Ferrari 458 challenge at Bologna Motorshow

Ferrari 458 challenge race-spec version of the beautiful Italian Super sports car, making its world premiere at the 35th Bologna Motor Show. These abgestreift-Out track 458 used as the official car of the Ferrari challenge Championship from 2011, and will spawn several GT versions for endurance series.

The beauty of the Ferrari-single series Championship in Italian, European and North American Championships, which next year by the new Asia Pacific series accompanied divided is that it is Motorsport for gentlemen drivers which do their weekends more than useless spend cruise of their yachts!

458 Challenge is the perfect tool for this job. 4499 Cc V8 direct injection remains strictly to optimize with an output of 570 hp production but this lightened version comes to F1 dual-clutch transmission with changes to the gear ratios and calibration of its guarantee more torque at low rpm. 458 Challenge electronic differential is already busy on the road going version with the E-diff equipped a first for Ferrari track only cars.

All controls that the driver would need on the steering wheel are just like the road-going 458. That’s OK in a racing car, but in the street car gives it a bit a problem to be honest!

The precise engineering work along with 458′s looks sill plates make a correct joy to drive it, and it is double awesome if you can race it also! Here’s more technical details about the car:

The new 458 challenge has a specific suspension Setup with steel Uniball joints, stiffer Springs, single rate alloy dampers, Centre nut 19 “forged wheels, larger dimension Pirelli slick and a ride height lowered by all 50 mm round.” It is also equipped with the new generation, CCM2 Brembo brakes with the latest ABS system debuted on the 599XX, Ferrari’s extreme laboratory integrated car.

Also for the first time for a Ferrari challenge model is the adoption of the F1-Trac traction control systems, the most demanding of its kind. Equity developed from Ferrari, the grip for maximum high street holding monitors the F1-TRAC system constantly levels. Two specific track biased calibrations were developed for this application with control logic and strategies, the Ferrari’s extensive racing experience in formula 1 and GT derived Championships. The F1-Trac is fully integrated with the E-diff to guarantee maximum stability and acceleration in both corners.

The settings for the calibration of ABS / EBD, F1-Trac and E diff are about Manettino was adopted on the steering wheel, selected for the first time this solution on a model developed for the Ferrari challenge series. The driver has a choice of three configurations: OFF position (traction control off), position 1 and 2 to position. The latter two settings have progressively higher levels of control intervention system and the track conditions are selected in accordance with handle.

Intensive development sessions honing involved 458 challenge for the track, the engineers also managed the car’s lap in Fiorano of two seconds on its predecessor, what to upgrade to a new record of only 1′ 16.5 “.” Equally impressive, the height of the side handle the new car – is generated up to 1.6G.-scudas.com