When Alessandro Pier Guidi one day hangs up his helmet, he may well look back on the 2024 season with his head in his hands. The factory Ferrari ace was comfortably leading the WEC Spa 6 Hours in May when Earl Bamber’s crash triggered a red flag that turned the race on its head and sparked a lengthy appeal process only recently resolved. The eventual third place in the 499P Le Mans Hypercar was somehow less galling than finishing runner-up at the Spa 24 Hours, having led until his route into the pits was blocked by a conked out Lamborghini in the final hour.
Last weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup round at Monza was the latest race Pier Guidi had reason to think was in the bag. His AF Corse-run 296 GT3 was the fastest thing around the place – Pier Guidi’s fastest lap set on the 85th of 87 tours was 0.637s quicker than anyone else managed – and on any other day would surely have converted pole position into victory with Alessio Rovera and Vincent Abril.
