Staggering performance of contemporary Ferraris

What is amazing is that 599 has performance that a Novice can drive it quickly and a Pro would be in Heaven.

 

Ahem,

I'll bet with track suspension mods and good tires, they'd come very close on the track as well.

 

Only Tiff hated it...

 

I wonder if those Road and Track numbers are accurate. On a race track, you could throw a million dollars into the 599 and it would still be no contest with the 333sp (this is my all time favorite Ferrari)

 

a million is A LOT of money it would be an entirely dff machine...i think the end result would ultimately lap a track faster than a 333...

 

I highly doubt this. 599 doesn't touch the 333SP for downforce the 333SP I would imagine can handle lateral g's up to almost 2g's I would imagine.(depending on aero setup of course, someone correct me please if you know real numbers) The way you set good times on the track is decided by how much speed you carry through turns. And i would venture a guess that the 333sp would leave a 599 far far behind in that category.

 

This is your brain.

This is your brain on drugs.



Any questions?

 

if by track suspension mods, tyres, etc...you mean turn it into a GT1 type racer, without the regs of being alms or any other series legal...ie, 700+ hp, new aero work, weigh 'round 950 kilos, yeah of course...

but then it would no longer be a 599 would it...

would think a million $ could get ya there...

 

Tell us how many of these cars you have raced?

Gotta be honest here, you guys talk about tracking so much. But when someone asks a real track question you guys don't have many answers.


Except non-intellectual pseudo-witty answers as this.

 

Current ALMS Gt cars (Corvette and Aston Martin) are turning laptimes equal to what the 333SP did 10 years ago. Current ALMS LMP cars are seconds faster than the 333Sp. Tires have a lot to do with this. The new Michelins are much better than what was around in 333SP days.

The 333SP was not a really good race car-sorry to say. It was average for its day, not as good as a Riley or Panoz GT car and well slower than previous GTP cars and later LMP cars.

The 333 SP lacked torque, downforce and had a fundamental understeer issue that was tough to dial out.


So a proper 599 GT ALMS car should be as quick as, or quicker than a 10 year old 333sp car.

 

Could not agree more.

However, I don't think you would need a full-blown ALMS just make a good showing. A good suspension tune, wheels and tires and a little exhaust/intake/chip work. No you likely would not beat a 333 but no doubt you would show well.

 

I wonder if you have been watching Discovery Channel Street Tuner Challenge a little too much. The 599 is too heavy to do much on the track against a race car. Street cars and race cars are different by more than bolt ons!