8H BAHRAIN: DOUBLE CROWN FOR FERRARI IN WEC

Bahrain 13 November 2022

Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Ferrari have secured their second consecutive FIA Endurance World Championship title. The result came at the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, won by team-mates Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco in the #52 AF Corse Ferrari. The season ended with a victory for the Prancing Horse, bringing the 2022 LMGTE PRO World Endurance Championship to a close in the best possible way. During its years of service, the Ferrari 488 GTE has reached the top of its class four times, with constructors' titles in 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2022. Its crew of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi have built on its performance and brought their driving skills to the table, finishing as drivers' world champions three times in 2017, 2021 and 2022. In a symbolic move, the Ferrari 488 GTE is retiring after years of success and triumph, giving Ferrari its sixteenth World Endurance Championship title. 

IN SUMMARY: The race was full of twists and turns, with two hours to go the #52 of Fuoco and Molina took the lead while the #51 of Calado suffered a gearbox problem. Crossing the chequered flag in 1st place for the #51 and 5th place for the #52, the title was then assured. Calado & Pier Guidi were crowned drivers' world champions, Ferrari constructors' world champions, Fuoco & Molina finished 3rd in the championship with this victory.