The #50 Ferrari 499p team featuring Niklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco, won the prestigious 2024 Le Mans, find out more about the three drivers below and the winner prize money
The trio managed to secure Ferrari’s second Le Mans victory in a row after previously finishing fifth in 2023.
Who are Niklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina, and Antonio Fuoco, Ferrari’s 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and their prize money list
This year’s Le Mans 2024 was the 92nd edition and took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France. Ferrari won 40,000 euros for the overall victory + 10,000 euros for the success among the Hypercars = 50,000 euros.
As Ferrari celebrates its triumphant win at the Le Mans 2024, get to know more about the three drivers below.
Niklas Nielsen bio
Nicklas Ganshorn Nielsen is a Danish, professional Ferrari GT factory racing driver who currently competes in the World Endurance Championship. He was born on February 6, 1997, and he is currently 27 years old. Nielsen started to kart when he was just four years old and won 10 major karting titles before going pro.
He started out as a professional in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2016, where he secured six podiums. Nielsen then joined Ferrari Challenge Europe, where he secured 10 wins from 14 races. Following a series of great performances, he secured a seat in the European Le Mans Series in the LMGTE class. After finishing third in class at the 2019 Le Mans, he later won the race in class in 2021.
Notably, Nielsen also won the 24 Hours of Spa following which he joined Ferrari’s new hypercar division in 2023. In the WEC, the Danish driver finished third in the standings alongside Molina and Fuoco in 2023. He has now won his first ever race in the 499p at Le Mans this year.
Miguel Molina bio
Miguel Molina is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was born on February 17, 1989, in Girona, Spain, and he is currently 35 years old. Miguel also competes in other selected GT races for AF Corse. Miguel has previously driven in DTM during his younger days before joining Ferrari in March 2017.
Molina competed in eight of the nine rounds of WEC during his debut year, and most notably won at the six hours of Fuji in the GTE-AM class. The veteran driver then became a Ferrari hypercar driver in 2023 alongside current teammates Nielsen and Fuoco. He secured his first ever hypercar victory at the recent 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Antonio Fuoco bio
Antonio Fuoco is an Italian Ferrari factory driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was born on May 20, 1996, in Cariati, Italy and races for Ferrari AF Corse in the Ferrari 499P. He is currently 28 years old and also serves as a development driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team.
He started out with the Ferrari Driver Academy back in 2013 and has raced in the WEC in Ferrari cars since 2001. Throughout his career, Fuoco has raced in Formula 2 in 2017-18 for Prema and Charouz, where he won three career F2 races. He managed to finish seventh in the final F2 standings in 2018.
After gaining a promotion to Ferrari’s F1 simulator team in 2019, Fuoco joined Ferrari’s hypercar team alongside his current teammates Molina and Nielsen in 2023. After securing the pole position during his debut race in the hypercar class at the 1000 miles of Sebring in 2023, he has now won his first WEC overall victory at the recently concluded 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024.