The vehicle is the follower to the extremely effective 488 GT3 and hasactually been developed in combination with Oreca.
A declaration from Ferrari stated that ‘the day’s program rotated inbetween sessions of laps on the track and phases when the 296 GT3 was examined by the specialists’.
Factory Ferrari motorists Alessandro Pier Guidi and Andrea Bertolini took turns behind the wheel of the vehicle, which ran in a scarlet and black camouflage livery and includes a six-cylinder engine however with no electrical hybrid system, unlike the road-going variation.
Ferrari 296 GT3 at Fiorano
Photo by: Ferrari
“Today marks the celebration of GT racing endingupbeing part of our future and it’s a unique minute,” stated Stefano Coletta, the employer of Ferrari’s Attivita Sportive GT department. “We selected to bring out the veryfirst tests in Fiorano since it’s our house and to permit the individuals who worked on the task to share a extremely unique feeling.
“The carsandtruck has an extreme screening program ahead of it, however we’ve currently had some excellent feedback from this veryfirst session.”
Ferrari 296 GT3 at Fiorano
Photo by: Ferrari
The 296 GT3 will be presented to competitors in the GTE classes next year in a parallel program to the brand-new Le Mans Hypercar in the FIA World Endurance Championship, which declares Ferrari’s return to the leading class at the Le Mans 24 Hours – a race it has won general on 9 events, the last coming in 1965.
That automobile is being established by AF Corse and is anticipated to hit the Fiorano test track in June.
During the Rolex 24 at Daytona in February, Coletta informed Motorsport.com: “For us, the most essential anniversary is that 2023 is 50 years consideringthat we last raced in models, the finest and most essential classification.
“When Ferrari selected to be included in the leading class, it simply had to be in Le Mans Hypercar. Ferrari hasactually made all the automobiles in its history, so no option actually, this is our viewpoint.
“I can state our task is going ahead extremely quickly. It’s extremely madecomplex, since the LMH is more complex than the LMDh, however this is what we haveactually selected.
“Our specialists have currently produced a map of the test program.”
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