Ferrari unveils weapon to win world-famous race

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Ferrari has pulled the covers disconnected its Hypercar it volition usage to effort triumph the 24 Hours of Le Mans successful 2023.

Dubbed the Ferrari 499P, the car's uncover comes connected the 50th day since the Ferrari 312 P made its debut successful the famed French endurance race.

The Scuderia volition besides contention the FIA World Endurance Championship successful afloat adjacent year, marking the archetypal clip Ferrari has fielded a factory-backed effort successful fractional a century.

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Ferrari has confirmed the prototype's method specifications but not who volition contention the prototypes.

The 499P is powered by a hybrid 3.0-litre V6, derived from Ferrari's road-going sportscars that is besides utilized successful the all-new Ferrari 296 GT3.

The 499P sanction comes from the sum of the engine's capacity, 3000cc, divided by the fig of cylinders, six successful total. The 'P' refers to Ferrari's enactment of prototype cars.

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The car is dressed successful Ferrari's trademark reddish with flashes of yellow, which pays homage to the World Sportscar Championship-winning Ferrari 312PB connected 1972.

"The 499P sees america instrumentality to vie for outright triumph successful the WEC series," said Ferrari Executive Chairman John Elkann.

"When we decided to perpetrate to this project, we embarked connected a way of innovation and development, faithful to our contented that sees the way arsenic the perfect terrain to propulsion the boundaries of cutting-edge technological solutions, solutions that successful clip volition beryllium transferred to our roadworthy cars.

"We participate this situation with humility, but conscious of a past that has taken america to implicit 20 satellite endurance titles and 9 wide victories astatine the 24 Hours of Le Mans."

Ferrari volition spell head-to-head with Toyota, Peugeot, Porsche, and Cadillac successful 2023 successful the apical Hypercar class.

The championship, which airs exclusively connected Stan Sport, volition sojourn 7 antithetic locations adjacent year.

The play volition statesman with the 1000 Miles of Sebring astatine Sebring International Raceway connected March 17.

Six-hour races travel at Algarve International Circuit successful Portugal and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps successful Belgium crossed April 16 and April 29 respectively.

The famed 24 Hours of Le Mans astatine Circuit de la Sarthe takes spot crossed June 10-11 followed by a month-long interruption earlier returning to Monza successful Italy for a six-hour contention connected July 9.

The penultimate round, different six-hour race, volition beryllium held astatine Fuji Speedway successful Japan connected September 10.

The play past concludes with an eight-hour contention astatine Bahrain International Circuit connected November 4.

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