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Antonio Fuoco takes pole for Ferrari at Monza WEC finale
Antonio Fuoco put Ferrari on pole for the World Endurance Championship finale at Monza, Italy.
Driving the #50 Ferrari 499P, the Italian set the fastest time in Saturday’s qualifying.
His lap was just ahead of Mathieu Jaminet’s Genesis, with Earl Bamber’s Cadillac third.
Qualifying followed mostly wet practice sessions, so teams had little dry running before the shootout.
Neither Toyota reached Hyperpole, even though the two Toyota cars are the only ones still competing for the drivers’ title.
In the LMGT3 class, Lexus also took pole at the final race for its RC F GT3 before it is replaced next season.
The Monza 6 Hours starts Sunday at 11:00 local time.
Antonio Fuoco took pole position for Ferrari in qualifying for the World Endurance Championship finale at Monza.
Driving the #50 AF Corse Ferrari 499P, he set a fastest lap of 1m33.364s in the final Hyperpole session.
Mathieu Jaminet qualified second in the #19 Genesis, 0.096 seconds behind Fuoco.
Neither Toyota, the only cars still in contention for the drivers’ title, reached Hyperpole.
Hadrien David secured LMGT3 pole in the #76 Auto Sport Promotion Lexus.
- Who
- Antonio Fuoco, driving for AF Corse Ferrari.
- What
- He took pole position for the World Endurance Championship finale at Monza.
- When
- Saturday afternoon, November 7, 2026.
- Where
- Monza, Italy.
- Why
- Not stated
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Fuoco set the fastest time in the final 10-minute Hyperpole session to secure pole position.
The Monza 6 Hours is scheduled to start.
- Fuoco's lap
- 1m33.364s
- Second place
- Mathieu Jaminet, #19 Genesis GMR-001
- Third place
- Earl Bamber, #38 Jota Cadillac, 1m33.541s
- Toyota qualifying
- Ryo Hirakawa placed 15th and Kamui Kobayashi 16th in first qualifying.
- LMGT3 pole
- Hadrien David, #76 Auto Sport Promotion Lexus, 1m47.523s
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What people are saying
It is very special to be on pole at Monza and I am very happy because the car was mega today. The conditions were very tricky and the guys did an amazing job to put the car down on the track with an amazing baseline.