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The Ferrari F80 is not only the last born in Maranello, it is not only the heir of the F40 and GTO, it is not only a supercar in a limited series of 3.6 million euros, but it is all this and much more, it is an exercise of crazy style that tries to mix stylistic themes with gigantic aerodynamic and constructive constructive constructs, to coexist sporting and evocative lines of the 1980s. of large front wings disguised in the front and of a huge rear extractor that makes it effective but difficult to create the entire rear area. A car with record power of 1,200 HP where the only V6 Biturbo petrol placed in the center of the car gives 900 HP! Thus making the record power of 300CV/liter thanks to two huge mixed drive turbines between exhaust gases and electrical motor located between impeller and turbine. But above all it places the whole world in the face of what today in Ferrari are able to create in terms of the dynamics of the vehicle, between high -tech frames, active suspension with electronic control and a more sophisticated aerodynamics than that of the 499p, the car three times winner at Le Mans out of three participations! From the Hypercar of the WEC, the F80 inherits the whole front area with the triple wing and the extractor, always from the 499p also arrives the lay out of the PowerTrain with the central V6 the gearbox and the position of the engine and the pilot compared to the center of gravity of the car. All the rest is history and in history it will remain for a long time because she is the new absolute reference for anyone who wants to make a road supercar today. Every about 10 years, Ferrari It gives life to a special model, which summarizes the state of the art of innovations developed by the rampant horse. A tradition started in 1984 and continued to the present day with the F40the F50the Enzo And Laferrari. And today the time has come to add a new chapter with the F80the new supercar of the Maranello house equipped with the most recent technologies derived directly from the racing department.

Ferrari F80, the engine

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The tradition of supercar Di Maranello wants to move them to be an related engine, technically or only by philosophy, with that used by Ferrari in the top flight of sports car. THE’F40For example, he was the daughter of the Turbo era in F1, and therefore to move it was a V8 assisted by two turbines. OR Laferrariborn at the dawn of the F1 hybrids, and therefore equipped with the Kers system. In the case of the F80, thanks to the triumphal return of Ferrari to the endurance world championship, the minimum common denominator is found using a V6 hybrid. The same type of engine that therefore moves both the 499p three times winner in the 24 hours of Le Mans, both the SF-25 In the race in the Formula 1 World Championship. A record beating heart: against a displacement of 3.0 liters, its V6 is able to deliver up to 900 horses. We are therefore in the presence of a 300 HP/liter “monster”, absolutely unpublished figure for a road car, and even comparable to that of a formula 1 of 20 years ago. Ferrari thus marks a new standard in the development of high -performance endothermic engines, also strong in the debut of the technology of the electric turbo. Also transmitted directly from Formula 1, this solution allows you to “find the square” for turbocharged engines: at low speeds the impeller is operated by an electric motor, while when the volume of exhaust gas becomes sufficient. The turbo lag is thus definitively zeroed, and the pedal’s response becomes comparable to that of an aspirated engine.

Ferrari F80, the hybrid system

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The V6 is just one of the four engines that push the Ferrari F80. At the rear he joins him a MGU-KF1 derivation unit present here to provide up to 81 HP and recharge the battery with 70 kW of regenerative power. At the front, however, a pair of electric lifestyle engines for lifeE-Axlethat is, an assale without mechanical connections that can download up to 284 hp in front of the driver. A solution that allows you to further raise the performance bar, but above all to guarantee a better controllability for the car, thanks also to the infinite possibilities made available by the electric motor for the Torque Vectoringthe management of the wheel from wheel to wheel.

Ferrari F80, the suspensions

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The search for the latest technological found does not stop naturally to the engine, but comes in every aspect of the car. An example are the sophisticated Active Electro-current suspensionswhich make the presence of anti -roll bars superfluous and allow you to find the perfect structure balance in any walk. Originally introduced with Ferrari Thoroughbredthis technology allows you to find the solution to the compromise par excellence of the supercar Del Cavallino: accompany the maximum performance on the track, a comfort on the road from Granturismo. And this thanks to the extraordinary compensation qualities Active suspensions: in the corner the car has only one degree of roll for each side of the side acceleration, and when braking the pitch towards the front is heavily mitigated while maintaining the entire car body for a level for a level Perfect balancenot only dynamic, but also aerodynamic. Instead, the arms of the suspensions made with the Additional manufacturecommonly known as “3D printing”. Solution that allows you to create much more elaborate forms than those obtainable from full, going in search of the excellent weight and structural characteristics required by the project. And it is not surprising that the forms that result have a organic appearance: life took millions of years of evolution to find the perfect compromise, while Ferrari’s optimization software applied the same approach to infinitely lower speed.

Ferrari F80, the frame

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It was previously said that the technical solutions introduced into Formula 1 are then moved to the road passing through the supercar Ferrari. The exception is no exception Carbon fiber monocoque framesolution brought to debut in 1989 on Mansell’s Ferrari 640 and arrived on the road already in 1995 with the F50. From there, all supercar of Maranello resting on a structure of this type, and the F80 certainly does not exception. What is totally unpublished, however, is the fact that for the first time this body has made itself asymmetricalwith driver and passenger seats markedly staggered to make the cabin more compact and leave more space to the voluminous external aerodynamic elements. A further complication that made it necessary even the doubling of the lateral impact tests for the approval, precisely because of the asymmetry of the body. Also on the level of technique we find a carbioramic braking system Brembo CCM-R Plusoriginally developed for the hypercars engaged in the 24 hours of Le Mans and translated on asphalt with the F80. Long fiber carbon structure and silicon carbide coating for discs, in order to increase the duration of maximum efficacy, containing both the roding times and the wear and thus allowing longer on the longer track. Practically racing cars brakes, therefore, that guarantee incredible performance: by pressing the brake pedal thoroughly at 100 km/h, it stops completely in 28 meters. And doing the same at 200 km/h, 98 meters are enough. For tires, Ferrari turned to Michelin, fitting very large pilot sports cup2 from 345/30 R21 at the rear and from 285/30 R20 to the front. On request, you can opt for the Cup2Rs, most devoted to the maximum performance on the track.

Ferrari F80, style and aerodynamics

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Beauty at the service of performance. A recurring theme in the Ferrari house, which with the F80 reaches its maximum representation. The challenge for the director of the Maranello style center is complex, Flavio Manzoniwho has had to engineer to find what he himself defines as “solutions” to the technical and aerodynamic constraints absolutely extreme imposed by the project. And the result is one supercar with muscular and futuristic shapes, with the continuous alternation between curves, edges and deeply carved ribs. Masterful management of the front overhang, which would be very pronounced, but is perfectly masked by a bipartite section, with a smooth vertical development fender that winks at the F40 broken by the voluminous front air intake. On the hood stands the contrasting black bandaerodynamic element that acts as an anterior spoiler and visually incorporates the front optic groups, immediately followed by the enormous outburst of theS-deck. The passenger compartment shows itself as a dome set in the bodywork, virtually prolonged by two Naca type air intakes who travel the upper section of the doors, of course “butterfly” opening. The rear is very tattered, closed between a very pronounced diffuser and an equally generous mobile wing. Here the very thin optical groups above the rest of the section, dominated in the center by the single exhaust terminal.

Ferrari F80, the interiors

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The innovative concept behind the passenger compartment is that of a car Two seats single -seatera “1+” to use Maranello’s words. And this explains the adoption of a particular asymmetrical cabin, with the free driver’s session to move for the case adjustments, while the passenger is fixed and located in a backward position. This is to allow the car body to take more conformation compactwithout imposing sacrifices on habitability. Alcantara and carbon fiber in profusion dominate the passenger compartment, from the dashboard to the central tunnel, which also has a specific hollow for the keys to the car and a storage compartment in which it is possible to arrange your mobile phone. Totally unpublished the steering wheelwith a conformation markedly thinned at the lower and superior ends that recall the world of racing. The touched commands disappeared that characterized some models of the past, replaced by physical keys As seen also in the case of the new Ferrari Amalfi.