After a bit of teasing this week, the new Ferrari VGT9, specifically imagined for Gran Turismo, was officially uncovered at the Gran Turismo World Series finals at Monaco.
The car is inspired by the 499P race car that will take part in the famous 24h of Le Mans, but without being restricted by regulations. The engine base is the same: a turbocharged hybrid 3.0 V6, but freed up to deliver a combined total of 1356 hp, with 1030 hp @ 9000 RPM from the ICE being assisted by 3 electric motors, one of them powering the rear axle, and each front wheel being powered by its own. Aesthetically, while the focus was aerodynamic efficiency, the body nods at older race cars such as the 512S and 330P4, with the big, fluid wheel arches contrasting to sharp and geometric body lines and the rear wing setup and tail fin.
Ferrari's Design Director Flavio Manzoni said of the project: "The collaboration with Gran Turismo represented a possibility of giving life to a unique project that was developed within the Advanced Design department of our Styling Centre. We wanted to create a vision of the future designed without constraint, but born from Ferrari’s unrivalled understanding of engineering, aerodynamics and future technologies, and deliver it into the digital world for a whole new audience to experience.
With such freedom, designing the Ferrari Vision GT allowed us to create a style manifesto for the future of the marque; explore new languages and push the boundaries in all areas to produce a totally unique vehicle that we are confident the Gran Turismo audience and all Ferraristi will enjoy."
The car will be driveable in Gran Turismo 7 from December 15th, the day on which the 1:1 version will be placed in the Ferrari Museum at Maranello.