The Lamborghini Huracan STO isn’t simply essentially the most hardcore, track-focused variant of the beloved V10 supercar however it’s also essentially the most dynamic and pleasing to drive. Evidently, even Ferrari thinks its crosstown rival has cooked up one thing fairly particular with the STO.
Earlier this month, YouTuber Varryx noticed Ferrari placing a Huracan STO by way of its paces at its Fiorano check monitor. Whereas it’s common follow for automobile producers to check rival fashions for benchmarking, it’s not usually that we see a automobile being pushed to its limits fairly like this Lamborghini was. Ferrari is clearly fairly keen to grasp the key sauce that makes the STO as spectacular as it’s.
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All through the video, the driving force (seemingly a Ferrari engineer or check driver), will be seen throwing the Lamborghini into corners and aggressively kicking out its tail. Throughout different laps, the driving force appears to be profiting from the STO’s downforce, clipping the apexes of corners and exploiting all of the efficiency that the automobile has on provide.
Because it stands, Ferrari doesn’t have a direct rival to the Lamborghini Huracan STO. The closest automobile in its present line-up is the F8 Tributo and whereas it has considerably extra energy than the Huracan because of its twin-turbocharged V8, it isn’t as track-focused nor does it provide a driving expertise fairly as uncooked because the STO.
The obvious rationalization is that Ferrari is testing the Lamborghini as a part of its improvement program for a brand new variant of the F8 Tributo to fill the void left behind by the 488 Pista. Nevertheless, the way forward for the F8 Tributo and F8 Spider are regarded as hanging within the stability following the profitable launch of the hybrid 296 GTB.