The Lusail International Circuit hosted two days of testing that opened the official 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season. By the end of the Prologue, held at the 5.380-kilometre track, which debuts in the world championship calendar with the 1812 KM Qatar race on Saturday, 2 March, the Ferrari – AF Corse team had completed 268 and 289 laps, respectively, with the 499P number 50 driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen, and the number 51 shared by Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, and Antonio Giovinazzi. The test sessions on Monday, 26, and Tuesday, 27 February, allowed the team to gather data and work on the Prancing Horse Hypercar’s set-up ahead of the upcoming season’s opener. The Ferrari 499P number 83 of AF Corse, crewed by official drivers Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman, alongside Robert Kubica, completed 278 laps. The Ferrari 499Ps took to the track for the second and third official test sessions, as well as participating in an additional unofficial fourth session. The fastest times came courtesy of crew number 50, which stopped the clock at 1:40.673 in the second session and number 51 with 1:42.208 in the third. These times earned them a second and eighth place in the standings at the end of the sessions. However, the 499P number 83 was the fastest in the last session with 1:40.749.