Ferrari 488 GTE explained
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 was served as 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 formerly competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and in the GTLM class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.[1] The car had its race debut at the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona, with the Scuderia Corsa and Risi Competizione teams.[2]
Development
Ferrari 488 GTE
Following the launch of the Ferrari 488, a Ferrari spokesperson confirmed that a racing version of the car would be unveiled soon.[3] 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.[4] The car was launched at the 2015 Finali Mondiali at the Mugello Circuit, alongside its GT3 counterpart.[5] At the launch, few details of the car were shared, with the engine carrying over from the 488 GTB being the main announcement.[6] The car can shift between LM GTE, and Group GT3 specification.[7]
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.[8] The 488 GTE Evo had its shakedown test at Ferrari's Fiorano Circuit on 30 March 2018.[9] Following a wind tunnel test at the WindShear facility, the 488 GTE Evo had its front dive-planes removed.[10] Cannizzo suggested that the car could remain in competition until 2021 with a second Evolution, instead of Ferrari developing a new car.[11]
Competition History
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year! rowspan="2" Entrant | Class | Drivers | | | Rounds | | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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2017 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Andrea Bertolini Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Rino Mastronardi | 51 | All 1-4, 6 All 5 | SIL 4 | MNZ 4 | RBR 4 | LEC 4 | SPA 1 | ALG Ret | 6th | 70 |
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Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott | 55 | All All All | SIL 6 | MNZ Ret | RBR 1 | LEC 1 | SPA 4 | ALG Ret | 4th | 77 |
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JMW Motorsport | Jody Fannin Robert Smith Jonny Cocker Will Stevens | 66 | 3-6 3-6 3-4 5-6 | SIL
| MNZ
| RBR 2 | LEC 3 | SPA 2 | ALG 2 | 1st* | 104* |
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2018 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr | 54 | 1 1 | LEC 6 | MNZ
| RBR
| SIL
| SPA
| POR
| 8th | 8 |
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Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott | 55 | All All All | LEC Ret | MNZ 1 | RBR 2 | SIL 3 | SPA 2 | POR 4 | 4th | 79 |
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JMW Motorsport | Liam Griffin Alex MacDowall Miguel Molina | 66 | All All All | LEC 1 | MNZ 4 | RBR Ret | SIL 1 | SPA 4 | POR 2 | 2nd | 88 |
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Krohn Racing | Andrea Bertolini Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn | 83 | All All All | LEC 4 | MNZ 6 | RBR 5 | SIL 6 | SPA Ret | POR 4 | 6th | 48 |
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2019 | Luzich Racing | LMGTE | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | 51 | All All All | LEC 1 | MNZ 3 | BAR 1 | SIL 4 | SPA 1 | POR 1 | 1st | 127 |
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Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott | 55 | All All All | LEC 5 | MNZ 7 | BAR 3 | SIL 5 | SPA 3 | POR 4 | 5th | 68 |
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Kessel Racing | Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Claudio Schiavoni Nicola Cadei Giacomo Piccini David Perel | 60 | All 1-3, 5-6 1-3 4 4 5-6 | LEC 9 | MNZ Ret | BAR 8 | SIL 3 | SPA 5 | POR 2 | 6th | 50 |
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Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner | 83 | All All All | LEC 2 | MNZ 6 | BAR 4 | SIL 2 | SPA 4 | POR Ret | 4th | 68 |
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JMW Motorsport | Matteo Cressoni Wei Lu Jeff Segal | 66 | All All All | LEC 4 | MNZ 2 | BAR 2 | SIL 6 | SPA 6 | POR 5 | 3rd | 74 |
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2020 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Steffen Görig Christoph Ulrich Alexander West Daniel Serra | 51 | 1-3, 5 1-3, 5 1-2, 5 3 | LEC 5 | SPA 7 | LEC 6 | MNZ
| ALG Ret | | 8th | 28 |
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Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr | 54 | 2 2 | LEC
| SPA Ret | LEC
| MNZ
| ALG
| | NC | 0 |
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Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Harrison Newey Alessio Rovera | 88 | 2,5 2,5 2 5 | LEC
| SPA 2 | LEC
| MNZ
| ALG 8 | | NC | 0 |
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Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott | 55 | All All All | LEC Ret | SPA 5 | LEC 1 | MNZ 4 | ALG 5 | | 3rd | 62 |
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Iron Lynx | Sergio Pianezzola Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Nicklas Nielsen Rino Mastronardi | 60 | 1-2, 4-5 1-4 1-2, 4-5 3 3,5 | LEC 6 | SPA Ret | LEC 5 | MNZ Ret | ALG 3 | | 7th | 35 |
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Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner | 83 | All All All | LEC 3 | SPA 8 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | ALG 6 | | 4th | 61 |
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Red River Sport | Bonamy Grimes Charles Hollings Johnny Mowlem | 62 | 2 2 2 | LEC
| SPA DNS | LEC
| MNZ
| ALG
| | NC | 0 |
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JMW Motorsport | Finlay Hutchison Hunter Abbott Jody Fannin Gunnar Jeannette Rodrigo Sales | 66 | All 1 1 2-5 2-5 | LEC 4 | SPA 9 | LEC 7 | MNZ 6 | ALG 7 | | 6th | 38 |
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Kessel Racing | Michael Broniszewski David Perel Nicola Cadei Marcos Gomes | 74 | All All 1, 4-5 2-3 | LEC 2 | SPA 1 | LEC 4 | MNZ 1 | ALG 2 | | 2nd | 99 |
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2021 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Duncan Cameron David Perel Matt Griffin Alessandro Pier Guidi | 55 | All All 1-3, 5-6 4 | CAT 3 | RBR 2 | LEC 2 | MNZ 1 | SPA NC | ALG 4 | 2nd | 89 |
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Iron Lynx | Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni Giorgio Sernagiotto | 60 | All All All | CAT 5 | RBR 7 | LEC 5 | MNZ 5 | SPA 5 | ALG 8 | 8th | 50 |
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Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina | 80 | All All All | CAT 1 | RBR 3 | LEC 1 | MNZ 2 | SPA 2 | ALG 1 | 1st | 126 |
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Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Sarah Bovy | 83 | All All 1-4 5-6 | CAT 4 | RBR NC | LEC NC | MNZ 6 | SPA 3 | ALG 3 | 7th | 50 |
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AF Corse | Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Côme Ledogar | 61 | 6 6 6 | CAT
| RBR
| LEC
| MNZ
| SPA
| ALG 9 | NC | 0 |
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Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Alessio Rovera | 83 | 2-6 2-6 2-6 | CAT WD | RBR 1 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | SPA 1 | ALG 10 | 3rd | 83 |
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JMW Motorsport | Jody Fannin Rodrigo Sales Andrea Fontana Shaun Thong | 66 | All All 1-5 6 | CAT 4 | RBR NC | LEC NC | MNZ 6 | SPA 3 | ALG 3 | 6th | 50 |
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2022 | Rinaldi Racing | LMGTE | Nicolás Varrone Pierre Ehret Memo Gidley Gabriele Lancieri Diego Alessi | 32 | All 1-5 1 2-3 4-6 | LEC 1 | IMO Ret | MNZ 6 | CAT 9 | SPA 10 | POR 9 | 8th | 39 |
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Fabrizio Crestani Christian Hook Óscar Tunjo Jeroen Bleekemolen | 33 | 1-3, 5-6 1-3, 5-6 1-2 3, 5-6 | LEC 11 | IMO 6 | MNZ 9 | CAT
| SPA WD | POR Ret | 12th | 10 |
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Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel | 55 | All All All | LEC 9 | IMO 3 | MNZ 8 | CAT 2 | SPA WD | POR WD | 9th | 39 |
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Kessel Racing | Mikkel Jensen Frederik Schandorff Takeshi Kimura Conrad Grunewald | 57 | All All 1-4, 6 5 | LEC 5 | IMO DSQ | MNZ 3 | CAT 4 | SPA 1 | POR 3 | 2nd | 78 |
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Iron Lynx | Matteo Cressoni Davide Rigon Claudio Schiavoni | 60 | All All All | LEC 7 | IMO 5 | MNZ 1 | CAT 6 | SPA 9 | POR 4 | 4th | 63 |
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Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Rahel Frey Doriane Pin | 83 | All All 1-3 4-6 | LEC 4 | IMO 8 | MNZ 5 | CAT Ret | SPA 2 | POR 1 | 3rd | 70 |
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JMW Motorsport | Sean Hudspeth Giacomo Petrobelli Matthew Payne Miguel Molina | 66 | All All 1-3, 5-6 4 | LEC 10 | IMO 4 | MNZ 7 | CAT 3 | SPA 6 | POR 7 | 7th | 48 |
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2023 | Formula Racing | LMGTE | Conrad Laursen Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Nicklas Nielsen | 50 | All All 1 2-6 | CAT 2 | LEC 8 | ARA Ret | SPA 2 | ALG 12 | POR 9 | 7th | 42 |
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AF Corse | Rui Águas Ulysse de Pauw Kriton Lendoudis | 51 | All All All | CAT 6 | LEC 11 | ARA 10 | SPA 4 | ALG 6 | POR 7 | 8th | 35 |
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Spirit of Race | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin David Perel | 55 | All All All | CAT 5 | LEC 5 | ARA 6 | SPA 7 | ALG 7 | POR 3 | 5th | 55 |
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Kessel Racing | Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff Davide Rigon Daniel Serra | 57 | All All 1-2 3 4-6 | CAT 7 | LEC 4 | ARA 1 | SPA 5 | ALG 4 | POR 12 | 4th | 65 |
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JMW Motorsport | Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin Jon Lancaster | 66 | All All All | CAT 3 | LEC 6 | ARA 5 | SPA Ret | ALG 11 | POR 4 | 6th | 47 |
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Sources:[27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] | |
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* Points were scored with the 458 Italia GT2
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