TOKYO: Ferrari’s potent new FXX K research vehicle is a matchless track car that one will never see entered in a race because if motorists threw homologation regulations at it, it would probably laugh at them.
Yet a small and exclusive group of ‘client test drivers’ will get to experience the new beast on circuit over the next two years.
The track-only sports car is based on the La Ferrari road car, but is even more powerful it’s 6262cc V12 conspiring with an electric motor to push system outputs of 772kW and over 900Nm. Ferrari’s technical gurus modified the V12 with new camshafts, redesigned intake manifolds and a valve train with mechanical tappets replacing the previous hydraulic system.
The exhaust system has also been tinkered with and gone are the silencers. If it’s too loud, you’re too old!
Ferrari also modified the Hy-Kers energy recovery system to be more performance-focused and the driver now has four settings to play with.
Ferrari aficionados will notice a raft of exterior design changes distinguishing the FXX K from the La Ferrari, and these are all in the name of optimising aerodynamic performance through a combination of ‘passive’ and ‘active’ components.
All of this adds up to between 30 and 50 percent more down force, depending on the setting, equating to 540kg at 200 km/h. Ferrari’s ploy to keep it glued to the track also extends to Pirelli slicks with sensors that keep an eye on everything from lateral and longitudinal acceleration to temperature and pressure.
The car’s electronic nannies have been calibrated in accordance and can be controlled, via five settings, by the driver.
