The Gentleman Magazine Issue 6 | December 2017 | Page 28

Ferrari FXX-K Evo:
The Finali Mondiali provided the backdrop to the world
premiere of the new FXX-K Evo which will be available both
as an extremely limited-run model and as an upgrade package
for the existing XX cars.
This latest arrival marks a significant evolution of the XX
programme launched in 2005 with cars developed specifically
to play an active role in the eponymous research and
development programme which itself has become a byword
for innovation and uncompromising performance.
As was the case with the Evo versions of the FXX and the 599
XX, the Ferrari FXX-K Evo benefits from an extensive package
that applies innovative concepts derived from all of the various
track categories in which Ferrari competes with its cars: the
Formula 1, GT3, GTE and Challenge, the latter being the
single-make championship bearing its name.
innovative content with the Prancing Horse technicians,
through driving a closed-wheel laboratory car.
At the development stage, the designers worked on a broad
range of different aspects of the FXX-K Evo, starting with
reducing its overall weight. By drawing on Ferrari’s Formula 1
experience and adopting innovative carbon-fibre component
crafting processes, they succeeded in producing a lighter car
than the previous FXX-K despite introducing new elements
such as the fixed rear wing.
The FXX-K Evo features an evolved aero package developed
by Ferrari’s engineers in synergy with the Ferrari Style Centre’s
designers, to push to the very limit the performance of a model
that already represents the state-of-the-art in terms of Ferrari
track-only supercars.
Derived from the racing world and adopting track-specific
content, the FXX-K Evo, like all the previous XX cars, is not
homologated for road use and will not be used in competition
outside its dedicated programme. The product of over a year of CFD simulations and wind tunnel
testing, the FXX-K Evo’s aerodynamics deliver downforce
figures very close to those of the cars competing in the GT3
and GTE championships, all to the advantage of lateral
acceleration in cornering, stability and, ultimately, exhilarating
driving pleasure.
Mirroring the vocation of its predecessor, it, however, is aimed
at a small, highly-select group of Ferrari Clients: supercar
enthusiasts eager to share the development of technologically- The FXX-K Evo’s downforce coefficient has been improved by
23% on the previous version, which is the equivalent of a 75%
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