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The hearts and souls behind Maranello's iconic firm have announced a return to the top tier WEC class for the very first time since 1973.
Ferrari's hypercar will arrive in 2023 and will be up against other top league teams such as Porsche, Audi, Peugeot, Glickenhaus and Toyota who have already firmly registered their interest in the hypercar category.
Many are speculating already that a new golden era of motor racing is dawning on us in the years to come - especially as Ferrari and Porsche will be exchanging paint at the top of the motor racing league. If you're unaware of the daring years of the early 70s when Ferrari and Porsche battled it out at Le Mans, then it's worth your research for the sake of what's to come.
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From 1949 onwards, Ferrari has always had a foot in the world of motorsport. That year alone, Ferrari racked up the 24 Hours of Le Mans victory with their revolutionary 166M Barchetta before collecting a plethora of victories in that race across the 1950s and well into the early 60s - until Ford thundered by with the GT40, of course. The last time Ferrari had an overall victory at Le Mans was in 1965!
After that and the invasion of Porsche, Ferrari became lower tier marque at Le Mans with little success and only the name to keep them relevant. They did succeed here and there with the lower tier classes in WEC, but never bothered making a top end prototype to steal Porsche and Audi's trophies in recent years.
Until now...
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No details are currently available in regard to the hypercar's specifications, but it can be speculated that it will probably use a turbocharged V6 or V8 engine as large as 3.5 litres and be mated to the clever hybrid system that accordingly increases and decreases power with a limit cap.
What's more: at least 25 examples of this upcoming beast will have to be made road legal in order to comply with the latest homologation rules as set out by the FIA.
With this and Scuderia Ferrari's hopes for the 2021 Formula One season, we should hopefully see the prancing horse back where the traditional ethos belongs: motorsport.
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