Ferrari Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo is the primary digital one-off racer from Maranello

This yr is the seventy fifth anniversary of first race automotive to put on the Ferrari title — the Ferrari 125 S of 1947, powered by a 60-degree, 1.5-liter V12 placing out 118 horsepower. The Italians have ended the yr’s celebrations with one other race automotive and one other first that present simply how far issues have progressed in Maranello: For the primary time, Ferrari has created a Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo one-off. Lead designer Flavio Manzoni instructed GTPlanet work started on the closed-wheel, closed-cockpit single-seater three years in the past, and it accommodates references to the 125 S, to the corporate’s sports activities prototypes from the Sixties and Seventies, and to the 499P that may be a part of the Le Mans Hypercar Class subsequent yr.

There have not been any public references to the Ferrari Sharknose Components 1 race automotive, however the VGT’s mixture of silver hue and muscular convexities alongside a slim, open-mouthed silhouette throws off shark vibes. The physique demonstrates an aero design Ferrari patented that locations two facet channels alongside a central tunnel. Ferrari says the structure will get airflow from the entrance of the underbody up and over the sidepods and cockpit through an S-duct, vents over the wheels, and openings within the sidepods. The central channel will get air by means of a much-extended diffuser, a duct within the sidepods pulls air above the automotive to run over the biplane wing that recollects the 499P.        

There is a 120-degree, 3.0-litre turbo V6 behind the cockpit, the identical type of engine that powers the 296 GTB and 296 GTS street vehicles, and 296 GT3 and 499P racers. And not using a governing physique to impose restrictions, Ferrari uncorked the utmost engine output of 1,016 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 664 pound-feet of torque at 5,500 rpm. Three electrical motors present immediate help, one in again, two within the entrance wheels, that may add one other 326 horsepower, for a complete of 1,339 hp. The engine and F1-inspired MGU-Okay system and its electrical motor produce 811 pound-feet of torque on their very own. All of this pushes a automotive that weighs simply 2,756 kilos.

Ferrari says the suspension setup was honed “across the efficiency traits of the tires utilized in Gran Turismo.” When nearly positioned on Ferrari’s check pad and Fiorano observe, the automaker says its VGT can hit 62 miles per hour in beneath 2 seconds, 124 mph in beneath 5, and will get round Fiorano in lower than 1’10”. For reference, it takes the Ferrari SF90 Stradale 1’19” to lap the 1.9-mile figure-eight circuit. Even higher for GT7 drivers, Ferrari labored with Polyphony Digital to make sure the engine be aware could be faithfully produced within the recreation.

The Ferrari VGT goes on sale within the GT7 store on December 23. Gamers who do not thoughts leaping by means of a small hoop can get on GT7 and reply the ultimate Viewer’s Marketing campaign query (trace: “Takuma Miyazono”) by December 4 to get the Ferrari VGT of their garages on December 15. In actual life, guests to the Maranello Museum can try a life-sized model of the Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo in a show of Ferrari one-offs till March 2023.