Once you’re driving for the Ferrari Components 1 workforce, it’s a part of the job description to say good issues concerning the street vehicles carrying the Prancing Horse. Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc had been requested by the higher-ups from Maranello to hop behind the seat of the brand new flagship to shoot a promotional movie. The video should’ve been recorded earlier than the F80’s official debut contemplating the hypercar continues to be sporting camouflage.
Shot at Ferrari’s personal Fiorano monitor in Italy, the clip exhibits the 2 F1 drivers having fun with the huge 1,184 horsepower delivered by the electrified V-6 engine. Of all of the reward phrases the 2 needed to say concerning the LaFerrari’s successor, Leclerc’s final assertion was probably the most fascinating: “It’s one of the best Ferrari stability I’ve ever pushed.” That may be interpreted in two methods.
It’s both probably the most balanced street-legal Ferrari ever or one of the best of all of them, that means it’s extra composed than the F1 automotive the 27-year-old Monégasque pilots for a dwelling. Logic tells us he was probably referring to vehicles which have a license plate however leaving room for interpretation in an official promo clip shouldn’t be perfect. That is very true for the reason that Ferrari F1 workforce has been struggling for years, though 2024 has been a greater yr than earlier seasons.
The onboard footage would’ve proven simply the motive force had Ferrari caught to its authentic plan of creating the F80 strictly a one-seater. The preliminary concept was to provide the Italian hypercar a narrower cabin by eliminating the passenger seat. It wouldn’t have been the corporate’s single-seater for the reason that Monza SP1 additionally had room just for a driver. The track-only 499P Modificata can also be a one-person affair.
Ferrari didn’t even have to shoot this video with Sainz Jr. and Leclerc to promote extra vehicles. The F80 has lengthy been bought out, regardless of costing €3.6 million and having solely a V-6 engine, which Ferrari says is best than the outdated V-12. Manufacturing received’t begin till late 2025 and solely 799 will probably be assembled. Though not confirmed, there may very well be a convertible and a hardcore XX additional down the road.
