Contemporary from its reveal final month, the brand new Ferrari F80 has made its Southeast Asian debut on the ongoing Universo Ferrari Bangkok at UOB Reside, Emsphere. The hybrid hypercar, the alternative for the attractive LaFerrari, is the most recent within the bloodline of Maranello’s flagship street automobiles, spanning 40 years and 6 fashions.
As with all these different automobiles – which embrace the seminal GTO and the enduring F40, F50 and Enzo Ferrari – the F80 represents the top of Ferrari efficiency, enabled by the corporate’s present motorsports-derived applied sciences. As such, its mechanical make-up will not be too dissimilar to the Le Mans-winning 499P.
Just like the prototype racer, the F80 is powered by a 3.0 litre twin-turbocharged V6 (right here codenamed F163CF), sharing its base structure with the 296’s mill however adopting the Le Mans Hypercar’s crankcase, format, timing chains, oil pump restoration circuit, bearings and even the direct injectors and their pumps.
Then you’ve the hybrid elements borrowed from Method 1, together with the MGU-Ok that recuperates as much as 95 PS kinetic vitality below deceleration (which might then be used to supply as much as 60 PS {of electrical} help), and the MGU-H that attracts vitality from spent exhaust gases. The latter then makes use of electrical energy to drive the turbochargers at low revs to minimise turbo lag.
Different modifications embrace finer knock management, dynamic torque calibration for every gear (a Ferrari first), revised cam profiles, polished consumption (which have additionally been shortened) and exhaust runners, redesigned titanium conrods, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coated piston pins and a redline that has been raised some 500 rpm to 9,000 rpm (there’s a dynamic limiter at 9,200 rpm).
All this ensures that the engine alone produces 900 PS at 8,750 rpm and 850 Nm of torque at 5,550 rpm, will increase of 237 PS and 110 Nm over the 296’s six-pot. Regardless of this, the fitment of light-weight elements imply that the engine weighs not more than the one within the 296. An eight-speed dual-clutch transmission hangs off the again of the V6 and the MGU-Ok.
That’s not all – the F80 additionally calls on twin electrical motors and an 800-volt, 2.28 kWh battery to drive the entrance axle. Every motor produces 142 PS and 121 Nm, and mixed with the entire shebang on the rear this leads to an eye-watering whole system output of 1,200 PS.
So outfitted, the F80 is ready to fling itself from zero to 100 km/h in simply 2.15 seconds and to 200 km/h in 5.75 seconds, on its approach to a high pace of 350 km/h. As with the 296 and SF90, the automotive has Hybrid, Efficiency and Qualify powertrain modes that alter the main target from effectivity to outright hot-lap pace.
In contrast to these lesser fashions, the F80 will not be a plug-in hybrid and might’t be pushed on electrical energy alone, as doing so wouldn’t be “in step with the automotive’s mission.” A brand new characteristic is Enhance Optimisation, energetic in Efficiency and Qualify modes, which gives an extra energy enhance on a circuit when it’s most wanted, calculating the activation factors based mostly on a single reconnaissance lap.
The powertrain, spectacular as it’s, is just a part of the story – an arguably much more necessary part of the F80 is the F1-derived aerodynamics, which makes use of floor impact to suck the automotive onto the bottom. The shrink-wrapped cabin, enabled by the driving force sitting barely forward of the passenger (Ferrari calls this a “+1” format) and the raised footwells, permits for large channels entrance and rear to extend downforce.
You’ll additionally discover bargeboards aft of the entrance wheels that create vortices drawing air out to the edges, producing outwash and stopping entrance wheel effectively turbulence from disturbing the underbody airflow.
In the meantime, the tilting of the engine and gearbox some 1.3 levels has freed up house for an enormous rear diffuser that measures a record-breaking 1,800 mm lengthy, rising the growth quantity. A number of the underbody air is routed alongside the flanks and thru the rear wheel wells to enhance the efficiency of the mentioned diffuser, which generates 285 kg of downforce.
Additionally necessary is the over-body aerodynamics, the entrance part being outlined by a big S-duct. This attracts air from the underbody and the gaping entrance consumption to generate 150 kg of downforce all by itself. On the rear sits an enormous energetic rear wing that may repeatedly alter its angle to attain both most downforce or minimal drag (the S-duct can be stalled to do the identical on the entrance). General, Ferrari is claiming as much as 1,050 kg of downforce at 250 km/h, 590 kg of which is generated by the rear part.
To create a secure platform for the aero work to do its factor – together with the S-duct that’s delicate to trip peak modifications – the F80 utilises energetic suspension that includes of double wishbones (with 3D-printed higher management arms), adaptive inboard dampers and 48-volt energetic roll stabilisation that negates the necessity for anti-roll bars.
The automotive additionally advantages from a brand new, extra exact Aspect Slip Management (SSC) 9.0 system, a type of drift mode enabled by a brand new Ferrari Built-in Automobile Estimator (FIVE). This creates a digital twin of the automotive to estimate the yaw angle and velocity of the automotive’s centre of mass, calculated with a precision of as much as one diploma and one kilometre per hour respectively.
Being an entire antithesis of the LaFerrari’s gorgeous voluptuous types, the F80’s brutal angular design has definitely generated controversy, notably on the entrance. That is the place you’ll discover a black visor becoming a member of the oblong headlights – a design cue first seen on the 12Cilindri – in addition to the massive intakes that feed air into the nook and centre radiators.
Transferring additional aft, the upright entrance fenders are a nod to the F40. These home 20-inch carbon fibre wheels (21s on the rear), hiding the most recent Brembo CCM-R Plus carbon ceramic brakes (cooled by ducting built-in into the body rails) and shod with both Michelin Pilot Cup 2 or Cup 2 R tyres.
Up high, the tiny glasshouse – a complete 50 mm decrease than the LaFerrari’s – is picked out in naked carbon fibre and is visually linked to the aspect air intakes. Designed to imitate the looks of a NACA duct, these are cut up to feed air into each the intercoolers and the consumption system.
The beneficiant shoulders and rear haunches terminate on the slim quad taillights, an enormous centre-exit exhaust, large mesh-covered openings and the aforementioned wing and diffuser. The rear higher part is totally blocked off save for six vents (one for every cylinder) and prevents any type of rear visibility; a digital rear view mirror has been fitted as an alternative.
Past the showy butterfly doorways, Ferrari has highlighted the driver-first nature of the F80’s cabin within the literal sense – by upholstering the pilot’s seat in a contrasting hue in comparison with the remainder of the inside. These pews (the passenger’s one is barely there) are mounted to the bathtub, with the steering wheel and pedals transferring to fulfill the driving force as an alternative.
Talking of which, the ‘wheel – nonetheless with a flat high and backside with shift lights on the high – is smaller than the LaFerrari’s. For the primary time for the reason that Roma, the F80 marks the return of bodily buttons to switch the much-maligned capacitive contact items, with Ferrari bluntly saying they’re “simpler to make use of” and are “immediately recognized by contact.”
As is typical for a contemporary Ferrari, there’s a show for each the driving force and passenger, plus a near-vertical “management panel” that’s angled in the direction of the driving force, housing the air-con controls and the “H-pattern” gear selector toggles. Behind it’s a slot in your cellphone, replete with Qi wi-fi charging.
Ferrari will construct 799 items of the F80, 300 greater than the LaFerrari berlinetta, though officers current on the occasion say that this quantity remains to be effectively beneath worldwide demand. Predictably, and regardless of the automotive costing a whopping €3.6 million (RM16.8 million) earlier than taxes or choices, all have been bought.
The F80 will proceed to be on show at Universe Ferrari Bangkok till November 25. The exhibit – which additionally contains the remainder of the corporate’s present lineup, in addition to Michael Schumacher’s seminal title-winning F1-2000, the 499P, the Daytona SP3, a number of prototypes and an F50 – is open to the general public, with tickets priced at 590 baht (RM76) for college students, 890 baht (RM114) for adults and 1,500 baht (RM193) for VIPs. For those who occur to be in Bangkok this weekend, you’ll be able to go to this web site to get tickets.
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