Ferrari reveals new look for 2026 FIA WEC Hypercars

Ferrari has shown off a revised livery for its 499P Hypercars that will defend its FIA World Endurance Championship drivers' and manufacturers' titles this season.

The 2026 499Ps are presented in glossy Rosso Scuderia rather than a matte finish, with the FIA world championship laurels prominently displayed below the iconic Prancing Horse symbols on the front fenders of both the No. 50 and No. 51 cars. In addition, the unchanged No. 51 crew of James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi will race with their car embellished with the FIA laurels awarded to the drivers' champions, displayed on the door fins.

The 2026 design, created by the Centro Stile Ferrari, pays tribute to the 312 P that dominated endurance racing until 1973, the final year Ferrari competed for overall honors before its historic return in 2023. The color and finish are identical to those of Scuderia Ferrari's SF-26 Formula 1 cars.

The Rosso Scuderia is paired again with Giallo Modena, the shade that defines the bodywork lines and, for 2026, places particular emphasis on the cockpit volume.

Compared with earlier versions, this year’s 499P features the yellow diagonal lines oriented to form an arrow, a design cue iconic since the car’s debut in 2023. For 2026, the arrow is reversed, pointing towards the rear wing rather than the direction of travel.

The updated livery of the 499P was presented on Wednesday evening at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena, and for the first time, the event was open to the public, another indication of the continuing importance of the Hypercar program to the Ferrari family.

The presentation was hosted by Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, chief marketing and commercial officer Enrico Galliera, chief product development officer Gianmaria Fulgenzi, together with Antonello Coletta, the global head of endurance and corse clienti, Ferdinando Cannizzo, and the drivers set to race the factory 499Ps.

Off the back of its most successful season – with a sweep of titles and a Le Mans win for the No. 83 privately entered chassis from AF Corse – Ferrari has brought no substantial updates or played any development "Jokers" for 2026. However, as Cannizzo explains, the team has continued research, data analysis and simulator-to-track correlation in the off-season to further refine both the car’s behavior and team operations.

It has also tweaked the car aerodynamically ensure it sits inside the performance window defined from the entire Hypercar class’ visits to the Windshear wind tunnel in North Carolina prior to the new season. Previously, all Hypercars were taken to the Sauber tunnel in Switzerland.

“The races in which we struggled in 2025 were the ones that gave us the clearest indications for improvement. Added to this is the fact that we had to re-homologate the car and that we will be using new tires,” he said. "The Federation decided to re-measure all cars in a new wind tunnel in the United States. This led to a repositioning of the 499P within the performance window, which now needs to be fully understood and addressed through setup adjustments. As a result, we have a revised aerodynamic package. Although the changes are limited in scope, they have a significant impact on the car’s behaviour.

"To bring aerodynamic performance back within the new performance window, we focused our development on specific areas of the 499P, primarily the underbody, to meet the regulation-defined drag and downforce targets. The new window required a recalibration of the aerodynamic mapping. As a result, we now need to rediscover the balance that has always defined the 499P.

"As for the new Michelin tires, we must not only re-establish correlation between wind tunnel data and on-track performance, but also find a new match between the car setup and the tires. So far, we have not had the chance to fully explore all the compounds, having mainly tested the medium compound. While tire warm-up has improved, we have yet to fully understand the impact on the car’s overall balance. We will complete this work in the period leading up to the start of the championship.”

Looking to the campaign ahead, Coletta firmly believes that the 499P will remain capable of fighting at the sharp end against the deep field of Hypercars, the majority of which have been updated with performance Jokers over the off-season.

“The objective for 2026 is to defend the leadership we secured in 2025. That will not be straightforward, as our rivals are increasingly competitive and many of them are fielding updated cars," he noted, "while we have taken a different approach, believing that the 499P remains competitive enough to fight at the highest level.

"We will approach the season race by race, aiming to achieve the best possible result. Our philosophy is always to look ahead, without dwelling on past achievements, even after an unforgettable season like 2025, when we had the unique experience of bringing a world title in the top class of endurance racing back to Maranello after more than 50 years.

"In 2026, we will approach the challenge with maximum focus, without allowing ourselves to be affected if things do not always go perfectly. Our drivers have a wealth of experience, so I am confident that none of them will feel the weight of starting the season as reigning world champions.”