Ferrari has issued an in depth assertion following the disqualification of its No. 50 499P Hypercar from the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The automobile, pushed by Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina, was stripped of its fourth-place end within the World Endurance Championship’s centrepiece occasion after failing post-race scrutineering.
Officers discovered that 4 bolts have been lacking from the rear wing assist construction, whereas the wing itself was deflecting by 52mm—nicely above the 15mm restrict allowed by the technical rules.
The stewards dominated that the absence of the bolts posed a possible security danger and urged the automobile could have gained a efficiency benefit by means of extreme flexing, noting that it achieved its highest high velocity on lap 370 of 378.
Whereas Ferrari has confirmed it is not going to attraction the choice, the Italian producer insisted that the lacking bolts “supplied no benefit when it comes to efficiency or the ultimate standing.”
It defined that the No. 50 automobile’s high velocity late within the race was a results of operating within the slipstream of the sister No. 51 Ferrari, pushed by Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado.
Ferrari additionally burdened that “the absence of a number of of those parts didn’t compromise the automobile’s security in any means.”
In keeping with the crew, one lacking bolt was recognized by a mechanic through the automobile’s remaining pitstop, whereas the remaining bolts indifferent over the closing 37 minutes of the race.
The producer’s two different Hypercar entries, together with the race-winning No. 83 AF Corse-run Ferrari of Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson and Yifei Ye, efficiently handed post-race scrutineering.
Full assertion
“Following post-race scrutineering on the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, the quantity 50 Ferrari 499P, which had completed fourth, was disqualified for a technical infringement, as acknowledged in Choice quantity 225 issued by the Stewards. The irregularity involved the absence of 4 bolts from the central rear wing assist. The opposite two 499P entries – the quantity 83, which gained the race, and the quantity 51, which completed third – handed post-race scrutineering with none points.
As reported by the Stewards, through the quantity 50 automobile’s final pit cease at 3.23 p.m. on Sunday, 15 June, a Ferrari – AF Corse crew mechanic observed that solely one of many bolts securing the central rear wing assist was lacking.
Given the design of the ingredient, the absence of a number of of those parts didn’t compromise the automobile’s security in any means. The following lack of the remaining bolts through the remaining 37 minutes of the race supplied no benefit when it comes to efficiency or the ultimate standings.
The highest velocity of the quantity 50 499P reported by the Stewards of their determination was recorded through the automobile’s remaining seven laps whereas it was operating within the slipstream of its sister automobile, the quantity 51 499P.
Whereas shocked by the choice, Ferrari reaffirms its full confidence within the professionalism and integrity of its crew, within the actions taken, and in its respect for the rules governing the FIA World Endurance Championship.
With full confidence in those self same rules, although the incident in query provided no aggressive benefit to the crew, nor did it compromise the protection of our drivers or that of different opponents, Ferrari is already at work forward of the subsequent rounds of a season that resumes beneath the worldwide highlight in July, in Brazil.
Following the disqualification of the quantity 50 499P, Ferrari retains its lead within the championship’s Producers’ standings with 172 factors. Within the World Drivers’ Championship, the trio of Pier Guidi–Calado–Giovinazzi leads with 105 factors, adopted by Ye–Kubica–Hanson with 89 and Fuoco–Molina–Nielsen with 57.
