Hanson inks multi-year factory deal with Ferrari

2025 Le Mans 24 Hours overall winner Phil Hanson has inked a multi-year contract with Ferrari to join its factory driver line-up.

The 27-year-old spent 2025 competing in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P alongside Robert Kubica and Ye Yifei, winning Le Mans and finishing runner-up in the drivers' championship. This was the culmination of a decade-long climb through the prototype ladder for the Briton, during which he won LMP2 titles in the FIA WEC, the Asian and European Le Mans Series, and the LMP2 category at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Hanson made the step up to the top class in 2024, driving customer Porsche 963s in both the FIA WEC (with Hertz Team JOTA) and IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup (with JDC-Miller), before switching to racing the Giallo Modena-liveried 499P.

“I am immensely proud to join Ferrari as an official factory driver and to continue my journey in the FIA WEC,” Hanson said. “I have admired Ferrari since I was a kid, but it wasn't until working alongside Ferrari in 2025 that I came to appreciate the team’s relentless pursuit of winning. I am honored to be able to continue to build on the success achieved last season, but above all to become part of the Prancing Horse family.”

Antonello Coletta, the global head of Ferrari Endurance and Corse Clienti, commented: “After a successful season with the AF Corse team, during which he not only won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the No. 83 499P but also showed consistency and excellent performance throughout the championship, finishing second in the drivers’ world championship standings with his teammates, Phil has earned Ferrari’s full confidence. We are therefore delighted to welcome him into our family as part of the group of official drivers, convinced that the journey we are about to undertake will continue to be successful, just like the 2025 season.”

While Hanson's 2026 full program isn't yet fully confirmed, he is expected to return to the No. 83 Hypercar crew. Only Ye is named against the car at the time of writing.