The new Ferrari 296 GT3 has completed three days of testing at Portimao in Portugal ahead of its January 2023 debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona. During the Portuguese trip, four official Competizioni GT drivers took turns at the wheel, working non-stop.
The Autodromo Internazionale do Algarve, hosted the new 296 GT3 tests (alongside parallel tests for Ferrari’s new LMH Hypercar) behind closed doors.
The weather over the three days varied between fine spells with summer temperatures and short, intense downpours.
Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon, Daniel Serra and Miguel Molina, tested the new Ferrari supplying data and reports to the technicians and engineers monitoring the car’s progress from the pit wall and the garage.
The car is powered by a mid-rear 2,993 cc V6 turbo engine, capable of delivering some 600 horsepower (the figure is always subject to BoP parameters) with a maximum torque of 710 Nm, mated to a 6-speed transverse sequential gearbox.
Daniel Serrra: “We concluded three positive days of testing, in which we completed the activities that had been planned, collecting a lot of data that we will now have a way to analyze, in order to optimize the path following the program and the direction we have defined.”
With just under four months to go before the endurance race in Daytona, Florida, the testing process of the car, which made its first appearance last April for its shakedown at Fiorano, goes into overdrive.
The 296 GT3 supersedes the 488 GT3 with the order book for the car from customers reported to be very full indeed!
