FXX-K vs 488GTE lap times Fiorano

I'm kinda surprised to hear a 360GTC faster than a FXX Evo and a 599XX.

 

I'm pretty sure the 488 will be quicker.

 

An XX is a laboratory. It is an experimental car that is also designed for the gentleman driver to exploit. It is no mean feat to put almost 1100 horsepower into the hands of a non professional and put a smile of the driver.

The 488 GT3 is a pure racing car where no concessions are given to anything other than performance.

Power is not everything. Aerodynamics are crucial and the 488 GT3 is an aerodynamic masterpiece

A 488 is quicker around Vallelunga than a FXXK by about 1 to 1,5 seconds (depending on the BoP the 488 has and, of course, the driver).

 

Is it fair to say that the FXX K (and even the older FXX) annihilates a GT3 racer on the straights and then gets spanked in the twisties?

 

Yes. Annihalates is a big word....

For example at the end of the straight at mugello I brake 100m earlier in the K than in the F1 and yet at that point I am 8km/h faster in the K notwithstanding the slower exit from the parabolica

Yet, I am 24 seconds / lap faster in the F1 car.

What is important is to compare the comparable.

 

Thank you very much for your invaluable contribution ChalStrad!!!

The FXX K being faster down the straight than a V8 F1 car is something I couldn't have imagined!!!

Cheers!

 

Peter you are a value maker for this forum..these are the info and topics that make it really interesting for Ferrari passionate like me..not depreciation and mere economic burocracy discussions...thank you very much for your special contribute!!

 

Fascinating insight. Thank you Peter.

 

Thank you!!

I also get really tired of the constant "economic" discussions!! They are of no interest whatsoever. We are tifosi whether we have the cars or not.

The passion for Ferrari cannot be described, it can only be lived.

 

+10!!

Difficult on this web site to discuss any cars/subject without having always an "economic" view on it!!

 

You said it all.

Thank you.

 

Thank you Peter!

 

Very Interesting. Thank you for you input regarding this.

 

So well said and thank you for sharing your Ferrari experiences and knowledge.