Ferrari 599XX sets new record on the Nurburgring

RocketMaker · Apr 27, 2010

F430GT said: ↑

Despite of the 599XX being a track-only car, this shows Ferrari efforts to prove the speed of their current cars.

Ferrari tested the 430 Scuderia at the Nurburgring, Schumacher actually crashed one of the test cars. The Nurburgring helps develop cars for a variety of driving conditions that Fiorano cannot provide.

The 599GTO has been spotted already at the Ring, so most likely it will be a well tuned and fast car compared to the 599GTB.

Some could say the Radical is a road legal car, but I disagree. Radical, Ariel Atom, and all the crazy Sportracers would never be allowed to be street cars in U.S. No doors, no windows, no bumpers, if these things are road legal, it would be very easy to say a F1, CART, IRL car is road legal as well.

The 599XX is a track-only car, but it is a platform development for future Ferrari road cars, same as the FXX, and they are both based on road cars. The lessons learned during the development and testing of the 599XX is exactly what is going to make the 599 GTO the best ever (performance wise) front engine Ferrari.

I bet the 599 GTO will be able to lap the Ring under 7:35 with the Pirelli Corsa System tires, and I'm glad to see Ferrari testing and tuning at the Ring, rather than the fishbowl Fiorano test track.
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The lap time is impressive, and it's good to see them out on the ring!

I beg to differ with your comment about cars like the atom being not street legal though. We have one in the area here (SC), which is tagged, titled, and drives the roads regularly. Quite the sight!

Nurburgringer · Apr 27, 2010

Napolis said: ↑

Ring Wanking
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come again?

2mnyToys · Apr 27, 2010

ObeyMyFast! said: ↑

They say that the F1 cars can go around the ring in 4 minutes :O
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4 minutes seems pretty optimistic. See attached scan from R&T Feb. 2009.
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TrojanHorse · Apr 28, 2010

F430GT said: ↑

Despite of the 599XX being a track-only car, this shows Ferrari efforts to prove the speed of their current cars.

Ferrari tested the 430 Scuderia at the Nurburgring, Schumacher actually crashed one of the test cars. The Nurburgring helps develop cars for a variety of driving conditions that Fiorano cannot provide.

The 599GTO has been spotted already at the Ring, so most likely it will be a well tuned and fast car compared to the 599GTB.

Some could say the Radical is a road legal car, but I disagree. Radical, Ariel Atom, and all the crazy Sportracers would never be allowed to be street cars in U.S. No doors, no windows, no bumpers, if these things are road legal, it would be very easy to say a F1, CART, IRL car is road legal as well.

The 599XX is a track-only car, but it is a platform development for future Ferrari road cars, same as the FXX, and they are both based on road cars. The lessons learned during the development and testing of the 599XX is exactly what is going to make the 599 GTO the best ever (performance wise) front engine Ferrari.

I bet the 599 GTO will be able to lap the Ring under 7:35 with the Pirelli Corsa System tires, and I'm glad to see Ferrari testing and tuning at the Ring, rather than the fishbowl Fiorano test track.
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I'm told +/- 7:25 is a target. We'll see.

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