Corvette rubs shoulders with the Hypercars
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What happened to the other replies to this thread, e.g. from Le Man?
Anyway, there were plenty of other cars there besides the F50.
I really liked the F50 in Grigio Silverstone (the same shade as my old F430 Spider) particularly with the red interior and colour coded wheels, but yes I would agree that it is one of the uglier Ferraris, especially from the front.
Anyway, there were plenty of other cars there besides the F50.
I really liked the F50 in Grigio Silverstone (the same shade as my old F430 Spider) particularly with the red interior and colour coded wheels, but yes I would agree that it is one of the uglier Ferraris, especially from the front.
The F50 was only built so that Ferrari would not be done for cheating with the 333SP racecar that ran in IMSA in the 90s.
The rules clearly said that racecars must use a road car based engine, so Ferrari used an F1 engine in the 333SP and unsurprisingly beat other sportscar chassis using Nissan V6s. When the other teams complained Ferrari eventually (about 2 years later) built a few F50s when the FIA threatened to nullify their championship wins. Shame, the 333SP was a good car, actually built by Dallara not Ferrari. They just supplied the dodgy engines! The F50 wasn't much cop though, actually slower than the F40 that it replaced due to it's rushed gestation.
Judging from the F50s styling, I reckon they hurriedly employed the same blind people who worked on the Minotaur kit car...
The rules clearly said that racecars must use a road car based engine, so Ferrari used an F1 engine in the 333SP and unsurprisingly beat other sportscar chassis using Nissan V6s. When the other teams complained Ferrari eventually (about 2 years later) built a few F50s when the FIA threatened to nullify their championship wins. Shame, the 333SP was a good car, actually built by Dallara not Ferrari. They just supplied the dodgy engines! The F50 wasn't much cop though, actually slower than the F40 that it replaced due to it's rushed gestation.
Judging from the F50s styling, I reckon they hurriedly employed the same blind people who worked on the Minotaur kit car...
Edited by JenkinsComp on Wednesday 18th March 09:50
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