{"id":88025,"date":"2014-01-04T08:04:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T07:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=88025"},"modified":"2015-08-22T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T12:48:06","slug":"ferrari-lmp1-prototype-uncovered-during-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/01\/04\/ferrari-lmp1-prototype-uncovered-during-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari LMP1 Prototype Uncovered During Testing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ferrari<\/p>\n

At the end of November, a mysterious LaFerrari prototype was spotted testing at Fiorano<\/a>. At the time, it was believed to be testing next year\u2019s six-cylinder turbocharged engine set to be used in the 2014 Scuderia Ferrari<\/a> Formula One car.<\/p>\n

However, now new images of that same prototype have emerged and they indicate that this isn\u2019t in fact a simple LaFerrari prototype with a different engine. As a matter of fact, this appears to be a Ferrari LMP1 prototype! This would follow on from Luca di Montezemolo recently stating that Ferrari was interested in returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours<\/a> to compete in the highest category.<\/p>\n

\"Ferrari<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s no mistaking the fact that this looks just like you\u2019d imagine a Ferrari LMP1 car to look. Differentiating this prototype from the previous one is the massive carbon fiber rear wing which is a staple among the competitors in the LMP1 class. <\/p>\n

On first glance, it appears as though this prototype could have borrowed some body panels from the LaFerrari with a host of new aerodynamic improvements including a much more prominent front splitter, dual canards and centre-locking racing wheels. Additionally, it features a large roof scoop obviously feeding the potent engine. <\/p>\n

\"Ferrari<\/p>\n

From the previous video, that engine sounded like a turbocharged unit. However, if this is indeed a Ferrari LMP1 prototype, it would likely feature a hybrid powertrain similar to the one to be used by the 2014 Porsche 919 Hybrid. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned to GTspirit for more about this unique prototype!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of November, a mysterious LaFerrari prototype was spotted testing at Fiorano. At the time, it was believed to be testing next year\u2019s six-cylinder turbocharged engine set to be used in the 2014 Scuderia Ferrari Formula One car. However, now new images of that same prototype have emerged and they indicate that this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":88076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29566,34456],"tags":[32610,65,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}