Ferrari 488 GTEs from the virtual 24 Several hours of Le Mans in June.

 

Ferrari will return to the best flight of stamina racing with a hypercar entry in 2023, competing for outright Le Mans 24 Several hours victory for the first time in 50 years, the Italian marque said on Wednesday.

Ferrari final entered the prime classification at Le Mans in 1973 and rivals will contain Toyota, Peugeot, Porsche and Audi between important companies.

The Hypercar classification replaces the past LMP1 in stamina racing.

Ferrari has gained Le Mans outright nine times but not considering that 1965, when it fought a famed battle with Ford at the Sarthe circuit in western France. The marque has tasted accomplishment far more just lately in GT racing, winning the 2019 GTE Pro category.

“With the new Le Mans Hypercar software, Ferrari the moment again asserts its sporting motivation and perseverance to be a protagonist in the significant worldwide motorsport events,” said Ferrari president John Elkann in a statement.

The identify of the Ferrari car and the motorists have yet to be declared.

Ferrari have been wanting for other functions in which to redeploy staff members as a System Just one spending budget cap can take impact and the sport’s oldest and most successful staff are forced to slender down.

Some technical team have presently moved throughout to operate with the Haas F1 workforce, which works by using Ferrari engines and has a close partnership with Maranello.

Ferrari also has a flourishing younger driver academy with endurance racing, a further arena for attaining practical experience.