For Ferrari, Fiorano is more than a circuit: it's a sanctuary. Since 1972, this private 3-kilometer track, located a stone's throw from the Maranello factory and Enzo Ferrari's former office, has been the place where every model must prove its worth. Here, there is no comparison with the competition: Fiorano is Ferrari's personal notebook, where the history of the brand is written as time goes by.
In recent months, Ferrari unveiled some exceptional models: the 296 Specialethe F80 and the 849 Testarossa. Naturally, all of them were put through their paces on Fiorano... and turned the hierarchy upside down.
Result: the Ferrari F80 became the new queen of Fiorano with a breathtaking time of 1:15.3, 4.4 seconds faster than the LaFerrari. The hierarchy was transformed, illustrating the brand's meteoric evolution in barely a decade.
The complete Ferrari ranking at Fiorano
- Ferrari F80 - 1:15.3
- Ferrari SF90 XX - 1:17.3
- Ferrari 849 Testarossa - 1:17.5
- Ferrari 296 Speciale - 1:19.0
- Ferrari SF90 Stradale - 1:19.0
- Ferrari SF90 Spider - 1:19.5
- Ferrari LaFerrari - 1:19.7
- Ferrari 812 Competizione - 1:20.0
- Ferrari 296 GTB - 1:21.0
- Ferrari F12tdf - 1:21.0
- Ferrari 812 Superfast - 1:21.5
- Ferrari 488 Pista - 1:21.5
- Ferrari 296 GTS - 1:21.8
- Ferrari F8 Tributo - 1:22.5
- Ferrari 488 GTB - 1:23.0
- Ferrari F12 Berlinetta - 1:23.0
- Ferrari 458 Speciale - 1:23.5
- Ferrari 458 Speciale A - 1:23.5
- Ferrari 599 GTO - 1:24.0
- Ferrari Enzo - 1:24.9
- Ferrari 458 Italia - 1:25.0
- Ferrari 599 GTB HGTE - 1:25.9
- Ferrari 599 GTB - 1:26.5
- Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale - 1:26.5
- Ferrari F50 - 1:27.0
- Ferrari F430 - 1:27.0
- Ferrari F430 Spider - 1:27.0
- Ferrari F40 - 1:29.6
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti - 1:30.5
- Ferrari 360 Modena - 1:31.0
- Ferrari 575 Maranello - 1:31.5
- Ferrari 550 Maranello - 1:32.5
- Ferrari F355 - 1:34.0
- Ferrari 512 TR - 1:35.0
- Ferrari 456 GT - 1:35.0
- Ferrari 288 GTO - 1:36.0
- Ferrari 348 TB - 1:39.3
- Ferrari Testarossa - 1:40.6
A hierarchy in perpetual motion
This ranking is a perfect illustration of Ferrari's meteoric evolution. Where the Testarossa of the 1980s clocked a respectable 1:40.6, the F80 today pulverizes the time in 1:15.3. In just over 40 years, Ferrari has gained almost 25 seconds on a lap of Fiorano.
But beyond the numbers, Fiorano remains a symbol: a sacred ground where Ferrari measures itself... against itself. Each new model seeks not only to beat the competition, but to push back the limits set by its own models. The question is: which Ferrari will one day beat the F80's time? An F100? In the meantime, you can watch the videos of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz or even Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton test drive the F80 at Fiorano.
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What a pleasure to see the F80 in action in the hands of people who know how to get the most out of it.
Their opinion confirms the enthusiastic conclusion of Laurent Chevallier, Sport Auto's chief tester, who says that driving the F80 is "the kind of experience that absolutely surpasses anything else".
As for the list of times, it perfectly reflects the philosophy instilled by the Commendatore that "the best Ferrari is the next one".
Can't wait to see the 296 Spéciale in Sport Auto's super test.
For the moment, the absolute best time is held by a 296 GTS asseto fiorano.
I'd be curious to see the time of a Testarossa from the 80s but with modern tires. I'm sure the tire improvement is worth several full seconds in 40 years of evolution!
But that doesn't detract from the mechanical genius of modern Ferraris.