Robert Kubica leaves AF Corse: Monza was his last race in the yellow Ferrari
The 2025 Le Mans winner confirmed in a video after the WEC finale that the #83 Ferrari 499P races without him in 2027, and he has not said where he goes next
Robert Kubica has raced the yellow #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P for the last time. The 2025 Le Mans winner confirmed after the 6 Hours of Monza on 8 November, the final round of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship, that he will not drive for the Italian team in 2027.
In a video on social media after the race, Kubica said that “this has been my last race in yellow”, adding: “Let’s see what the future will bring.”
Who has a seat for next season so far: our overview of the WEC 2027 teams and drivers.
Sixth at Monza in his final race for AF Corse
Kubica shared the #83 at Monza with Yifei Ye and Philip Hanson. The trio finished sixth in the Hypercar class, 1 minute 26.952 seconds behind the winning #38 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac, according to the official FIA WEC classification. All race results are on our WEC Monza 2026 results page, and the title went to the #8 Toyota of Hartley, Hirakawa and Buemi.
The 2026 season was the hardest of Kubica’s three with the team. The #83 crew ended 14th in the Hypercar drivers’ standings with 49 points, with fifth places at São Paulo and Barcelona as their best results, according to the official FIA WEC standings.
The first Polish driver to win Le Mans
Kubica joined AF Corse in 2024, in the privately entered yellow 499P that races alongside the factory Ferraris. With Ye and Robert Shwartzman he won the Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of the Americas that September, after the leading #7 Toyota was given a drive-through penalty. The FIA WEC called it the first win for a customer Ferrari in an internationally recognised sportscar race in more than 50 years.
The big one came a year later. Kubica, Ye and Hanson won the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in the #83 after 387 laps, 14.084 seconds ahead of the #6 Porsche. Kubica became the first Polish driver to win Le Mans outright, Ye the first from China, and AF Corse the first customer team to win since Champion Racing in 2005, the race organisers noted.
Before sportscars, Kubica won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix for BMW Sauber and returned to Formula 1 with Williams in 2019, eight years after a rally crash that badly injured his right arm.
No 2027 seat announced for Kubica or the #83
Kubica has not said where he will race next year, and AF Corse has not named who takes his place in the #83. Ferrari has not published its 2027 Hypercar line-ups either, while its factory team is already testing the updated Ferrari 499P Evo. The WEC 2027 calendar has nine races, with the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2027 on 12 and 13 June.
Our view: the yellow car loses its face
The #83 was never just another Ferrari. It was the privateer car that beat the factory entries to a Le Mans win, and Kubica was the name that made people notice it. His last season was quiet on the results sheet, but announcing the exit himself, straight after Monza and before any line-up news, looks like a driver who wants to choose his next step rather than wait for one. At 41, with a Le Mans win to his name, he remains an obvious candidate for any manufacturer that still has a Hypercar seat to fill for 2027.
Sources: Robert Kubica’s video on social media (8 November 2026), FIA WEC classification and standings, 24h-lemans.com. Photo: Rick Kiewiet.
Where should Robert Kubica race in 2027: with another Hypercar team, or back in the yellow Ferrari one day? Tell us in the comments.
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