Ferrari rumours

[DS240]

Luca Di Montezemelo has been dropping a few big hints again at a Ferrari return to Le Mans in the main category.

That I would love to see. But loyalties between Porsche and Ferrari would be severely tested.

I've really grown to admire Audi over the years for what they have done, but I will be hoping Porsche can fight them next year.

[Some Gump]

ooh, ooh! I'd love to see a F prototype, loved the 333SP.

I have to ask though - what is the loyalty between porsche and Ferrari? I'm not aware of any alliance at all, and I'm pretty sure they overlap as competitors on the bigger stuff like CGT and 918 Spyder. I'd be interested to see what their arrangement is, purely as an educational thing =)

[struttob]

@some gump

I think he means his loyalty as a supporter ;-)

Bob

[Some Gump]

st. I'm getting a parrot, aren't I?

[RobGT81]

With Ferrari and Porsche going toe to toe in the hyper hybrid(??) car market it would make sense for them to develop their power trains on the track The Ferrari LMP rumour has been gathering pace over the last 18 months, even Autosport were getting in on it last week. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111742

[vincegail]

The Ferrari 'news' is coming thick and fast lately!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111925

Still, I'll only believe it until I see one on a startgrid somewhere.

[SEE YA]

I spoke to a Porsche tech chap who is working on the project car for LeMans years ago.
He told me Porsche would not come back, till they are ready and not just to make up the numbers either but to WIN.
It could be the same with Ferrari?

[//j17]

Ferrari talking about entering another top-flight motorsport series... Isn't that just what Ferrari do when they aren't doing very well in F1 and want the rules changes in their favour?

Edited by //j17 on Monday 23 December 11:29

[vincegail]

Yes it is

[ellroy]

I'd love to see it, but frankly will do so only when I see one go under Dunlop.

Political posturing of the first water in my opinion.

[DS240]

Maybe there is some weight to the rumours.

Autocar have a pic up of a Ferrari prototype testing. Appears to be a race version of the laferrari.

But to me the wheelbase looks much longer and the rear section. They speculate it could be an lmp prototype underneath, but it clearly is GT based. If it is for lmp it could just be a mule for mechanics.

I don't see where a laferrari based racer would fit into a GT category? Not to Le Mans rules.

[RobGT81]

DS240 said:

I don't see where a laferrari based racer would fit into a GT category? Not to Le Mans rules.

La Ferrari XX or GT+ type thing? It could be a drivetrain mule for LMP.

[timbo48]

I thought that they were using one to test the new rules F1 engine?

[Greensleeves]

DS240 said:

Maybe there is some weight to the rumours.

If it is for lmp it could just be a mule for mechanics.

[RobGT81]

The rear shot looks like one centre line exhaust, with the 4 at the bottom just for show? So that would be F1 or LMP

Edited by RobGT81 on Friday 10th January 17:25

[//j17]

Sounds more like a LaFerrari GT replacement for the 458.

A prototype is such a different beast that I doubt there would be much to learn putting the running gear on a modified GT car chassis.

[DS240]

I don't think running the same engine like that is allowed in F1 rules with all the testing restrictions.

I don't think it would be part of an XX project either just from its appearance.

We will have to wait and see. If it was simply for engine testing also, I don't think they would have gone to the lengths they have to modify the entire cars bodywork and a the aero.

[RobGT81]

The rumours are still picking up pace..

http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/ferrari-eyin...