Win the championship or keep the trophy? Offer Ferrari the choice of claiming a title in the World Endurance Championship this year or taking ownership of the latest piece of silverware given to the victor of the Le Mans 24 Hours by making it three in a row, and a range of answers are forthcoming. You get the impression, however, that the trinkets on offer at the end of the season, the ones for the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles, are what the Italian manufacturer really wants.
Antonello Coletta, Ferrari’s long-time boss of sportscar racing, waivers, as well as he might. He wants both, but, he says, “now the most important goal of the season is the world championship” and says he doesn’t understand why “many people speak about only Le Mans and not about the championship”. Coletta doesn’t distinguish between the Hypercar class drivers’ and the manufacturers’ titles. He’s probably not fussy.
