LILOU WADOUX Returns to Ferrari Hypercar for WEC Rookie Test in Bahrain

November 5, 2025

• LILOU WADOUX is heading back to Ferrari’s 499P hypercar for the WEC Rookie Test in Bahrain, marking her second time behind the wheel of the Le Mans-winning prototype. The 24-year-old French driver will share testing duties with Alessio Rovera at Bahrain International Circuit, getting five hours of running time to continue proving she belongs in the sport’s most elite machinery.
• Since becoming Ferrari’s first-ever female factory driver in endurance racing, WADOUX has been rewriting the record books with surgical precision. She made history as the first woman to win a FIA WEC race with her GTE Am victory at Spa-Francorchamps, then followed up by becoming the first woman since Christina Nielsen in 2017 to claim an IMSA championship, taking the GTD class title in the Michelin Endurance Cup.
• Her 2025 season reads like a masterclass in how to dominate across multiple series – victories at IMSA’s Petit Le Mans, ELMS rounds at Le Castellet and Silverstone, plus runner-up in the ELMS standings. WADOUX also broke a nearly 30-year drought by becoming the first woman to podium in Japan’s Super GT, proving her talent translates across continents and racing cultures.

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