FXX programme extended for more two years because of new evolution kit developed with help of Client Test-Drivers
The innovative FXX programme, primarily based on the eponymous prototype car and launched by Ferrari in June 2005, is being extended to 2008/2009. The FXX, that is the foremost advanced GT ever created at Maranello, has been updated with an evolution package aimed at additional improving its handling and performance. The package was developed as a results of Ferrari’s collaboration with its Client Test Drivers and with the invaluable support of Michael Schumacher. The FXXs equipped with this package can also sport a replacement livery additionally to new rear wing profiles.
The FXX isn't homologated for road use and there are not any plans to compete with it either. In truth, the FXX prototype is designed completely for track driving as part of a selected R&D programme agreed with a particular group of simply over 20 purchasers involving 14 group take a look at sessions and 14 personal ones within the last two years. Thanks to readings taken over the 16,five hundred kilometres of tests administered in 2006 and also the 18,five hundred kilometres covered in 2007, the modifications made to the automobile have focused on honing its aerodynamics, running gear and electronics. Seven-times Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher conjointly joined the ranks of the shopper take a look at drivers and gave the programme the good thing about his vast experience on several occasions.
Maranello’s engineers studied the wealth of knowledge gained to develop a kit which can cut the FXX’s Fiorano lap time to under one’16” (previously it had been one’18”). The FXX’s 62sixty two cc V12 engine can currently punch out a massive 860 hp at 9500 rpm. Gearshifting takes simply 60 ms, a drop of twenty ms on the previous time, and the gear ratios are adapted to form use of the additional one thousand rpm currently delivered by the engine.
The car’s new traction management system, developed in close collaboration with the GES Racing Division engineers, offers the driver a alternative of no less than 9 different settings (and the off position) which are selected employing a put on the central tunnel. This suggests that that the driver very can modify the automobile’s behaviour on the track from corner to corner, just because the Formula 1 drivers do to maximise performance and scale back tyre wear. The FXX’s traction control is additionally currently less invasive and a lot of flexible, adapting additional efficiently to the individual driving style of every driver – a requirement pinpointed when this terribly extreme automotive was being driven on the track by non-professional drivers.
The FXX’s special nineteen? Bridgestone tyres now last longer too because of a replacement automobile setup and new front suspension geometry, while the Brembo brakes, which boast giant Composite Ceramic Material (CCM) discs, are additional economical with the result that the brake pads last twice as long. Thanks to the drivers’ feedback the Ferrari engineers have conjointly developed new aerodynamic solutions aimed toward increasing downforce over the rear axle. The FXX now sports a replacement rear diffuser, nolder and rear flaps which have combined to increase aerodynamic potency by 25percent overall. The active front spoiler management system settings have been adjusted to require these modifications under consideration too. New telemetry monitoring of the steering angle and brake pump pressure will any boost the interaction between Shopper test drivers and the company’s engineers additionally. From next year onwards, it will be attainable for drivers to own two further video cameras mounted on their automotive in addition the existing rear-facing one. This can, in fact, give the drivers wonderful rear visibility without having to impinge in any way on the automobile’s aerodynamics.
The FXX evolution package includes participation during a series of track events that Ferrari is organising at international circuits for 2008/2009. Six events are planned for each year (2 in North America, two in Europe and 2 in Asia). Additionally to these, the FXXs can conjointly be collaborating, as per tradition, in the prestigious end-of-season Ferrari World Finals.
As happened in 2006/2007, the cars can be protected at each event by a 15-member official team created up of engineers, electronics consultants and mechanics capable of providing complete help to clients. Needless to mention, the latter can still be in a position to organise their own private individual track sessions in their automobile similarly.
