Ferrari has revealed it has been testing with two 499P hypercars from the early stages of its development programme to catch up with the competition. WEC
The Italian manufacturer devised a test strategy in which it focussed on reliability with one car and performance with the other as it strived to catch up on the competitors it will face in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class next year.
“The other one we have is to put to mileage on all the parts to understand where are the major issues we have to solve. Porsche, meanwhile, didn’t have a second 963 LMDh prototype up and running until six months into a development programme that started a full year ahead of its scheduled race debut at the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January., ran for the first time on 6 July at the Fiorano test track.