Considering the rich corporate racing heritage it's no wonder
that the potential competition of any new Ferrari sportscar is subject to heavy
speculation. When the Ferrari Enzo was launched in 2002, the speculation was
fed by a number of blurry images from black racers looking not very different
from the new supercar. But with a sporting body moratorium governing moving
aerodynamics it is unlikely that Enzo could turn into a racer. To this day
there are still many questions about the mysterious black car shown in spy
shots, but it could have been a pre-production test bed.
Shortly after Enzo's production was completed in early 2004,
Maserati revealed an ambitious racing program with a medium V12 sports car.
Although the MC12 looks completely different, it is immediately clear that its
roots are located on the Enzo supercar manufactured by the parent company
Maserati. Maserati has combined with a cool powerful Enzo chassis with a steady
aerodynamic body to create smart intelligent racers before building a road
replica for homologation purposes. This controversial scheme is reminiscent of
the days of GT1 racing and the car was not well received by government
agencies. Le Mans' ACO refused the car and the FIA only accepted it after
some modifications were made. While some anticipated Maserati walk-overs,
forced changes have slowed the car down considerably, but still grabbed some
victories in the FIA GT World Championship.
This was a big surprise when Ferrari announced the third
chapter for this story in June 2005 after 400 Enzos and 50 MC12 were built. In
an unusual arrangement, a new product worth EUR1.5 million will be a
combination of a track and development program for future products. The car
involved is an Enzo derived FXX, which combines the original chassis with an
800 bhp engine and a highly modified body. The initial plan is that customers
can buy FXX and then just drive it on various day-lanes with the help of a full
Corse Cliente. Just like the contemporary F1 drivers, every step of the car is
tracked by technicians to use driver data and input for Ferrari products in the
future. Ferrari emphasized that the car was not homologated for roads or
tracks, making it the most expensive track-day machine in the world.
After the opening announcement in June 2005, there was no
news of this unique project for months until the car ended in the Ferrari
season finale at Mugello in October. A few weeks later it was officially
introduced at Bologna Motorshow. Ferrari initially expected to sell about 20
instances, but demand is high enough that 29 samples can be produced by the end
of 2005. The first shipment was made in December while the remaining cars were
delivered to their owners in the first months of 2006.
During 2006 and 2007, about 20 examples were regularly
performed by their owners worldwide. Then Ferrari uses all the data collected
to produce an evolutionary package for existing cars, needless to say to make
them move faster. Aerodynamics is modified and efficiency is increased by 25%.
The drivetrain is also over-over and the V12 output is howling to rise to 860
bhp while the shift time is lowered to 20 ms to 60 ms.
Source from here.
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