ title and AF Corse winning the Teams’ standings. In the International GT Open, Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo claimed the Am title.
There were further triumphs in the Ultimate Cup European Series, where Visiom’s Jean Bernard Bouvet and Jean Paul Pagny secured the GT Endurance title for the third consecutive year, both overall and in the UCS1 class. In the GT Sprint, Lyle Schofield celebrated victory in both the overall standings and the UCTC class, while his team SR&R clinched the title in the latter category.
Finally, in the GT Winter Series, Cristiano Maciel and Rui Aguas topped both the overall and Cup 1 standings, while Darren Howell and Sean Doyle secured victory in Cup 5. Thanks partly to these results, AF Corse claimed the Teams’ championship.
Special awards. For the third consecutive year, the ceremony included presentations of special awards for victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After honouring the two official crews in 2023 and 2024, the 2025 edition paid tribute to Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica, and Phil Hanson, who secured Ferrari’s 12th overall win at the event. Lastly, Antonio Fuoco was called to the stage after becoming the first driver in Prancing Horse history to win the FIA GT World Cup on the challenging streets of Macau. This result also secured the Manufacturers’ title for Ferrari.
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