Supercars are meant to be driven, but some of them (or is it most?) end up spending most of their lives far away from twisty roads.
Whenever journos get anywhere near one, they want to spend as much time driving it and let it chew through its tires. Case in hand, this Ferrari F8 Tributo, which was set loose at the Sydney Motorsport Park, during the official media launch in Australia.
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The video starts with a 0-100 mph (0-161 km/h) acceleration, which was filmed from the driver’s point of view, and so was the rest of it, as it blasted off at the track. Mind you, the footage is exciting, as long as you do not let that A pillar get in your way, but that’s not going to happen now, is it?
Succeeding the 488 GTB, the F8 Tributo was presented to the public at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, back in the good old days when ‘coronavirus’ was not one of the most Googled words. A two-seat Berlinetta – sold alongside the F8 Spider, with mid-engine and rear-wheel drive, it comes with its predecessor’s 3.9-liter twin-turbo V8, albeit with a lot of improvements.
At 8,000 rpm, it develops a peak output of 710 HP (720 PS / 530 kW), while the max torque of 568 lb-ft (770 Nm) is reached at 3,250 revs. This translates into 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 2.9 seconds, 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) in 7.8 seconds and a 211 mph (340 km/h) top speed. U.S. pricing starts at under $280,000.