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Hybrid
Welcome to a new era of
speed – the fastest road
car Ferrari has ever made.
With fully 1000hp from its
plug-in hybrid drivetrain,
to its four-wheel drive
platform, it’s a natural-born
successor to the LaFerrari.
Named in honour of
Ferrari’s 90th year of racing,
the SF90 Stradale is a
hypercar like no other
Story by Chris Rees
Photography by FerrariS
o here’s something special. Ferrari has just
launched a new model – its second of five
newcomers this year – that out-performs
the old LaFerrari yet will, we think, cost a lot
less. It’s a true and almost complete
revolution for Maranello, with so many firsts to its
name: Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, its first with 100%
electric drive capability, and it has more downforce and
less drag than any previous model. It’s also the first V8-
engined range-topper that Ferrari has ever had. Oh, and
it’s number one on the time sheets around Ferrari’s
Fiorano test track.
Since 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of the
Scuderia Ferrari racing team, the name for such a
devastatingly fast road car is a completely natural one:
SF90 Stradale. ‘SF90’ references Ferrari’s current
Formula 1 car, while ‘Stradale’ tells us it’s a road-runner.
The F1 link is not spurious, since the experience of
Ferrari’s Formula 1 team in the modern hybrid era is
brought to bear in this all-new petrol-electric hypercar.
More than ‘just’ a hybrid – as the LaFerrari was – the
SF90 Stradale is Ferrari’s first-ever plug-in hybrid, with
two power sources, internal combustion and battery,
the latter rechargeable by plugging it in.