Corvette Racing and TF Sport are one-for-one in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), delivering the No. 33 Corvette Z06 GT3.R directly to Victory Lane when the checkers waved on the 10-hour endurance race.
The No. 33 Vette was shared between Daniel Juncadella, Jonny Edgar, and Ben Keating during the 2025 Qatar 1812km, rallying from 13th place up to the top spot by the time the clock ran down. The win marked the first in the FIA WEC – and in a Corvette race car – for Juncadella and Edgar, while Keating collected his eighth victory in the series and fourth in a Vette. It was also TF Sport’s eighth FIA WEC victory, putting the team on top for the first time since the 2022 6 Hours of Fuji.
Keating wheeled the No. 33 Corvette Racing GT3.R through the field during his stint at the start of the race, swapping the controls to Edgar while running sixth in class. Edgar turned his first laps in the FIA WEC, picking off competitors before handing the race car to Juncadella, who moved the Vette into the class lead with just under an hour and a half left on the clock. He faced stiff competition from the No. 59 McLaren, running bumper-to-bumper for the last half hour. Juncadella ultimately prevailed, crossing the line a mere half-second ahead of the McLaren.
“For the whole stint, for sure that was a lot of pressure in the last 30 minutes. At beginning I didn’t think I could hold (the No. 59) off. I just focused on hitting my marks,” Juncadella said. “I could see where he was stronger in places. There were a couple of places where he could have gone for it and I think he was unsure. So it was good to keep him behind. At some point I was thinking we were going to finish second but I was focused on myself, my driving and not making mistakes.”
The No. 81 Corvette Racing team didn’t have nearly as good of a run at Qatar. Tom Van Rompuy was driving when a broken alternator pulley shaft took the race car out, forcing the team’s early retirement from the race.
Tom Ferrier, owner of TF Sport, said, “There’s no denying that it was a big move for us to join GM and Corvette. We knew it was going to be a challenge the first year, and it was to start with… We executed perfectly today. I’m sad for the 81 but absolutely over the moon for GM, Corvette Racing and ourselves. It’s a huge result for us.”
The No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse won the race. The 6 Hours of Imola on April 20th is next on the FIA WEC schedule.
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