Owning a dedicated track car is a privilege very few get to experience, but for the racing enthusiast it’s the holy grail. Some save up for years and buy a hobby car with miles on it, adding racing tires and maybe a roll cage (if the funds exist). And some can afford more. Way more. Those are the few that don’t want to just drive fast on a track — they want the full racing experience. And they can buy it.
For the wealthiest customers with petrol flowing through their veins, there is the world of the track-only hypercar. Faster than the top-end street-legal supercars, these vehicles seem to have no limits other than the fact that you can’t drive them to your business meetings or your golf games. If you can get your hands on one, you can only exploit them on the tarmac. But all three track-focused hypercars show what the manufacturers are willing to do for their most special customers, and they reflect a dedication and commitment to the sport of auto racing that — if, say, you have a spare $3 mil laying around — should be encouraged.
Ferrari FXX K
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The FXX K stands as the ultimate track machine. All FXX K owners will get access to a two-year program, which includes full pit and engineering support over up to eight races per year. During that time, Ferrari will use the customer experience as an opportunity to collect crucial data about the the most advanced car in their history. This data will then be used for development of future cars, both on and off the track. So as much as it is a fantasy come to life for the owners, Ferrari also gets something back in the process.
Though the FXX K is based largely on Ferrari’s hybrid-powered flagship LaFerrari, it takes everything up several notches. If 949 horsepower from the “stock” LaFerrari isn’t enough, then the additional 87 horsepower (for a total of 1,036 horsepower) in the FXX K should more than satisfy. But it’s not just about power. A true hyper track car must also have the right tools for enhanced aerodynamic downforce, and the FXX K gets additional active and passive measures: a new hood, a twin-profile front splitter, upsized splitter, lateral dive planes, new rear diffuser and a radically new rear wing with vertical fins and additional horizontal wings. That rear spoiler extends and works together with the lowering tail fins for both low and high drag configurations, giving the FXX K a whopping 1,190 pounds of downforce at 124 mph, gluing itself to the track for superb handling.
The FXX K also gets shod with some special tires by Pirelli, and the racing slicks come with sensors to provide detailed data on the FXX K’s lateral, longitudinal and radial acceleration, cornering forces and tire temperature. Ferrari will study the play of the traction control system on the FXX K as the tires interact with the track surface under hard driving. All of this contributes to one insanely fast hypercar. According to Ferrari, the FXX K will lap the Fiorano test track in 1 minute 14 seconds, a full 5 seconds faster than the already lightning-fast LaFerrari. Unfortunately for the mega rich, all 30 FXX Ks have been snatched up already.
