Ferrari F80: is the LaFerrari successor a hit, or miss?

Jason Barlow: “The F80 also looks absolutely magnificent in the flesh”

The F80 channels the spirit of 1970s endurance racing while making full use of the tech firepower that has secured back to back wins at Le Mans. Assuming you’re on board with that, it’s a slam dunk, a hypercar that dares to use a downsized hybridised V6 because that’s what Ferrari races with in F1 and WEC, but also because it’s the correct approach.

It’s primarily a road car so its ground effect aero is matched to hugely sophisticated active suspension, but check out those downforce numbers and that zero to 62mph time.

It also looks absolutely magnificent in the flesh – brutal, challenging, and forward thinking. A true Ferrari, in other words.

Ollie Marriage: “Doubtless it will be fast... but it leaves me a bit cold”

A V6? For £3m? I really thought Ferrari would showcase the V12 one more time for its once in a decade flagship. Instead we have something that being 4WD, with three electric motors and electric steering, seems uncannily like an SF90. With fewer cylinders.

It’s not meant to of course, it’s meant to riff on Ferrari’s return to Le Mans and endurance racing. That, rather than the 296, is where the V6 comes from. And must also have inspired the flat aero surfaces.

It’s not beautiful, is it? Dramatic sure, with a hint of 1990s Group C racer in there, and it’ll doubtless be fast and impressive to drive. But it leaves me a bit cold.