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AF Corse is an Italian team founded by former racing driver in 1995 in . Strongly linked to the and brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and International GT Open, and are four-time champions of the GT2 class of the former FIA GT Championship. The team has also entered cars under Advanced Engineering, AT Racing, PeCom Racing, Spirit of Race, Formula Racing, and MR Racing, and in association with Michael Waltrip Racing (AF Waltrip).

History
In 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to the family of and his car company) retired from driving and chose to concentrate on team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' demise in 1999, Ferrari launched a new team known as AF Corse (in English, "AF Racing"), named for his initials. The team turned to sports car racing, and within a year was contracted by . AF Corse was tasked with the development, maintenance, and transport of the Trofeo Cup, a based on the Maserati Coupé. The company would continue in this position until 2005.

During 2004, Maserati approached AF Corse about running their latest development in sports car racing: the new Maserati MC12 for the international FIA GT Championship. The team aided Maserati in testing and developing the car before running the two new racers in their home event at Imola. Drivers Fabrizio de Simone, , , and were all assigned to the team, eventually earning AF Corse two victories before the season ended. Once the development of the MC12 was satisfied, the company returned to running the Trofeo Cup, as well as running a Maserati Light in the 2005 Italian GT Championship.

AF Corse returned to the FIA GT Championship in 2006. This time however they would be running the latest Ferrari offering, the Ferrari F430, as well as competing in the series' lower category, the GT2 class. Salo was retained in the driving line-up, while newcomers Rui Águas, , and completed the standard line-up. Victory was earned in the team's debut at Silverstone, and another two were earned over the season, including at the Spa 24 Hours. AF Corse won the class championship, beating fellow Ferrari competitor Scuderia Ecosse. The company retained their connection to Maserati however, entering a trio of cars in the new FIA GT3 European Championship.

As defending champions, AF Corse remained in the FIA GT Championship in 2007, although much on the team changed. While the Ferrari F430s remained, all new drivers were introduced to the team. Dirk Müller, , , and took over driving duties for the season, while announced their full sponsorship of the squad. The two cars dominated the 2007 season, winning nine of the ten events on the schedule and wrapping up another championship.

For 2008, AF Corse expanded to a three car team in the GT2 class. Vilander and Bruni are retained in the lead car, while Biagi returns to the squad to be joined by Christian Montanari in the second entry. The third car will be run under the Advanced Engineering name, with Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc.

In 2010, the FIA GT Championship was dissolved and two new championships were born from it. The GT1 class of the former series became the FIA GT1 World Championship while the GT2 class formed the FIA GT2 European Championship. The GT2 series was suspended due to lack of entries. As a result, the AF Corse team joined the Le Mans Series. For the 2010 season, the team fielded three Ferrari F430 GT2s for the series' GT2 class. Drivers Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc campaigned the #94 Ferrari with and former Grand Prix drivers and Giancarlo Fisichella in the #95. ALMS regulars, with the Risi Competizione team, and drove the Ferrari #96.

In 2011 AF Corse entered the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with brand new Ferrari 458 Italia GT2s as well as the FIA GT3 European Championship with Ferrari 458 Italia GT3s. AF Corse won the ILMC in the GTE-Pro category, including the final round at Petit Le Mans. It also won the FIA GT3 driver's championship with Francisco Catellaci and .

The team also joined the International GT Open for the 2010 season in the Super GT class, which is largely reminiscent of the GT2 rules in the Le Mans Series. The team fields two Ferrari GT2 cars for drivers & Rui Águas in the #6 car and and Álvaro Barba in the #8 Ferrari. AF Corse will also field a third Ferrari (#7) for the team with drivers Alexander Talkanitsa and his son Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.

For 2012, AF Corse competed in a variety of sports car championships throughout Europe and globally, including the FIA World Endurance Championship and GT1 World Championship with Ferrari F458 Italia GT2s and Ferrari F458 Italia GT3s, including a co-branded for GTE-Am class car with Michael Waltrip Racing, AF Waltrip. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, amateur driver Piergiuseppe Perazzini collided with the No. 8 Toyota driven by overall-contender , sending the Toyota airborne at the Mulsanne Corner. Perazzini's Ferrari also flipped and landed on its roof after hitting the tyre barrier. Davidson suffered two broken vertebrae in the crash but was able to pull himself from the car in the immediate aftermath of the accident - though of course he was forced to abandon the race. The AF Corse #51 car driven by , Giancarlo Fisichella and won the GTE Pro race beating Corvette, Porsche and Aston Martin. In 2023, AF Corse and announced a partnership to field the marque's new 499P hypercar in that year's edition of the FIA World Endurance Championship. After a successful season that year, including winning at Le Mans in the centenary edition – and Ferrari's first Le Mans in the top class in 50 years – the team decided to field a yellow-coloured privateer entry, and drafted in , Robert Shwartzman and to pilot the #83 machine. They led much of the 2024 edition of Le Mans, before retiring with an engine failure. In the 2025 Le Mans 24h, the yellow #83 won, while #51 and #50 were beaten by one of the Porsche 963 which are built according to slightly different rules (LMDh), and running not only in the WEC, but also in North American IMSA-series.

The collaboration with the Ferrari Hypercar team has largely been a success, at Le Mans in particular, with each of the three cars (#51, #50, #83) winning the marquee event from 2023 to 2025. This means that all nine of their works drivers, mostly unchanged across the years, have won the race: , Miguel Molina and in car #50, and Alessandro Pier Guidi, and Antonio Giovinazzi in car #51, and , and Phil Hanson in car #83.

Results
24 Hours of Le Mans
96Luis Pérez Companc
Matías Russo
0 WD
AF Corse71Ferrari 458 Italia GT2Rui Águas
Robert Kauffman
LMGTE Pro178DNFDNF
AF Corse SRL51
Giancarlo Fisichella
31413th2nd
61Ferrari F430 GT2Seán Paul Breslin

Piergiuseppe Perazzini		LMGTE Am188DNFDNF
AF Corse51Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Pro33617th1st
71

32622nd4th
81Niki Cadei
Matt Griffin
Piergiuseppe Perazzini		LMGTE Am70DNFDNF
AF Corse-Waltrip61Rui Águas
Robert Kauffman
29431st6th
AF Corse51Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Giancarlo Fisichella
Matteo Malucelli		LMGTE Pro31121st6th
71

31220th5th
54Jean-Marc Bachelier
Howard Blank
Yannick Mallégol		LMGTE Am147DNFDNF
55Lorenzo Casè
Darryl O'Young
Piergiuseppe Perazzini		30526th2nd
61
Jack Gerber
Matt Griffin		30527th3rd
8 Star Motorsports81Rui Águas

29437th10th
37
Maurizio Mediani
Nicolas Minassian		9DNFDNF
72Ferrari 458 Italia GT2

LMGTE Am196DNFDNF
AF Corse51
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Pro33915th1st
71

28DNFDNF
60Lorenzo Casè
Raffaele Giammaria
Peter Mann		LMGTE Am115DNFDNF
61
Luis Pérez Companc
Mirko Venturi		33122nd3rd
62Jean-Marc Bachelier
Howard Blank
Yannick Mallégol		29538th14th
81

Stephen Wyatt		22DNFDNF
8 Star Motorsports90Frankie Montecalvo

33023rd4th
71

33221st2nd
55Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Alex Mortimer		LMGTE Am241DNFDNF
61
Raffaele Giammaria
Peter Mann		32631st5th
83Rui Águas

François Perrodo		33026th4th
72

33220th1st
71

143DNFDNF
55Ferrari 458 Italia GT2Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott		LMGTE Am28943rd11th
83Rui Águas

François Perrodo		33127th2nd
Formula Racing60Johnny Laursen

Christina Nielsen		31935th6th
Clearwater Racing61Rob Bell
Weng Sun Mok
32930th4th
71
Miguel Molina
33921st5th
Spirit of Race54
Francesco Castellacci
LMGTE Am32641st12th
55Duncan Cameron

Aaron Scott		33128th2nd
Clearwater Racing60
Álvaro Parente
Richard Wee		32740th11th
61Matt Griffin
Weng Sun Mok
33031st5th
DH Racing83
Niclas Jönsson
32042nd13th
52
Antonio Giovinazzi
34120th5th
71
Miguel Molina
33824th9th
Spirit of Race54Ferrari 488 GTEFrancesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Am33526th2nd
Clearwater Racing61Matt Griffin
Weng Sun Mok
33235th8th
MR Racing70
Eddie Cheever III
Motoaki Ishikawa		32438th9th
71
Miguel Molina
140DNFDNF
Spirit of Race54Ferrari 488 GTEFrancesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Am32743rd12th
Car Guy Racing57
Takeshi Kimura
Côme Ledogar		33235th5th
Clearwater Racing61
Matt Griffin
Luis Pérez Companc		33137th7th
MR Racing70
Eddie Cheever III
Motoaki Ishikawa		32841st10th
AF Corse51Ferrari 488 GTE Evo
Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Pro34621st2nd
71
Miguel Molina
340NCNC
52Steffen Görig
Christoph Ulrich
Alexander West		LMGTE Am80DNFDNF
54Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
33039th13th
83

François Perrodo		33926th3rd
Spirit of Race55Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott		78DNFDNF
Luzich Racing61Côme Ledogar
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Francesco Piovanetti		33532nd7th
62Bonamy Grimes
Charlie Hollings
32541st15th
MR Racing70

Takeshi Kimura		172DNFDNF
52
Miguel Molina
33137th5th
54Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Am32939th11th
83
François Perrodo
34025th1st
Cetilar Racing47

Giorgio Sernagiotto		90DNFDNF
Spirit of Race55Duncan Cameron
Matthew Griffin
David Perel		109DNFDNF
51Ferrari 488 GTE Evo
Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Pro35029th2nd
52
Miguel Molina
34930th3rd
21Simon Mann
Christoph Ulrich
LMGTE Am33941st8th
54
Francesco Castellacci
34039th6th
61
Conrad Grunewald
33942nd9th
Spirit of Race55Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
David Perel		33943rd10th
71Gabriel Aubry
Franck Dezoteux
127DNFDNF
Inception Racing59Marvin Klein
Côme Ledogar
Alexander West		190DNFDNF
51
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alessandro Pier Guidi		3421st1st
AF Corse80Oreca 07-Gibson

François Perrodo		LMP2 (Pro-Am)183DNFDNF
21Ferrari 488 GTE EvoUlysse de Pauw
Simon Mann
Julien Piguet		LMGTE Am21DNFDNF
54Francesco Castellacci

31231st5th
AF Corse83Luis Pérez Companc

33DNFDNF
Walkenhorst Motorsport100Andrew Haryanto
Chandler Hull
30736th8th
51
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alessandro Pier Guidi		3113rd3rd
AF Corse83
Robert Shwartzman
248DNFDNF
183Oreca 07-Gibson
François Perrodo
Nicolás Varrone		LMP2 (Pro-Am)29718th1st
AF Corse54Ferrari 296 GT3Francesco Castellacci

LMGT330DNFDNF
55François Heriau
Simon Mann
27933rd6th
Spirit of Race155
Johnny Laursen
Jordan Taylor		27935th8th
51
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alessandro Pier Guidi		3873rd3rd
AF Corse83Phil Hanson

3871st1st
183Oreca 07-GibsonAntónio Félix da Costa
François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière		LMP2 (Pro-Am)36426th4th
AF Corse21Ferrari 296 GT3François Heriau
Simon Mann
LMGT334134th2nd
54Francesco Castellacci

192DNFDNF
AF Corse150Riccardo Agostini
Custodio Toledo
33843rd11th
– Tempesta193Eddie Cheever III
Chris Froggatt
33546th14th

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
1411341306th
200101116th
1411126016th
Ayhancan Güven20000723rd
Sébastien Loeb20000032nd

FIA World Endurance Championship
+ !Year !Entrant !Class !Car !Driver ! !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !Points !
713rd4th4th4th4th4th3rd
512nd1st1st1st1st2nd
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE AmNiki Cadei81 3rd
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Matt Griffin
AF Corse - WaltripRui Águas614th6th1st3rd2nd 4th1084th
Robert Kauffman
712nd3rd5th3rd5th5th3rd1055th
515th1st6th1st2nd2nd4th1st1451st
Giancarlo Fisichella
Matteo Malucelli
LMGTE Am618th8th2nd7th7th6th3rd767th
Jack Gerber
Matt Griffin
715th3rd5th2nd3rd3rd2nd5th98
514th1st1st3rd1st1st3rd1st168
Giancarlo Fisichella
LMGTE Am813rd6th7th2nd3rd5th68
Stephen Wyatt
616th1st3rd4th5th6th6th4th102
Luis Pérez Companc
Mirko Venturi
Lorenzo Casè60 8th
Raffaele Giammaria
Peter Mann
Jean-Marc Bachelier62 14th
Howard Blank
Yannick Mallégo

AF Corse-Waltrip
AF Corse-Waltrip, also known as AF-Waltrip, is a former professional sportscar team. The company was a 50–50 partnership between Michael Waltrip Racing co-owners and Rob Kauffman. In 2011, Michael Waltrip Racing entered into a technical alliance with AF Corse to provide them sportscars to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Rolex Sports Car Series. AF Corse-Waltrip shut down their sportscar team in 2013 to concentrate on .

Racing Results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2012 ! rowspan=11LMGTE Am ! rowspan=11Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 ! rowspan=11 4.5 L V8 61SEBSPALMSSILSÃOBHRFUJSHA4th108
Rui Águas4DNS4 2 4
Rob Kauffman4DNS4 2 4
4
DNS4 2
1 4
Piergiuseppe Perazzini 1
Matt Griffin 1
3
Xandy Negrão 3
Francisco Longo 3 

There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates team rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

Rolex Sports Car Series Points
2012GTFerrari 458 Italia 4.5 L V8 56DAYBIRHOMNJBELLEXWATIMSWATMONLGALIM
Rui Águas35 111415
Robert Kauffman35 111415
35
35
2013GTFerrari 458 Italia 4.5 L V8 56DAYTXSBIRBELLEXWATIMSLGALIM
Rui Águas17 1414
Robert Kauffman17 1414
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