But who would be crazy enough to drive a LaFerrari in the wet on such a difficult track? Don't Ferrari drivers just show up and hang out in the parking lot talking?
Not our tire shredding, oversteer loving Italian friend.
Speaking of oversteer, the big Fezza seem to get real twitchy under braking, like the business end of the Ferrari wanted to come around. Perhaps M. had a little too much fun lighting up the rears?
He almost loses it at T14 but keeps it off the gravel, just.
The insurance agent breathes a sigh of relief but his passenger had enough though.
Let me translate from Italian sign language:
Pass: Let's go in
M.: What, you scared?
Pass. No, it's the Belgian food
Legend... you don't think he would be crazy enough to take laFerrari to the Nürburgring next...do you?
BTW, in the dry LaFerrari looks to be quicker than a Porsche 918 Spyder but in the damp tight corners the Porsche's 4wd system just blows the Ferrari away.
Back when Mr. Harris choked on his tortellini and threw his parmigiano out of the pram on Jalopnik, he neglected to mention Mclaren behaves in essentially the same manner when it comes to how their cars are tested vs their rivals.
All car manufactures do this to one degree or another but Ferrari AND McLaren seem to have taken this behaviour to a new a new level. Top Gear confirms in their latest episode.
Who would be fastest around Top Gear's track, the Porsche 918, the Mclaren P1 or the La Ferrari (it pisses me off every time I have to write that name, thanks Luca Montezuma!).
I agree it's wholly irrelevant but I, and I'm sure you, would love to see it right?
If anyone could actually make it happen it would be Top Gear but no, neither Ferrari nor McLaren would allow it. Porsche was fine with it as they have nothing to lose, not the fastest and they can claim they are close at a significant savings. Win and someone in Woking and Maranello is losing a job.
But Jezza's right, c'mon, group a pair. Take the cars to Le Castellet or some properly fast track and have at it already.
Monza again and I know some American viewers might have a cow watching but, European track day rules are less nanny state dictated than the US versions.
The car just looks so balanced and is driven, often sideways, with great skill. Towards the end of the clip M comes up behind a LaFerrari driven by someone who is only fast on the straights....
the 458 Speciale is no slouch but, good god the LaFerrari is a beast! (check it out around the 2:20 mark).
Monza runs a version of the Nürburgring tourist days, a casual track day where you just show up, pay and go. Before anyone gets all bent out of shape, this is what you are watching, helmets are not required because only street cars are allowed.
Now, that first lap in the video, straight out of pit lane, casually driven while dodging assorted econoboxes and having to essentially park in a number of places, is still as sub 2 minute lap.
That is incredibly fast. A Ferrari Challenge EVO on slicks driven by one of the fastest Challenge drivers on the planet will do 1:50 in qualifying. The LaFerrari, on street legal tires, driven casually in shirtsleeves chatting with a friend in the right seat and going slow in the parts of the lap is less than ten seconds slower?
That's just sick, Track Day World Championship winner for sure.
Well, or favorite Italian hypercar hooner has recently upgraded. Gone is the black Enzo and the Black FXX with the Italian colors on the spoiler and in comes a badass Black LaFerrari.
You may find the name ludicrous but so is the power of this beast. Not too many owners will have the will and the skill to vaporize those 345 rear tires using every one of this 960 HP in a way that will make Chris Harris green with envy. Felipe Massa maybe.
Please note the speed this car picks up speed going sideways and imagine what it must be under full traction.
Caught testing a Paul Ricard, the electrically enhanced V12 (if that indeed is what's behind the driver) of the hyper-hyper, dominator of track days Ferrari, sounds glorious.
Or is it something meant for actual racing finally? `It's certainly sporting a much bigger rear wing than in previous outings.
Well it definitively was Black Friday for someone....
Possibly the first if not crash, at least fender scratcher for a LaFerrari. I happened in Mantova according to our friend Robby. You have to feel for the trucker.
