Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Alboreto ya lashe 1997 24 Hours na Le Mans tare da mota iri ɗaya kamar na shekarar da ta gabata, amma a wannan lokacin tare da Swede Stefan Johansson, wani tsohon abokin aikin F1, da Danish Tom Kristensen, wanda daga baya zai ci gaba da doke rikodin Jacky Ickx don cin nasarar mafi yawan tseren 24 na Le Mans. The uku kammala 361 laps, daya fiye da na biyu sanya Gulf Team Davidoff ta BMW-powered McLaren F1 GTR. Wannan zai tabbatar da cewa shine mafi girman nasarar wasan motsa jiki na Alboreto yayin da ya kasa gamawa a Le Mans a 1998 tare da Porsche sau ɗaya. Duk da haka, wuri na huɗu a 1999 24 Hours na Le Mans tare da sabon shiga Audi, na uku a 2000 Le Mans 24 Hours
, nasara a 2000 Petit Le Mans da nasara a 2001 Sebring 12 Hours ya ba Italiyanci wasu nasarorin karshe kafin mutuwarsa wata daya bayan nasararsa a Sebring.