Pirelli is celebrating the 40 anniversary of the Ferrari 288 GTO by giving the Eighties supercar icon some new tires.
The corporate revealed a newly developed Cinturato P7 for the 288 GTO on the 2024 GTO Legacy Tour, during which house owners celebrated the automotive’s fortieth anniversary with a meandering drive by Italy’s Dolomite Mountains to Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello.
Ferrari 288 GTO
The Cinturato P7 is a part of the Pirelli Collezione vary of tires for classic automobiles. These mix trendy design and building with period-appropriate appears to be like, based on Pirelli. The GTO-spec tires might be supplied in the identical sizes because the originals—225/50 R16 in entrance and 265/50 R16 in again.
It isn’t simply the appliance that is classic. The unique Pirelli Cinturato P7 was developed for the 1974 World Rally Championship and launched as a tire for street automobiles in 1976. Pirelli calls the tire its first extremely low-profile providing, because it had a really low sidewall top in comparison with its tread width. That is turn out to be extra commonplace over time, however was noteworthy within the Seventies.
Ferrari 288 GTO
The 288 GTO can even hint its origins again to rally. It was the religious successor to the legendary 250 GTO of twenty years earlier, which meant it was a homologation particular. The unique plan was to enter it within the Group B rallying class, however that was cancelled earlier than Ferrari had a chance to rally the GTO. Ferrari nonetheless constructed 272 examples, although, together with some Evoluzione variations for street racing.
This is not the one out-of-production Ferrari supercar getting new Pirelli tires. A partnership between the automaker and tire maker has seen Pirelli develop bespoke tires for the Enzo, and has seen Ferrari log out on use of current tires from the Pirelli Collezione collection for the F40 and F50.
