Editing Ferrari (section)

=== Sports car racing ===
[[File:1973-05-27 Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312P.jpg|thumb|A [[Ferrari 312 PB|312 P]], driven by [[Jacky Ickx]], during Ferrari's final year in the [[World Sportscar Championship]]]]
Aside from [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815|an abortive effort]] in 1940, Ferrari began racing sports cars in 1947, when the [[Ferrari 125 S|125 S]] won six out of the ten races it participated in.<ref name=Ludvigsen2010 /> Ferrari continued to see similar luck in the years to follow: by 1957, just ten years after beginning to compete, Ferrari had won three [[World Sportscar Championship]]s, seven victories in the [[Mille Miglia]], and two victories at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], among many other races.<ref name=Havelock /> These races were ideal environments for the development and promotion of Ferrari's earlier road cars, which were broadly similar to their racing counterparts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sportscar Champions: Ferrari History |website=Official Ferrari website |date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1953/sportscar-champions/more |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027201117/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1953/sportscar-champions/more |url-status=live }}</ref>

This luck continued into the first half of the 1960s, when Ferrari won the WSC's 2000GT class three consecutive times and finished first at Le Mans for six consecutive years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jenkinson |first=Denis |title=The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982 |date=1982 |page=222 |publisher=MBI Distribution Services/Quayside Distribution |isbn=9782880011291 }}</ref><ref name=Fearnley>{{cite web |last=Fearnley |first=Paul |title=The race Ferrari doesn't need |website=Motor Sport Magazine |date=June 2015 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2015/102/race-ferrari-doesnt-need/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515230649/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2015/102/race-ferrari-doesnt-need/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its winning streak at Le Mans was broken [[History of Ferrari#Racing rivalry|by Ford]] in 1966,<ref name=Fearnley /> and though Ferrari would win two more WSC titles—one [[1967 World Sportscar Championship|in 1967]] and another [[1972 World Sportscar Championship season|in 1972]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary Finish: Ferrari History |website=Official Ferrari website |date=11 June 2019 |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1967/legendary-finish/more |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027205654/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/history/moments/1967/legendary-finish/more |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1972 World Championship of Makes |website=Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine |date=27 March 2023 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1972-world-championship-of-makes/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027205654/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1972-world-championship-of-makes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>—poor revenue allocation, combined with languishing performance in Formula One, led the company to cease competing in sports car events in 1973.<ref name=MaranParker />{{rp|621}} From that point onward, Ferrari would help prepare sports racing cars for privateer teams, but would not race them itself.<ref name=Pritchard>{{cite web |last=Pritchard |first=Robb |title=The Rally Years |website=Forza Magazine |date=31 May 2018 |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/167/articles/the-rally-years |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727011244/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/167/articles/the-rally-years |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 1993 Ferrari has supported the [[Ferrari Challenge]], a [[one-design racing|one-make]] championship based around the company's road lineup. The championship is currently divided into two continental series (Europe and North America) and three regional series (the UK, Japan, and [[Australasia]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Corse Clienti Ferrari Challenge |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/corse-clienti/ferrari-challenge |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

[[File:2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P No.51 (DSC09249).jpg|thumb|[[Ferrari 499P]] No. 51 at the [[2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps]]]]

In 2023, Ferrari reentered prototype sports car racing. For the [[2023 FIA World Endurance Championship]], Ferrari, in partnership with [[AF Corse]], fielded two [[Ferrari 499P|499P]] sports prototypes. To commemorate the company's return to the discipline, one of the cars was numbered "50", referencing the fifty years that had elapsed since a works Ferrari competed in an endurance race.<ref name="AFCLMH">{{Cite web |title=Ferrari and AF Corse team together for LMH programme |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/competizioni-gt/articles/ferrari-and-af-corse-team-together-for-lmh-programme |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=www.ferrari.com |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101154946/https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/competizioni-gt/articles/ferrari-and-af-corse-team-together-for-lmh-programme |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ferrari499PUnveil">{{Cite web |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/ferrari-reveals-499p-for-prototype-racing-return/ |title=Ferrari Reveals 499P for Prototype Racing Return |date=29 October 2022 |website=sportscar365.com |last=Lloyd |first=Daniel |publisher=John Dagys Media |access-date=29 October 2022 }}</ref> The 499P finished first at the [[2023 24 Hours of Le Mans]], ending [[Toyota Gazoo Racing]]'s five-year winning streak there and becoming the first Ferrari in 58 years to win the race.<ref name=DeMattia>{{cite web |last=DeMattia |first=Nico |title=2023 Le Mans 24: Ferrari Takes Historic Win, America Steals the Show |website=The Drive |date=11 June 2023 |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/2023-le-mans-24-ferrari-takes-historic-win-america-steals-the-show |access-date=11 June 2023 }}</ref> Ferrari repeated this feat at the [[2024 24 Hours of Le Mans]], marking its first consecutive victory at the race since 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari si conferma a Le Mans: la 499P vince la 24 Ore 2024 |language=it |url=https://www.ferrari.com/it-IT/hypercar/articles/fia-wec-24-ore-le-mans-2024-hypercar-report-gara |website=Ferrari.com |access-date=30 June 2024 |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618024547/https://www.ferrari.com/it-IT/hypercar/articles/fia-wec-24-ore-le-mans-2024-hypercar-report-gara |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=16 June 2024 |title=Ferrari win back-to-back Le Mans 24 Hours after intense battle with Toyota |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/16/ferrari-win-back-to-back-le-mans-24-hours-after-intense-battle |access-date=17 June 2024 |work=The Guardian }}</ref>