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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #33 James Calado

4th in FIA World Endurance Championship (Hypercar), 1st in Le Mans 24 Hours

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Top 50 Drivers of 2023

Autosport's team of expert journalists got together to try to assess who were the top 50 drivers of 2023. Here are the results.

There’s a reason why James Calado doesn’t make it higher up the list. And it’s called Antonio Fuoco. The Italian was the stand-out driver in the Ferrari Hypercar line-up, and there were races when the gap he had on pace to his team-mates was significant.

PLUS: Ranking the top 10 Hypercar drivers in the 2023 WEC

That said, Calado had a strong season on his graduation to the prototype ranks. He was bang on the money on the way to victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but his best race was Spa, where he fought back from 50 seconds down over the course of his final double stint to snatch a first podium for the #51 car on the final lap.

 
Part of the Le Mans-winning Ferrari squad, Calado had a strong year in 2023

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Part of the Le Mans-winning Ferrari squad, Calado had a strong year in 2023

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