Ferrari will partner with AF Corse for its Le Mans Hypercar program set to launch in 2023.
AF Corse has fielded various Ferraris in sports car racing since 2012 and secured no less than three Le Mans 24 Hours wins and five WEC GTE Manufacturers’ titles. Ferrari, therefore, believes partnering with AF Corse is the best way to ensure success in the Hypercar series.
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“Today’s announcement is an important step towards the debut of our LMH in the World Endurance Championship,” head of Ferrari Attività Sportive GT, Antonello Coletta, said in a statement. “We are happy to have a reliable partner like AF Corse with us for this project. Ferrari and AF Corse have enjoyed a solid relationship for a long time, as you can see in the FIA WEC, where we run our official 488 GTEs together with the Piacenza-based team. We look forward to continuing together on a journey as rewarding as the years of racing cooperation to date.”
“We are proud of this announcement,” added AF Corse team owner Amato Ferrari. “It is the crowning of a dream and recognition of the great effort made over the years. Our partnership with Ferrari is a winning one that began in 2006, and I am delighted to continue it in the LMH project.”
This year’s Le Mans Hypercar championship is shaping up to be very exciting with Toyota, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, and an Alpine-sponsored effort from Signatech racing together. They will be joined by Peugeot in 2022, while Ferrari, Audi, Porsche and Acura will enter the series in 2023. According to Racer, the likes of Cadillac, Lamborghini, Bentley and BMW may also compete in the new championship.
