Ferrari 488 GTE

The Ferrari 488 GTE is a grand tourer racing car built by Ferrari's in-house Competizioni GT unit, for competition in endurance racing. It is a replacement for the Ferrari 458 Italia GT racing car, using the Ferrari 488 GTB as a base. The car is built in accordance with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest/FIA LM GTE regulations introduced for the 2016 season, and it currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series.^[3] The car had its race debut at the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona, with the Scuderia Corsa and Risi Competizione teams.^[4]

Ferrari 488 GTE
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo

#51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone
Category	LM GTE
Constructor	Ferrari Competizioni GT
Designer(s)	Flavio Manzoni (styling)
Predecessor	Ferrari 458 Italia GT
Technical specifications^[1]^[2]
Length	4,614 mm (182 in)
Width	2,050 mm (81 in)
Height	1,090 mm (43 in)
Axle track	2,045 mm (81 in) (Front & Rear)
Wheelbase	2,710 mm (107 in)
Engine	Ferrari 3,996 cc (4.0 L; 243.9 cu in), 90° V8, Turbocharged, in excess of 600 bhp (447 kW; 608 PS) @6000RPM, 700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) @5200RPM, RMR
Transmission	Ferrari/Xtrac 6-speed sequential semi-automatic
Weight	ACO regulated base weight 1,245 kg (2,745 lb)
Fuel	Shell V-Power (2016-2017) later Total Excellium (2018-present)
Tyres	Michelin Dunlop front 30/68-18 rear 31/71-18
Competition history
Notable entrants	AF Corse Risi Competizione Scuderia Corsa Iron Lynx Iron Dames Kessel Racing MR Racing SMP Racing Clearwater Racing Pablo Clark Racing Red River Sport Riley Motorsports Inception Racing Spirit of Race
Notable drivers	Sam Bird Felipe Fraga Shane van Gisbergen Alessandro Pier Guidi  James Calado Thomas Flohr Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Francesco Castellacci Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Emmanuel Collard Toni Vilander Nick Cassidy Memo Gidley Óscar Tunjo Patrick Kujala Fabrizio Crestani Antonio Fuoco Álvaro Parente Matteo Cressoni Luís Pérez Companc Roberto Lacorte Côme Ledogar Alessandro Balzan Kei Cozzolino Raffaele Giammaria Johnny Mowlem Davide Rigon Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy Manuela Gostner Katherine Legge Claudio Schiavoni Naoki Yokomizo Andrea Piccini Toni Vilander Rino Mastronardi Rahel Frey Paolo Ruberti Olivier Beretta Mikkel Mac Anthony Lazzaro Mikkel Jensen Davide Rigon Jonny Cocker Vincent Abril Giancarlo Fisichella
Debut	2016 24 Hours of Daytona
Races Wins Poles 80 45 24
Teams' Championships	2 (2017 & 2021 FIA WEC)
Constructors' Championships	3 (2016, 2017 & 2021 FIA WEC)

Development

Ferrari 488 GTE

 

488 GTE at the Museo Ferrari

Following the launch of the Ferrari 488, a Ferrari spokesperson confirmed that a racing version of the car would be unveiled soon.^[5] On 30 August 2015, spy photographs taken at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit showed tests of a highly camouflaged car undergoing testing, with major differences compared to the outgoing 458 Italia GT.^[6] The car was launched at the 2015 Finali Mondiali at the Mugello Circuit, alongside its GT3 counterpart.^[7] At the launch, few details of the car were shared, with the engine carrying over from the 488 GTB being the main announcement.^[8] The car can shift between LM GTE, and Group GT3 specification.^[9]

Ferrari 488 GTE Evo

On 13 November 2017, Ferrari Competizioni GT technical coordinator Ferdinando Cannizzo confirmed that both the 488 GTE and GT3 would be receiving Evo kits, aimed at improving reliability, as well as aero performance optimization.^[10] The 488 GTE Evo had its shakedown test at Ferrari's Fiorano Circuit on 30 March 2018.^[11] Following a wind tunnel test at the WindShear facility, the 488 GTE Evo had its front dive-planes removed.^[12] Cannizzo suggested that the car could remain in competition until 2021 with a second Evolution, instead of Ferrari developing a new car.^[13]

Competition History

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Pos
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SIL	SPA	LMN	NUR	MEX	COTA	FUJ	SHA	BHR
			Gianmaria Bruni	51	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	3	3	2	128	5th
			James Calado		2	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	3	3	2
			Alessandro Pier Guidi				Ret
			Davide Rigon	71	1	1	Ret	2	4	3	4	5	3	134	3rd
			Sam Bird		1	1	Ret	2	4	3	4	5	3
			Andrea Bertolini				Ret
2017	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SIL	SPA	LMN	NUR	MEX	COTA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	Points	Pos
			James Calado	51	2	2	7	1	6	1	1	3	2	164	1st
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		2	2	7	1	6	1	1	3	2
			Michele Rugolo				7
			Davide Rigon	71	5	1	5	8	2	3	5	6	1	143	4th
			Sam Bird		5	1	5		2	3	5	6	1
			Miguel Molina				5
			Toni Vilander					8
	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Thomas Flohr	54	NC	4	7	2	4	3	1	Ret	3	117	4th
			Francesco Castellacci		NC	4	7	2	4	3	1	Ret	3
			Miguel Molina		NC	4		2	4	3	1	Ret	3
			Olivier Beretta				7
			Duncan Cameron	55			1							NC	NC
			Aaron Scott				1
			Marco Cioci				1
	Clearwater Racing		Richard Wee	60			6							NC	NC
			Hiroki Katoh				6
			Álvaro Parente				6
			Weng Sun Mok	61	1	3	2	4	5	2	2	4	2	179	2nd
			Keita Sawa		1	3	2	4	5	2	2	4	2
			Matt Griffin		1	3	2	4	5	2	2	4	2
2018 - 2019	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SPA	LMN	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LMN		Points	Pos
			James Calado	51	9	4	1	4	5	4	2	1		194	2nd
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		9	4	1	4	5	4	2	1
			Daniel Serra			4				4		1
			Sam Bird	71	3	6	7	10	6	6	6	Ret
			Davide Rigon		3	6	7	10	6	6	6	Ret
			Miguel Molina			6				6		Ret
	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Francesco Castellacci	54	8	2	9	5	4	2	4	7		99	4th
			Giancarlo Fisichella		8	2	9	5	4	2	4	7
			Thomas Flohr		8	2	9	5	4	2	4	7
	Clearwater Racing		Matt Griffin	61	3	4	5	6	7		3	3		95	5th
			Keita Sawa		3	4	5	6	7
			Weng Sun Mok		3	4	5	6	7
			Luis Pérez Companc								3	3
			Matteo Cressoni								3	3
	MR Racing		Olivier Beretta	70	5	5	7	Ret	6	5	8	5		71	8th
			Eddie Cheever III		5	5	7	Ret	6	5	8	5
			Motoaki Ishikawa		5	5	7	Ret	6	5	8	5
2019 - 2020	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COTA	SPA	LMN	BHR		Points	Pos
			James Calado	51	4	4	1	4	3	4	2	6		250	3rd
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		4	4	1	4	3	4	2
			Daniel Serra								2	6
			Davide Rigon	71	Ret	5	6	2	5	6	NC	3
			Miguel Molina		Ret	5	6	2	5	6	NC	3
			Sam Bird								NC
		LMGTE Am	Francesco Castellacci	54	9	6	8	5	7	7	7	4		71	8th
			Giancarlo Fisichella		9	6	8	5	7	7	7	4
			Thomas Flohr		9	6	8	5	7	7	7	4
			Emmanuel Collard	83	1	2	4	4	4	1	3	2		167	1st
			Nicklas Nielsen		1	2	4	4	4	1	3	2
			François Perrodo		1	2	4	4	4	1	3	2
	Red River Sport		Bonamy Grimes	62	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	10		26	11th
			Charles Hollings		8	10	10	8	8	8	9
			Johnny Mowlem		8	10	10	8	8	8	9
			Kei Cozzolino									10
			Colin Noble									10
	MR Racing		Kei Cozzolino	70	3	4	7	7	10		Ret			43	10th
			Olivier Beretta		3	4	7	7	10
			Motoaki Ishikawa		3	4	7	7	10
			Vincent Abril								Ret
			Takeshi Kimura								Ret
2021	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SPA	POR	MNZ	LMN	BHR	BHR				Points	Pos
			James Calado	51	2	1	2	1	3	1				291	1st
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		2	1	2	1	3	1
			Côme Ledogar					1
			Miguel Molina	52	3	2	4	4	4	3
			Daniel Serra		3	2	4	4	4	3
			Sam Bird					4
		LMGTE Am	Francesco Castellacci	54	4	3	7	7	7	6				71	6th
			Giancarlo Fisichella		4	3	7	7	7	6
			Thomas Flohr		4	3	7	7	7	6
			Nicklas Nielsen	83	1	10	1	1	5	1				150	1st
			François Perrodo		1	10	1	1	5	1
			Alessio Rovera		1	10	1	1	5	1
	Cetilar Racing		Antonio Fuoco	47	3	1	10	Ret	9	4				75	5th
			Roberto Lacorte		3	1	10	Ret	9	4
			Giorgio Sernagiotto		3	1	10	Ret	9	4
	Iron Lynx		Claudio Schiavoni	60	9	5	Ret	3		5				63.5	7th
			Matteo Cressoni		9	5	Ret		11	5
			Andrea Piccini		9	5	Ret		11	5
			Raffaele Giammaria					3
			Paolo Ruberti					3
			Rino Mastronardi						11
			Rahel Frey	85	8	6	8	6	8	8				46	10th
			Manuela Gostner		8	6
			Katherine Legge		8				8	8
			Michelle Gatting			6	8	6
			Sarah Bovy				8	6	8	8
2022	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro			SEB	SPA	LMN	MNZ	FUJ	BHR				Points	Pos
			James Calado	51	4	1	2	3	1	5				269	1st
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		4	1	2	3	1	5
			Daniel Serra				2
			Antonio Fuoco	52	5	3	3	2	2	1
			Miguel Molina		5	3	3	2	2	1
			Davide Rigon				3
		LMGTE Am	Simon Mann	21	7	11	7	7	10	11				28	11th
			Christoph Ulrich		7	11	7	7	10	11
			Toni Vilander		7	11	7	7	10	11
			Francesco Castellacci	54	9	4	5	9	4	7				58	6th
			Thomas Flohr		9	4	5	9	4	7
			Nick Cassidy		9	4	5	9	4	7
	Spirit of Race		Gabriel Aubry	71	Ret	12	Ret	5	7	13				16	13th
			Franck Dezoteux		Ret	12	Ret	5	7	13
			Pierre Ragues		Ret	12	Ret	5	7	13
	Iron Lynx		Claudio Schiavoni	60	8	8	Ret	4	11	9				25	12th
			Matteo Cressoni		8	8		4	11	9
			Giancarlo Fisichella		8	8		4	11	9
			Alessandro Balzan				Ret
			Raffaele Giammaria				Ret
	Iron Dames		Rahel Frey	85	5	10	6	2	2	3				93	3rd
			Sarah Bovy		5		6	2	2	3
			Michelle Gatting		5		6	2	2	3
			Christina Nielsen			10
			Doriane Pin			10
2023	AF Corse	LMGTE Am			SEB	POR	SPA	LMN	MNZ	FUJ	BHR			Points	Pos
			Simon Mann	21	4	5	6							36*	3rd*
			Ulysse de Pauw		4	5	6
			Stefano Costantini		4
			Diego Alessi			5	6
			Francesco Castellacci	54	5	4	Ret							27*	7th*
			Thomas Flohr		5	4	Ret
			Davide Rigon		5	4	Ret
	Richard Mille AF Corse		Luis Pérez Companc	83	Ret	2	1							43*	2nd*
			Alessio Rovera		Ret	2	1
			Lilou Wadoux		Ret	2	1
	Kessel Racing		Scott Huffaker	57	3	10	8							28*	6th*
			Takeshi Kimura		3	10	8
			Daniel Serra		3	10	8

*Season still in progress

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	Pos
2016	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL
			Giancarlo Fisichella	62	6	4	3	5	6	7	4	5	7	8	1	305	5th
			Toni Vilander		6	4	3	5	6	7	4	5	7	8	1
			Davide Rigon		6	4
			Olivier Beretta		6
			James Calado												1
	Scuderia Corsa		Daniel Serra	68	4	7	6	2	5						8	164	10th
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		4	7		2	5						8
			Alexandre Prémat		4
			Memo Rojas		4
			Andrea Bertolini			7									8
			Alessandro Balzan				6
	SMP Racing		Andrea Bertolini	72	10											22	11th
			Gianmaria Bruni		10
			James Calado		10
			Viktor Shaytar		10
2017	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	SEB	LBH	AUS	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL	Points	Pos
			Giancarlo Fisichella	62	3	3	Ret	Ret					3	2	3	199	9th
			Toni Vilander		3	3	Ret	Ret					3	2	3
			James Calado		3	3
			Alessandro Pier Guidi												3
2018	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	SEB	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL	Points	Pos
			Toni Vilander	62	5	5									9	74	9th
			James Calado		5	5
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		5	5
			Davide Rigon		5
			Andrea Bertolini												9
			Miguel Molina												9
2019	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	SEB	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL	Points	Pos
			James Calado	62	2										1	67	9th
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		2										1
			Miguel Molina		2
			Davide Rigon		2
			Daniel Serra												1
2020	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MOH	CLT	ATL	LGA	SEB	Points	Pos
			James Calado	62	6											25	7th
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		6
			Davide Rigon		6
			Daniel Serra		6
2021	Risi Competizione	GTLM			DAY	SEB	BEL	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	ATL	Points	Pos
			James Calado	62	4											308	7th
			Jules Gounon		4
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		4
			Davide Rigon		4

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