The No. 50 Ferrari 499P won the six-hour Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas after a late hydraulic failure removed the leading No. 7 Toyota from contention. Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen delivered Ferrari's first FIA WEC victory of the 2026 season even though Toyota still led by roughly six seconds with about ten minutes remaining.
The No. 7 Toyota TR010 Hybrid of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway had put itself in position to win through strong pace and strategy. With the finish approaching, the car lost hydraulic pressure and had to pit, ending its challenge for the podium.
Ferrari inherited the lead and held it to the chequered flag. After 167 laps, the No. 50 499P finished 4.471 seconds ahead of the No. 38 Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Sébastien Bourdais, Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken. The No. 35 Alpine A424 of Charles Milesi, António Félix da Costa and Ferdinand Habsburg completed the podium, 6.116 seconds behind the winner.
For the No. 50 crew, it was a third consecutive podium at the WEC's Austin round and the first of those appearances to end in victory. The result also brought Ferrari's longest winless run of the 499P era in the world championship to an end.
The closing phase illustrated the narrow margins that define modern Hypercar racing. Toyota remained in control deep into the final stint, but one hydraulic problem erased the advantage built over several hours. Ferrari did not need a last-lap pass. It needed to stay close enough to capitalize when the leader could no longer maintain its position.
That is often the decisive distinction in endurance racing. Pace creates the opportunity to contend, but reliability determines whether the opportunity survives to the finish. At COTA, Ferrari stayed in range and was there to collect the win when Toyota's race unravelled in the final minutes.