By: IOL Motoring Staff
Ferrari's potent new FXX K research vehicle is a completely uncompromised track car that you'll never see entered in a race because if you threw homologation regulations at it, it would probably laugh at you.
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 LaFerrari 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 valvetrain 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 downforce, 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.
When are you taking deliver of yours?