AF Corse

AF Corse
Company type	Private
Industry	Auto racing
Founded	1995 in Piacenza, Italy
Founder	Amato Ferrari
Headquarters	Piacenza, Italy
Area served	International
Key people	Amato Ferrari (founder)
Products	Racing teams and cars
Owner	Amato Ferrari

AF Corse is an Italian racing outfit established in 1995 by former driver Amato Ferrari in Piacenza. Strongly linked with the Maserati and Ferrari marques, AF Corse participates in competitions such as the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and International GT Open. The team boasts four GT2 class titles in the now-defunct FIA GT Championship.

Throughout its history, AF Corse has competed under various banners including Advanced Engineering, AT Racing, PeCom Racing, Spirit of Race, Formula Racing, 8Star Motorsports, MR Racing, and in collaboration with Michael Waltrip Racing as AF Waltrip.

History

After retiring from driving in 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to Enzo Ferrari) shifted his focus to team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' conclusion in 1999, he launched AF Corse ("AF Racing"), transitioning to sports car racing. Within a year, the team formed a partnership with Maserati to develop and manage the Trofeo Cup—a single-make series featuring the Maserati Coupé—which they oversaw until 2005.

In 2004, Maserati entrusted AF Corse with running their new MC12 model in the FIA GT Championship. The team contributed to its development and competed at Imola with drivers Fabrizio de Simone, Andrea Bertolini, Mika Salo, and Johnny Herbert, achieving two victories during that season. Subsequently, AF Corse returned to managing the Trofeo Cup and entered a Maserati Light in the 2005 Italian GT Championship.

AF Corse made a comeback to the FIA GT Championship in 2006 by campaigning Ferrari F430s in the GT2 category. Retaining Mika Salo and adding Rui Águas, Jaime Melo, and Matteo Bobbi to their roster, they secured wins at Silverstone and the Spa 24 Hours, ultimately capturing the class title ahead of Scuderia Ecosse. Additionally, they fielded three Maseratis in the inaugural FIA GT3 European Championship.

As reigning champions in 2007, AF Corse continued with Ferrari F430s while refreshing their driver lineup with Dirk Müller, Toni Vilander, Gianmaria Bruni, and Stephane Ortelli. Backed entirely by Motorola sponsorship, the team dominated by winning nine out of ten races and clinching another championship.

In 2008, AF Corse expanded its GT2 program to three cars: one driven by Vilander and Bruni; another piloted by Biagi and Christian Montanari; and a third entered under Advanced Engineering with Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc at the wheel.

Following the discontinuation of the FIA GT Championship in 2010, AF Corse joined the Le Mans Series fielding three Ferrari F430 GT2 vehicles. Drivers included Matías Russo, Luís Pérez Companc, Toni Vilander, Jean Alesi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jaime Melo, and Gianmaria Bruni.

The 2011 season saw AF Corse compete in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) with new Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 cars while also entering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3s in the FIA GT3 European Championship. The team secured the ILMC GTE-Pro championship alongside a drivers' title in FIA GT3.

Starting from 2010, AF Corse also participated in the International GT Open series with multiple Ferrari GT2 entries driven by Jack Gerber & Rui Águas, Pierre Kaffer & Álvaro Barba; a third car was campaigned under AT Racing.

By 2012, AF Corse was active worldwide across several championships including the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and GT1 World Championship using Ferrari F458 Italia models. They partnered with Michael Waltrip Racing for a GTE-Am entry. At that year’s Le Mans race, their #51 car driven by Gianmaria Bruni, Giancarlo Fisichella, and Toni Vilander took victory in GTE Pro amid a dramatic incident involving amateur driver Piergiuseppe Perazzini.

In 2023, AF Corse collaborated with Scuderia Ferrari to enter the new Ferrari 499P hypercar in the FIA WEC. The team claimed victory at the centennial 24 Hours of Le Mans—marking Ferrari's first top-class win there in five decades—and fielded a yellow privateer #83 car driven by Robert Kubica, Robert Shwartzman, and Yifei Ye. The #83 led much of the 2024 Le Mans before retiring due to engine troubles. In 2025, this same yellow #83 returned to win Le Mans once more; meanwhile #51 and #50 finished behind Porsche’s LMDh-spec 963s competing across both WEC and IMSA championships.

The partnership within Ferrari’s Hypercar program has yielded remarkable success at Le Mans from 2023 through 2025. All three entries (#51, #50, #83) secured victories during this stretch. The factory drivers—Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen (#50); Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi (#51); Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, Phil Hanson (#83)—have each celebrated wins at this prestigious endurance event.

24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year	Team	No.	Vehicle	Competitors	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall AF Corse Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Aucott Racing	78	Ferrari F430 GT2	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Ben Aucott Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Joe Macari Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Adrian Newey	LMGT2	308	22nd	4th
2008	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	78	Ferrari F430 GT2	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Thomas Biagi Template:Country data SMR Template:Namespace detect showall Christian Montanari Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Toni Vilander	LMGT2	111	DNF	DNF
2009	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	78	Ferrari F430 GT2	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall Luis Pérez Companc Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall Matías Russo	LMGT2	317	26th	6th
2010	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall AF Corse SRL	95	Ferrari F430 GT2	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean Alesi Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Toni Vilander	LMGT2	323	16th	4th
2010		96	Ferrari F430 GT2	Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall Luis Pérez Companc Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall Matías Russo Template:Country data FIN Template:Namespace detect showall Mika Salo	LMGT2	0	WD	WD

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Year	Vehicle Model	Competitors	Events Entered	Victories	Pole Positions	Fastest Laps	Podium Finishes	Points Accumulated	Drivers' Championship Position (D.C.)	Teams' Championship Position (T.C.)
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters#2021	Ferrari 488#488 GT3 Evo 2020	Template:Country data NZL Template:Namespace detect showall Liam Lawson	16	3	4	1	10	227	'style="background:#DFDFDF;"' 2nd	' rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;"' 1st
		'Template:Flagicon\ Alex Albon'	'14'	'1'	'1'	'3'	'4'	'130'	'6th'
		'Template:Flagicon\ Nick Cassidy'	'2'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'0'	'11'	'16th'
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters#2022	Ferrari 488#488 GT3 Evo 2020	'Template:Flagicon\ Nick Cassidy'	'11'	'2'	'1'	'1'	'2'	'64'	'13th'	7th
		'Template:Flagicon\ Felipe Fraga'	'14'	'1'	'1'	'1'	'2'	'60'	'16th'
		'Template:Flagicon\ Ayhancan Güven'	'2'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'7'	'23rd'
		'Template:Flagicon\ Sébastien Loeb'	'2'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'32nd'

FIA World Endurance Championship

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Driver	No.	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Total Points	Final Standing
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia			2012 12 Hours of Sebring 2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 6 Hours of Silverstone 2012 6 Hours of São Paulo 2012 6 Hours of Bahrain 2012 6 Hours of Fuji 2012 6 Hours of Shanghai	201	1st
				Olivier Beretta	71	3rd			4th	4th	DNF	4th	4th	4th	3rd
				Andrea Bertolini
				Marco Cioci
				Gianmaria Bruni	51	DSQ			2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	DNF
				Giancarlo Fisichella
				Toni Vilander
		LMGTE Am		Niki Cadei	81	3rd			DNF
				Piergiuseppe Perazzini						Matt Griffin
				AF Corse - Waltrip						Rui Águas (racing driver)	61	4th	DNS	6th	1st	3rd	2nd	4th	108	4th
	Robert Kauffman (businessman)
	Brian Vickers
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AF Corse-Waltrip

AF Corse-Waltrip—also referred to as AF-Waltrip—was a professional sports car racing outfit established in 2011 as an equal partnership between Michael Waltrip Racing co-owners Michael Waltrip and Rob Kauffman. The team operated through a technical collaboration with AF Corse, competing in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Rolex Sports Car Series with Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 vehicles. Operations concluded in 2013 when focus shifted entirely to NASCAR activities.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Category	Vehicle	Engine	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Points Earned
2012	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		61	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA	4th	108
				Template:Country data POR Template:Namespace detect showall Rui Águas		4th place	DNS	4th place			2nd place		4th place
				United States Rob Kauffman		4th place	DNS	4th place			2nd place		4th place
				United States Michael Waltrip		4th place
				United States Brian Vickers			DNS	4th place			2nd place

No drivers championship was awarded for the 2012 season; standings reflect team ranking in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

Rolex Sports Car Series Points

Year	Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Type	Competitors	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	GT	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		56	DAY	BIR	HOM	NJ	BEL	LEX	ELK	WAT	IMS	WAT	MON	LGA	LIM
				Template:Country data POR Template:Namespace detect showall Rui Águas (racing driver)		35							align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|11th	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|14th	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|15th
				United States Rob Kauffman (businessman)		35							align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|11th	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|14th	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|15th
				United States Travis Pastrana		35
				United States Michael Waltrip		35
2013	GT	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		56	2013 24 Hours of Daytona	Circuit of the Americas	Barber Motorsports Park	Road Atlanta	Belle Isle Park	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Watkins Glen International	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Road America	Kansas Speedway	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

External links

Official website