Under the microscope – Ferrari 499P Hypercar: already a kind of legend …

Dream environment… Ferrari wins in the last 24 Hours of Le Mans It certainly marked a centenary in motorsport annals. It must be said that this success, which came after 50 years of absence and from the first participation in Le Mans of 499Pit was a real job.
While other manufacturers take years to win at Le Mans, Ferrari managed to organize the planet in a matter of months.
“It’s true that it was a big challenge because we didn’t have good reference points when Toyota had already been racing Hypercar for several seasons,” he told us Antonello Coleta, captain of the vessel Endurance and Customer race from Ferrari. “Furthermore, they had managed to make several modifications to their vehicle since their inception, so the few references we had about them were out of date…”
As soon as the green light was given by Ferrari management in December 2020, Coletta worked to put in place the right structure to carry out such a challenge in time for the start of the 2023 season: “The working group responsible for this plan currently consists of about one hundred people,” explains, “but many people from other departments of the company were also involved from the beginning.”
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