The 499Ps head to Belgium for the 6 Hours of Spa 2025

Three weeks after their victory at Imola, the Ferrari – AF Corse team returns to the spotlight of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 6 Hours of Spa, the third act of the 2025 season, set to take place on Saturday, 10 May with the green flag at 2 p.m. (local time).

Ferrari will be looking to extend the positive run that has characterised the start of the year: the number 51 499P of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi has so far claimed a win at Imola, two Hyperpoles and two podium finishes, while the number 50 of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen took victory on their debut in Qatar. The round on Belgian soil is the last event before the most eagerly awaited appointment of the year, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scheduled for 14–15 June in France.

Known among motorsport fans as the “University of Racing” in Europe, the historic Belgian track, inaugurated in 1921, measures 7.004 kilometres – the longest circuit on the FIA WEC calendar, except for Le Mans – and features 19 turns. Nestled in the Ardennes Forest, the circuit is synonymous with endurance racing: the first edition of the 24 Hours, today reserved for GT3 cars, was held in 1924, and over the decades the track has hosted multiple rounds valid for the endurance world championship: among the highlights is Ferrari’s victory at the 1000 Kilometres of Spa in 1972 with the 312 PB of Arturo Merzario and Brian Redman.

The situation. The Prancing Horse arrives in Belgium leading both world standings thanks to the win and pole position achieved in Italy, and the one-two-three and Hyperpole secured at the season-opener in Qatar. Ferrari leads the Manufacturers’ standings on 92 points – with a 29-point advantage over its nearest rivals; the 6 Hours will award 25 points to the winners – while in the Drivers’ standings the number 51 499P crew of Pier Guidi, Calado and Giovinazzi tops the table with 50 points. They are followed in second and third places, with 39 and 38 points respectively, by Yifei Ye, Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson, who share the number 83 Ferrari run by AF Corse; while Fuoco, Molina and Nielsen are entrusted with the other official Ferrari, the number 50.

AF Corse, fielding the 499P in Giallo Modena livery, leads the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams for independent squads.

The programme. Activities on the track will begin on Thursday, 8 May with two free practice sessions, both lasting 90 minutes, from 11.45 a.m. and from 4.50 p.m.; on Friday 9 May, after FP3 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., qualifying and the Hyperpole for the Hypercar class will take place, starting at 3.25 p.m. and 3.48 p.m. respectively. The green flag for the 6 Hours of Spa will be waved on Saturday, 10 May from 2 p.m. (local time).