During the last many years, some really wonderful masterpieces have come from the manufacturing unit gates in Maranello, Ferrari has been constructing automotive icons because the starting with vehicles just like the 250 GTO, but it surely was in 1984 that the well-known GTO identify returned to a manufacturing automobile within the type of the 288 GTO, which advanced into magnificent F40, as shut as you may get to an precise street-legal race automobile at the moment, celebrating the fortieth Anniversary, adopted a decade later by the F50, considerably of a street-legal Components One automobile, and let’s not overlook the LaFerrari, all extremely sought-after supercars made in Italy, and Ferrari has simply written the following chapter on this illustrious collection … the F80.
The place the 288 GTO and F40 have been fitted with a V8 engine, the F50 with a V12 and the LaFerrari with a V12 hybrid powerplant, the brand new F80 hides a 120° V6 engine beneath that lovely aerodynamic bodywork, however make no mistake, this 3-Liter magnificence places down 900 hp, making it the Ferrari engine with the best particular energy of all time (300 cv/l), and that’s not even all of it, keep in mind we’re within the hybrid period lately, so there’s an electrical entrance axle and a rear motor including one other 300 hp into the combo for a complete of 1,200 hp … in a road-legal, restricted version Ferrari.
Inspiration for this V6 engine comes straight from racing, extra particularly the unit from the Ferrari 499P that gained the final two editions of the legendary 24 Hours of LeMans, and this interprets right into a most engine pace of a minimum of 9,000 rpm, with a dynamic limiter as excessive as 9,250 rpm, and regardless of an extra energy of 237 hp in comparison with the engine of the manufacturing mannequin 296 GTB, this new engine doesn’t put any extra weight on the steadiness, a tremendous feat from the Ferrari engineering group. Due to the offset angle of 120° and a firing order of 1-6-3-4-2-5 we nonetheless get a standard Ferrari sound from the Inconel exhaust manifolds.
For the primary time, Ferrari has developed, examined, and constructed electrical motors for the Ferrari F80 in-house. Two electrical motors are on the entrance axle, one for every wheel, to create a 4WD setup, and an extra electrical motor is mounted on the rear of the automobile. These electrical motors use options derived from the design of the MGU-Ok unit utilized in Components 1, because of some wonderful engineering, the whole electrical motor setup on the entrance axle solely weighs 61,5 kg, whereas the inverter from the high-voltage battery is able to delivering 210 kW of energy to the entrance models, whereas the rear electrical motor can obtain as much as 60 kW of energy to help the interior combustion engine or generate as much as 70 kW to feed the high-voltage battery in regeneration mode, this battery pack is configured with 204 cells linked in collection and subdivided equally into 3 modules, for a complete vitality capability of two.3 kWh and a most energy output of 242 kW.
The brand new Ferrari F80 takes aerodynamic efficiency to never-before-seen highs, there’s a complete of 1,000 kg of downforce at 250 km/h from an ideal symbiosis between all the interior Ferrari departments engaged on the definition of the automobile’s structure; for every division, the right steadiness between downforce and high pace was the premise for each design alternative, giving form to a collection of utmost options befitting a real supercar. On the entrance the F80 was impressed by the aerodynamic ideas employed in Components 1 and World Endurance Championship (WEC), creating 460 kg of downforce at 250 km/h.
On the rear of the F80, we get the remaining 590 kg of downforce at 250 km/h because of combining the lively rear wing with the diffuser, the growth quantity of the diffuser itself has been maximized by inclining the engine-gearbox unit by 1.3° within the Z axis, and by the configuration of the rear chassis and suspension elements. The place to begin of the upward curvature of the diffuser has been introduced ahead, leading to a diffuser measuring a record-breaking 1800 mm in size, which generates an enormous low-pressure zone beneath the automobile, which in flip attracts a large stream of air into the underbody space.
The lively wing is essentially the most visually distinctive aero characteristic of the F80, which completes the whole aerodynamic idea of the automobile. The actuator system of the rear wing adjusts not solely its top but additionally controls the angle of assault repeatedly and dynamically, for exactly modulable downforce and drag. Within the Excessive Downforce (HD) configuration, which is used throughout braking, turn-in, and cornering, the wing assumes an angle of 11° relative to the path of the airflow to generate over 180 kg of downforce at 250 km/h.
The physique of the Ferrari F80 is totally produced from pre-preg carbon fiber, created equally to Formula1 vehicles, and the F80 comes with ‘Butterfly doorways’ just like those seen on the legendary LaFerrari, with a twin axis of rotation hinge mechanism permitting them to open vertically to an angle of virtually 90°, and similar to the remainder of the physique, these doorways are produced from high-performance carbon fiber to turn out to be a structural a part of the physique in case of a facet impression throughout an accident, moreover the rear engine cowl takes styling cues from the door, that includes six air vents to permit sizzling air from the V6 engine to flee, with an extra grille to vent much more air.
The F80 has some clear references to aerospace in her general design to get a futuristic impression in her appears, outlined by a dihedral cross part with its two backside corners clearly set down on the wheels whereas the facet view comes with a visible stream that exhibits the significance of the large rear wing on the F80, and if you take a more in-depth have a look at the wheel arches with that vertical panel, you simply have to recollect the design we’ve seen on the legendary Ferrari F40. When you maintain trying on the new Ferrari F80 from the facet, you’ll discover the ‘floating bubble’ of the cockpit, which occurs to be 50 mm decrease than the greenhouse seen on the LaFerrari, making the F80 look wide-shouldered whereas the cockpit nonetheless appears compact.
One thing we’ve been seeing on numerous vehicles, particularly on the current Ferrari fashions, is the usage of bodywork completed in a pleasant coloration being contrasted with clear carbon fiber accents to set aside the general design of the automobile, be it with carbon fiber decrease entrance bumper, facet sills, and rear diffuser, however often additionally half on the bodywork itself, like exterior rearview mirrors, or air intakes carved into the physique, and even the roof panels, however for the Ferrari F80 they needed to do one thing totally different, so on this mannequin, the headlight are hidden beneath some type of visor, a black display screen that’s each aerodynamic and has a lighting operate to offer an unmistakable look to the F80.
For the inside the Ferrari designer needed to concentrate on the driving force, virtually making a single-seater vibe inside a supercar that may nonetheless seat two individuals in relative consolation throughout their drive behind the wheel of this limited-edition mannequin from Maranello, if you have a look at the seats contained in the F80 you get the impression this can be a 1+ design as Ferrari calls it, which begins with the management panel of the F80 being ergonomically oriented in direction of the driving force, virtually making a cocoon across the particular person behind the steering wheel.
To additional emphasize that impression of a single-seater automobile, the passenger seat is upholstered in a completely totally different coloration to the driving force’s seat, making the passenger mix into the remainder of the cockpit, making the seat virtually invisible within the grand scheme, placing the seat at a longitudinal offset in comparison with the driving force’s seat units the passenger seat additional backward, which helped in designing the whole cockpit narrower in comparison with the LaFerrari as an example.
For the brand new F80, Ferrari developed a brand new steering wheel, which will likely be utilized in different road-going fashions sooner or later, ever so barely smaller than earlier steering wheels, this new unit comes with flattened high and backside sections, and a smaller boss, which improves visibility and provides an unmistakable sense of sportiness in your palms. The outsides of the steering wheel itself are optimized to make sure a greater grip with or with out gloves. However the perfect enchancment over the earlier steering wheel are the precise buttons we now get on both facet of the spokes, no extra full-digital format as earlier than, again to fundamentals with easier-to-use buttons that may be immediately recognized by contact.
The Ferrari F80 will likely be made in a strictly restricted manufacturing run of simply 799 models, if you’re involved in some figures, the utmost pace is listed at 350 km/h with acceleration numbers of 0 to 100 km/h in simply 2.15 seconds, 200 km/h is reached in a mere 5.75 seconds from a standstill, very spectacular for a automobile with an general weight of 1,525 kg … the press launch doesn’t point out an MSRP, however rumor has it you’ll be an bill of $3,900,000 so as to add one in every of these supercars to your storage, however you in all probability gained’t be capable of stroll into your native Ferrari dealership and signal an order kind, these restricted version Ferrari can be found ‘on invitation’ solely, sorry.
