Ferrari announces the multi-year signing, starting from the 2026 season, of Phil Hanson, who will join the ranks of the Manufacturer's official drivers competing in major international endurance competitions.

The Briton, born in London on 5 July 1999 and winner of the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans with the number 83 499P, after a season as a driver for the privateer team AF Corse thus joins the Prancing Horse family. 

Hanson will therefore be able to continue a journey that has already seen him celebrate, in addition to the aforementioned victory in the world's oldest and most prestigious endurance race, second place in the 2025 FIA WEC Drivers’ championship, and the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams for independent squads, thanks to the results achieved for AF Corse with Ferrari official driver Yifei Ye and with Robert Kubica. 

Phil Hanson’s sporting CV includes his two wins at the Circuit de la Sarthe: in 2025, as mentioned, the Briton took the win in the overall standings, securing the third consecutive win for the 499P; previously, in 2020, he had taken the class win with LMP2 prototypes. 

The Briton’s trophy cabinet boasts five titles: in the Britcar Endurance Championship (2016); and in the Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP3 (2016-17) and LMP2 (2018-19) classes; in the European Le Mans Series (2020) and in the FIA WEC (2019-20), the latter two both all with LMP2 prototypes. To these is added the previously mentioned title for independent teams with AF Corse, in the 2025 FIA WEC. 

After developing through karting, where in 2015 he won the Super One Junior X30 championship, in 2016 Hanson began racing with prototypes in the LMP3 class, a category in which he went on to secure two victories and four podium finishes – from as many races – in the 2018 and 2019 European Le Mans Series. 

In 2019–20 Phil Hanson made his FIA WEC debut, recording his first victory in Bahrain before winning at Le Mans. It was an unforgettable couple of years for the British driver, who celebrated success with LMP2 prototypes both in the FIA WEC and in the ELMS; in the latter championship he stood out thanks to a record 11 wins plus eight further podiums across eight seasons. 

From 2021 the driver continued to compete in the World Endurance Championship. His step up to the top class of endurance racing came in 2024, when Phil Hanson drove an LMDh entered among the FIA WEC Hypercars and also competed with the same car in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. 

His continued upward trajectory and outstanding results earned him the opportunity, in 2025, to drive the number 83 Ferrari 499P together with Ye and Kubica: the trio, as mentioned, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and secured the first title claimed by the 499P itself, the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams, celebrated by the team at the Lone Star Le Mans contested at COTA (USA). During the season, the Giallo Modena-liveried 499P achieved one overall victory and another overall podium finish (in Qatar), as well as a pole position at Austin. 

Phil Hanson: “I am immensely proud to join Ferrari as an official factory driver and to continue my journey in the FIA WEC. I have admired Ferrari since I was a kid, but it wasn't until working alongside Ferrari in 2025 that I came to appreciate the team’s relentless pursuit of winning. I am honored to be able to continue to build on the success achieved last season, but above all to become part of the Prancing Horse family.”

Antonello Coletta, Global Head of Ferrari Endurance and Corse Clienti: “After a successful season with the AF Corse team, during which he not only won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the number 83 499P but also showed consistency and excellent performance throughout the championship, finishing second in the Drivers’ World Championship standings with his teammates, Phil has earned Ferrari’s full confidence. We are therefore delighted to welcome him into our family as part of the group of official drivers, convinced that the journey we are about to undertake will continue to be successful, just like the 2025 season.”