Ferrari Unveil The 499P Ready To Tackle Le Mans in 2023

Ferrari has unveiled its all-new 499P Le Mans Hypercar with which it will bid for general victory at the Le Mans 24 Several hours subsequent period, for the initially time in exactly 50 a long time.

The world’s most popular sports vehicle maker gave the historic new design its environment debut at Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali extravaganza at Imola, revealing a prototype that characteristics a clear nod to its stamina racing past as effectively as a styling relationship to its present-day highway cars and trucks.

At the heart of the electrified equipment is a 3.-litre V6 with a pair of turbochargers and whilst the engine black has the exact architecture as the motor from the 296 GTB, it is evidently “not the similar engine”.

A solitary 272 hp (200 kW) electric motor (generator) powers the entrance axle (the power stage outlined by the restrictions). The rear wheels receive energy from the 680 hp (500 kW) motor. That output represents the highest allowable in the course. A 900-volt battery mounts just beneath the 499P’s fuel tank.

Two 499Ps will be entered by the factory Ferrari AF Corse staff in the 2023 Earth Endurance Championship, which incorporates Le Mans. The product will make its racing debut at the 1000 Miles of Sebring in Florida on March 17.

John Elkann, Ferrari’s executive chairman, mentioned: “The 499P sees us return to compete for outright victory in the WEC series. When we determined to dedicate to this project, we embarked on a path of innovation and growth, trustworthy to our custom that sees the track as the suitable terrain to push the boundaries of chopping-edge technological remedies, answers that in time will be transferred to our street autos. We enter this problem with humility, but acutely aware of a history that has taken us to over 20 environment stamina titles and 9 in general victories at the 24 Hrs of Le Mans.”