The F80 not short of puff has ability to bring racetracks to their knees, Ferrari is adamant this is not a track toy with numberplates
“Our philosophy is that even most extreme and special cars have to experienced beyond the race track and not be kept in garage”
288 GTO F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari and F80 Ferrari bosses ignored Top Gear hypercar name generator and went with something sensible.
The rationale is visible this 120 degree 3 litre V6 is heavily modified version of the one took the 499P to back to back wins at the Le Mans 24hrs.
It is more compact power dense and lighter than V12 and thanks to couple of e turbos produces 888bhp on its own that 234bhp over 296 GTB, V6 despite weighing the same.
other 295bhp total of 1,183bhp making it Ferrari road car ever comes from trio of electric motors designed engineered and built in house.
The 800V battery is 2.3KWh unit behind seats infused with F1 tech for charging and discharging there is no electric only mode.
Whilst gawpling at the rolling chassis we counte no less than 13 e motors two more on 48V e turbos one at each corner for 48v active suspension and four more 12V units in wing to enable all lift and tilt.
The performance is strong 0-62mph in 2.15 seconds, 0-124mph in 5.75 seconds and top speed of 217mph.
The raw numbers are good 1,050 kg of downforce at 155mph but it gets there that the fun pat.
The underbody is laced with bargeboards at front a deployable flap under the front splitter to stall the air and reduce drag when required and whacking great diffuser at the rear that starts rising around the car midriff.
On top the familiar S duck sucks air from under car up and over it while rear wing can climb up by 200mm and tilt to act as air brake or lie down for low drag.
The result is ground effect car with 460 kg of downforce delivered by front end and 590kg at rear.
The carbon tub is asymmetric to enable passenger seat to be little further back a requirement to keep it narrow and with feet lifted so the aero can do its things underneath.
Tub five per cent lighter than the LaFerrari with 50 per cent more torsional rigidity.
4WD F80 weights 1,525kg dry, 125 Kg over the RWD McLaren W1.
Active suspension system not only mitigates squat dive and roll but keep a ride height so underbody can do its thing.
The gearbox is eight speed DCT the wheels are the first five spoke carbon rims Ferrari had mad and tyres are Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 or Pilot Sport Cup2Rs.
The F80 striking angle is dead front. From there you note the car nostril two intakes that channel air through the front subframe extrusions to cool the Brembo CCM-R Plus brakes.
