Ferrari Shows Off New Car for Its First WEC Races Since 1973

The World Endurance Championship (WEC) is simply a thrilling bid with cars packing the latest tech and automakers from astir the satellite vying for the apical spots. Ferrari, whose teams person enactment up legendary performances successful respective racing series, precocious announced a caller car for the upcoming WEC season.

The 499P is simply a four-wheel thrust prototype with a V6 and an vigor betterment strategy susceptible of producing 268 horsepower connected its own. Ferrari derived the car’s hybrid powertrain from the 296 GT3 car, and the V6 forms a structural portion of the car. Though purpose-built for the car, its artillery uses plan and engineering cognition derived from Formula 1.

Being Ferrari, the car doesn’t conscionable execute well; it looks fantastic. The automaker said it developed the car’s signifier from a level surface, and the assemblage is designed to gully aerial toward the radiators. The rear features a treble helping and aggregate aerial intakes to chill the battery, gearbox, and engine. 

The 499P marks Ferrari’s archetypal contention connected the WEC since 1973, erstwhile it shifted its absorption to Formula 1. Ferrari’s archetypal tally successful the car volition travel astatine Sebring International Raceway successful Florida this weekend, but the 1,000 Miles of Sebring – its archetypal existent contention – happens adjacent week. 

[Images: Ferrari]

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