WEC: Ferrari secures one-two in Spa thriller
- F1
- May 11, 2025
Ferrari has maintained its undefeated start for the FIA 2025 World Endurance Championship campaign in the 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps, defending itself from a threat of Alpine’s entire career to ensure an ending in a race that became a house that became a house.
#51 499P or Alessandro Lost Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi claimed their second consecutive victory after their triumph on the native floor in Icola last month. From the third in the network, the winners of the second round moved the intention as the race was developed, angelly taking control in the last third of the race.
A fundamental moment came with just under two hours when a security car period, triggered by an accident of #59 United Autosports McLaren, grouped the field and turned the closing stages into a tense fuel strategy thriller.
Behind the winning car, sister #50 Ferrari or Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina completed a single end for the manufacturer based in Maranello, defending the late pressure of #36 Alpine A424 and brings Hile Hom. Mick Schumacher brought the French Challenger, who shares with Frédéric Makowiecki and Jules Gounon, at home in third place, just under a second being, despite persecuting the second place of Ferrari in the oldest tires in the final period.
Toyota managed to finish the best of the rest with the GR010 #8 hybrid of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa charging from 15 on the network to the fourth, helped by an early strategic final stop that helped a stuck in that fuel.
Hipercar’s eight manufacturers ended up in the front turn in front of almost 100,000 spectators who packed Ardennes’s place during the weekend.
It was also a double celebration night for Ferrari, since Vista Off Cors delivered the first victory of the season of the brand’s LMGT3 season. When recovering from an early initial penalty, #21 Ferrari 296 GT3 rose to the front after the final of the stops, crossing the line for 40 seconds ahead of the Mustang protons competition in a modern fer. Ford Battle.
