Ferrari unveils the 488 GTE and GT3 during Finali Mondiali
Posted on 08-11-2015 at 12:43 by dizono – 11 Comments”
Traditionally close Ferrari the racing season off with the Finali Mondiali. There, they pulled the cloth of the new 488 GTE and GT3, two new racing cars with turboblok.
There are worldwide three Ferrari Challenge series held: in Europe, in North America and in Asia. Where the series usually independent of each other, their laps on the circuits to run, they come for the seizoensafsluiter together. After a trip to Abu Dhabi last year, is the circus again this year, back on Italian soil, the Mugello to be exact. Further, also the owners of the various XX-models their very expensive and furthermore, useless toys of the circuit to hunt, just as the owners of old Ferrari F1 cars. An on-and-top Ferrari-party.
Reason enough for the manufacturer to have the opportunity to grab a pair of new racing cars to presenteeren. Both cars are derivatives of the Ferrari 488 GTB and go as 488 GTE and 488 GT3 through life. Things can be so simple. The 488 GTE will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), in the Grand Touring Endurance (GTE), formerly known as GT2. These cars have motor identical to the production model and therefore there is a 3.9 V8 with a turbo under the hood, good for 670 hp. Aerodynamically, there should, however, be adjusted, albeit within a tightly defined framework. A framework for next season, anything is expanded, so that there is a greater difference comes with the GT3 cars.
The Ferrari 488 GTE is faster than the 488 GT3. By something even more technical limitations to the GT3 cars are relatively affordable, making the racing series also for the rich petrolhead with any sense of steersman ship is interesting. So, it will be especially the Ferrari 488 GT3 that money into the Italian coffers. The Ferrari may the next season will recording fees-sounding names like the Lamborghini Huracan GT3, BMW M6 GT3 and the Audi R8 LMS. In total wants a Ferrari in four to five years, some 150 copies of the GTE and GT3 are going to build.
Gallery: Ferrari 488 GT3 and GTE
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