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1000 Miles of Sebring: 50 shades of red at Ferrari

Pole for Antonio Fuoco and podium for the 499P #50, the Scuderia did not miss its return to the premier category of Endurance after half a century of absence. But if satisfaction is in order, it does not make it forget the gap which separates it from Toyota.

Published on 19/03/2023 à 16:17

Julien BILLIOTTE

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1000 Miles of Sebring: 50 shades of red at Ferrari

Pole and podium: Ferrari has maintained its return to the highest level of Endurance / ©Ferrari

Ferrari picked up the course of its history where it left off in 1973, at Watkins Glen: on the podium. For the last round of the world championshipEndurance, Jacky Ickx associated with Brian Redman then took second place behind the Matra-Simca MS 670 of Pescarolo-Larrousse, while the other 312 PB of the Team took third place.

Fifty years later, still in the United States, it was only a 499P that had the honors of the podium, but the symbol is no less powerful.

« When we left Maranello, explains with great emotion Antonello Coletta, head of Ferrari Attività Sportive GT, the goal was twofold

Julien BILLIOTTE

AUTOhebdo deputy editor-in-chief. The feather dipped in gall.

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