Ferrari claimed its first victory of the 2025–2026 Asian Le Mans Series as the number 74 Kessel Racing 296 GT3 won Race-2 of the opening round. The Maranello manufacturer also finished fourth, fifth, and seventh in the same four-hour race.
AIManar by Dragon concluded the Prancing Horse’s endurance racing season for 2025 with second place in the Gulf 12 Hours. 

Asian Le Mans Series. Ferraris were immediately on the pace in the Asian Le Mans Series season opener at Sepang, where the Malaysian circuit hosted two four-hour races. After finishing fifth in Race-1 and starting from 15th on the grid, Dustin Scott Blattern, Chris Lulham and Dennis Marschall led the number 74 Kessel Racing entry to victory in Race-2. Blattern’s strong early comeback set the tone, and the Swiss team completed the charge thanks to an excellent strategic call that took the 296 GT3 to the top step of the podium.

The Prancing Horse also took fourth place with the number 51 AF Corse car crewed by official driver Davide Rigon, Charly Samani and Sean Gelael, following a 14th-place finish in Race-1. The number 54 Vista AF Corse 296 GT3, with the other official driver Alessandro Pier Guidi, Thomas Flohr, and Francesco Castellacci, finished fifth, just over two seconds behind, after securing 11th place in the opening race. After a difficult first race caused by early contact that forced retirement, Ferrari official driver Alessio Rovera and crewmates Simon Mann and Britain’s Darren Leung delivered a strong seventh-place finish in the number 21 AF Corse entry.
Despite a promising qualifying performance, fifth in the first of the two sessions, the second Kessel Racing car, the number 15 piloted by Alessandro Balzan, Memo Gidley and Dylan Medler, endured two unlucky races. The number 50 296 GT3 of Amerasian Fragrance by AF Racing, driven by Gregory Slatan Bennett, Carl Wattana Bennett and Tommaso Mosca, followed retirement in Race-1 with 17th place in Race-2.

The next round of the Asian Le Mans Series will take place in Dubai from 29 to 31 January 2026.

Gulf 12 Hours. The endurance race at Yas Marina, split into two segments of eight and four hours, delivered an intense and incident-filled contest that ended with second place for the number 77 AIManar by Dragon Ferrari, driven by Al Faisal Al Zubair, Ben Tuck and Chris Froggatt.
The number 70 Inception Racing 296 GT3 started from pole position, with Brendan Iribe, Frederik Schandorff and Ollie Millroy at the wheel. After contesting the win for much of the race, the car was forced to retire following contact. AIManar by Dragon appeared on course for victory after leading until the ninth hour, but a refuelling stop dropped the team to second place at the finish. 

The other two Ferraris, the number 27 Pellin Racing entry with Lisa Clark, Marc Muzzo, Kyle Marcelli, and Jeffrey Westphal, and the number 88 DFYNE by Dragon 296 GT3 driven by Oscar Lee Ryndziewicz, Giacomo Altoè, and Giovanni Altoè, finished in 13th and 17th place, respectively.

The 16th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours is scheduled for 10 January 2027, returning to its original time slot and spanning four days.