We're not sure why this video titled 'Duel For The Crown' has just launched on the Ferrari channel at YouTube. Perhaps too many people know
there's a replacement for the 599
on the way, and they're hoping to drum up a bit more custom for the current model?
Whatever the reasoning, the result is this lavishly-shot 599 GTB vs F40 head-to-head', featuring lots of simulated dicing on the road, and a reminder that the 599 will beat the F40 in any game of Top Trumps.
It's interesting to note how the game has moved on since the late 1980s, when the F40 was about the most exotic supercar money could buy. But it seems a bit disrespectful for the (not so young) upstart 599 to rub the F40's nose in the dust like this, surely?
PH spent a weekend with a handling pack-equipped 599 two years ago (well, I did!) and it's still the car I wheel out whenever anyone asks the dreaded 'best car you've ever driven' question.
But for me at least, the F40 remains the stuff of legend, to the extent that I don't really mind if I never get to drive one. They say you should never meet your heroes after all, and maybe this 'duel' shows why...
It's still great to watch, though!