Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione at Silverstone 03/04/08 - pics

Hi there,

Just read an article on Daily Sportscar about the Strakka Racing Team. Apparently at the Goldtrack trackday event last Thursday at Silverstone they were treating potential sponsors to a few laps around the track in a rather special Ferrari.

The car was driven by Peter Hardman a well know racing driver who has driven some pretty special cars in his time.

Here is a section from the article: -

"Almost everyone at the track seemed to understand the significance of this car… except silly old me….. This was Ferrari’s development car for the F40, and only five were ever made, only three of which still exist.

650 bhp and 940 kg certainly made for a very interesting ride around the Grand Prix circuit: depending on gear ratios, 225 mph was allegedly possible from this most powerful variant of the 288 GTO Evo. On a crowded track, Peter Hardman did get it into top gear on the Hangar Straight, and when space allowed, gave the Ed. a wonderful taster of a wonderful machine"

Some pics are attached below (copyright Daily Sportscar).

Does anyone know the history of this particular car, I have only ever seen one 288 GTO Evo before and it was not this car. Unless the wheels and front winglets have been added since September 2007.

Regards

Tim
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Nice photos.

That car is so mean looking. And ULTRA rare. I mean three, wow.

 

With 3 remaining, what hapend to the other 2?

Scrapped or crashed?

 

There are still 5 of them, and I know where they all are!

That particular car belongs to a well-known collector, and has had the bigger wheels and front winglets for quite a while. The standard 16" wheels are very difficult to get tyres for these days, and not many of the 5 retain these wheels............

 

1 Japan
2 UK
then i dunno ?

 

You can see both cars poking through the bodywork

 

3, 5, 6, what is it for sure? How many were made? I thought 5?

 

They made 6, and one of them crashed, that is if I'm not mistaken

And to see pics of this rare car is always a treat, love the 3rd shot

 

Woah, looks insane!

 

awesome looking from the hood back- but man that front clip is not so pretty - Ferrari seemed to agree as the F40 looks distinctly different up front

 

I am somehow inclined to believe this guy..........

 

# 50253 (number 1 of 6, originally a 288 GTO prototype and official press photo car, later converted to GTO Evoluzione)
# 70167 (number 3 of 6, originally supplied to Pierre Bardinon in France)
# 70205 (number 4 of 6)
# 79887 (number 2 of 6, the car in the images here, owned in the UK)
# 79888 (number 5 of 6, in the long time ownership of Jacques Swaters, now in the UK)
# 79889 (number 6 of 6)

Paul

 

Do you think they had a cooling issue with the engine compartment (count the number of vents)

Looks like more vents than the f40?

 

Oh yeah, the back of an F40 is very different indeed.

 

One at Ferrari Galleria?

I have the molds for a fake one.

 

So no more visits to Italy for you if you don't want to end up in jail as the evil mastermind behind the drug dea...ehm, Ferrari faking rings

 

The last one is in Brunei

 

Si senior.

 

Six cars.....wow!

This is RARE.

 

Amazing

 

There is an Evo at the factory in a line of cars displayed in the machine shop.

 

That should be s/n 70205.

 

correct !

 

That car is exactly like an F40, just a different front and back, never noticed that before