Ozy
Oversteer Expert
- Messages
- 1,274
Is this a render or the real deal?
Translated from Italian:
Ferrari F250
Ferrari F250 - Echi "Le Mans" e niente V12 per la nuova hypercar
L'erede de LaFerrari dovrebbe debuttare nel 2024. Con soluzioni tecniche mutuate dalla 499P e scelte progettuali di rottura col passatowww.quattroruote.it
Echi "Le Mans" e niente V12 per la nuova hypercar
Redazione Online
Pubblicato il 25/07/2023
Ferrari F250: images, previews, powertrain, release
The desire to amaze - and to dare - is not lacking in Maranello: models such as the FF (a four-seater and 4x4 Red) and then the Purosangue (a raised and four-door Ferrari) have demonstrated this in the recent past. In the next round, the risk could be to give up the V12 on the home road hypercar: that is, on the model that will collect the legacy of the LaFerrari, whose project is coded under the initials F250, but the definitive name will be another.
Inspired by the LMH. According to forecasts, the handover should take place in 2024: the same year in which Ferrari should present the replacement of the 812 Superfast, yes, still a twelve-cylinder. The spy photos of the new Cavallino hypercar circulated in recent months are also consistent with these timings, showing a car that is still far from the final configuration, but still very recognizable. Among other things, the most recent paparazzi shots of the car add further details (see the gigantic fixed rear wing) to our graphic reconstructions of the F250, which we propose here: renderings that do not claim to return a precise image of what the car will be like (anticipating a Red with few clues about its design always implies a certain degree of interpretative freedom), rather than framing its main characteristics. In this sense, the influences of the Ferrari 499P may not be limited to purely technical aspects, to encroach on the field of design. Among the various characteristic aspects, we have also hypothesized doors with an elytra opening, as on the LaFerrari, to give access to a low and collected passenger compartment, which should be integrated into a carbon monocoque.
Electrified and six-cylinder. On the technical side, the common thread between the Red from Le Mans and the F250 should pass, among other things, through the suspension department, bringing a push-rod type overlapping wishbone solution to the new hypercar. But, above all, the powertrain could be of interest, with the already announced abandonment of the 12-cylinder in favor of a plug-in hybrid configuration, as on the sport prototype, built around a six-cylinder engine. Compact, lightweight and featuring a low center of gravity, the twin-turbo V6 itself can deliver over 700 horsepower. But it won't just act: the battery-powered and all-wheel drive mechanics of the F250 will almost certainly benefit from an electrified front axle, for which there are two hypotheses. The first, according to which the latter could be powered by an advanced version of the Rac-e system seen on the SF90 Stradale and made up of two electric motors capable of independently controlling the torque sent to the front wheels; otherwise, an Ers unit similar to that of the 499P could find a place at the front, perhaps not with the same power (272 HP), equipped with a differential and capable of recovering energy during deceleration and braking. Furthermore, the presence of an electric motor connected to the internal combustion engine is not excluded, as on another plug-in, the 296 GTB: following this example, the unit would be placed between the internal combustion engine and the gearbox. Thus, the result would be a powertrain with monstrous power, although the absolute numbers of power and torque are, within the entire project, a secondary objective compared to lightness, driveability and aerodynamic efficiency.
