Ferrari converted pole position into a comfortable victory in the second round of the World♚ Enduranc🦂e Championship at Imola on Sunday.

The factory #51 Ferrari 499 LMH driven by Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi took the chequered flag with a nine-second margin over the #20 B🐼MW of Sheldon van der Linde, Robin Frijns and Rene Rast at the end of 6 Hours of Imola.

The #51 Ferrari was nevཧer really threatened at the front of the pack, although there were brief stints where other cars moved ahead on strategy.

Giovinazzi’s move on the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh with two hours to go 𝓀sealed the deal🐼 for the 2023 Le Mans-winning crew.

The #20 BMW recovered from multiple incidents, including 🍒contact with the #7 Toyota that left with damaged rear bodywork, to take the runner-up position.

Alpine scored its second podium with the A424 LMDh in the Hypercar class, with Mick Schumacher, Jules Gounon and Frederic Makowiecki finishing a strong third in the #36 entry despite a contact with the French marque’s siste༒r car at the start of  the race.

The #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid shared by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon 🥂Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa finished fifth, behind the front-row starting customꦕer #83 Ferrari driven by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson.

Porsche endured another tough race💯 in the WEC, with Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell finishing a distant eighth in the best of th▨e two factory 963 LMDh prototypes.

Porsche takes LMGT3 win

In the LMGT3 class, the #92 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R crewed by Richard Lietz, Riccardo Pera and Ryan Hardwick scored a narrow win over the pole-sitting #46 WRT BMW M4 GT3 of Kelvin 💦van der Linde, Valentino Rossi and Ahmad Al Harthy.

The final spot on the podium wen🉐t to the Finn Gehrsitz, Arnold Robin and Ben Barnicoat in the #78 Lexus RC F GT3.