The Ferrari SF90 Stradale is one of the most extraordinary performance cars currently on sale and is so quick that not even a BMW M 1000 RR sports bike can keep up with it.
Ferrari’s current flagship is a very special thing. Equipped with a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, one electric motor on the transmission, and two electric motors driving the front wheels, it pumps out 986 hp and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque, very similar figures to the 950 hp and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of the hybrid LaFerrari hypercar of a decade ago.
However, unlike the LaFerrari and most other Ferrari models, the SF90 Stradale is all-wheel drive, meaning it can sprint off the line with the type of ferocity that was once reserved only for hypercars and superbikes.
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To see just how quick the SF90 Stradale is, CarWow headed to a runway for a series of performance tests against an M 1000 RR, one of the quickest road-legal superbikes currently on sale.
In each of the drag races from a standing start, the Ferrari launched off the line slightly quicker than the BMW and in the third and final run, ran the quarter-mile in 9.6 seconds compared to the 10.0 seconds of the M 1000 RR. But, given that the rider of the BMW opted against using the bike’s launch control system and handled everything himself, this time is very impressive.
It’s then time for some rolling races. In the first, both the driver and the rider hit the gas at 30 mph (58 km/h) while in 2nd gear and while the Ferrari has almost 1,000 hp, it can’t keep up with the BMW. The second race also favored the M 1000 RR as the duo accelerated from 50 mph (80 km/h) in 3rd gear.