If we don't count on the special and limited Ferrari LaFerrari, the SF90 Stradale it's the rampant horse brand's first series hybrid super sports car and is, in absolute terms, its first plug-in hybrid.
It is also the most powerful road Ferrari ever, featuring 1000 hp (and 800 Nm), surpassing the 963 hp of the LaFerrari.
A number achieved thanks to the marriage of the 4.0 twin-turbo 780 hp V8 and the 220 hp generated by three electric motors (one “wetched” between the eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox and the V8, and two on the front axle).
It is also the first Ferrari to be able to move exclusively through the front axle, as it is a plug-in hybrid, when in electric mode, only the front wheels are motorized.
In this mode, the 7.9 kWh battery allows the SF90 Stradale to travel up to 25 km away in an unprecedented way: in pure silence.
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We leave here part of that same test, with Chris Harris placing the SF90 Stradale at angles that are one of the “brand images” of the presenter, and a horror scene for any tyre.
To understand what 1000 hp and 800 Nm really are in a super sports car with a mid-range rear engine not too light (1570 kg... dry), Harris even turns off the ESC (stability control)...
SF90 Stradale, the fastest
But the visit of the Ferrari SF90 Stradale to Top Gear did not stop with mr. Chris Harris at your wheel.
With The Stig at its helm, the Italian hybridized supercar became the fastest road car on the Top Gear test circuit.
with a time of 1min 11.3s , took 1.4s off the time of the Ferrari 488 Pista — 1min12.7s —, the previous record holder. Surprising? No doubt.
Even more when we compare with the time made by the Ferrari LaFerrari of 1min14.2s on the same circuit, but with the driver / presenter Jason Plato at the wheel. That's how progress is…