THE FERRARI DAYTONA SP3
It has the richest back catalogue of all, but Ferrari will never do a ‘continuation’ car. That doesn’t mean heritage is off-limits, though, which is where the Icona series comes in. Meet the Daytona SP3, a limited series, carbon fibre-bodied and mid-engined V12 two-seater fuelled by memories of the spectacular late Sixties/early Seventies Sport Prototipo era, and the 1-2-3 result in 1967’s Daytona 24 Hours race in particular.
At the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, Ferrari took the top three places in the first round of the International World Sports Car Championship. The 330 P3/4, 330 P4 and 412 P that famously shot past the chequered flag side by side perfectly encapsulated the spirit of the sports prototypes of the 1960s, a decade now considered the golden era of closed wheel racing. The Ferrari Daytona SP3, the second car to join the limited edition Icona series, pays homage to the mid-rear-engined Ferrari V12 sports prototypes that earned the marque its unparalleled motor sport status.
The butterfly door swings up and out, taking most of the sill with it, leaving a bare-bones view of the carbon tub you’re about to post your backside into. You sink into seats attached directly to the tub then draped in Alcantara that flows over onto the sills and centre console. Looks uncomfortable, but it’s anything but. The windscreen bends around you, you sit deep in the car’s guts.
An important point to consider, perhaps the most important of all when it comes to making a dynamic assessment of this car: it’s not trying to see how fast it can go. Yes, it may sound odd for a car of this configuration and specification to say so, but I believe it to be the case. If you’ll forgive the slightly threadbare phrase, the Daytona SP3 is not about how fast you go, but how you go fast. And there is a world of difference between the two.
The engine of the SP3 is hardly a technological vault into the future. On the contrary it is another development of the F140 V12 motor that first saw service in the Enzo, wait for it, 20 years ago. And if that doesn’t make you feel old, I’m not sure what will. In that time it has had three different capacities (6.0, 6.3 and 6.5-litres) and outputs ranging from 620PS (456kW) in the 599GTB to the 840PS (618kW) boasted by the SP3. Actually the LaFerrari was more powerful still, but only 800 of its 963PS (708kW) came from the motor, the remainder from the attached hybrid drive.
Engine6.5-litre, twelve-cylinder naturally aspirated
Power840PS (618kW) @ 9,250rpm
Torque697Nm (514lb ft) @ 7,250rpm
TransmissionSeven-speed double clutch, rear-wheel-drive
Kerb weightNot quoted. Dry lightest 1,485kg
0-62mph2.85 seconds
Top speed211mph
Fuel economy17.4 mpg
CO2 emissions368 g/km
Price€2 million (£1.7 million approx)
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