The spy photographers have already spotted the upcoming hardcore version of the SF90 hybrid numerous times, a car some are calling the SF90 VS, or Version Speciale. But in every recent sighting, it’s been fitted with fairly standard-looking aero devices. This time though, Ferrari’s engineers have been seen putting two VS test cars through their paces at Germany’s Nürburgring: one with the familiar built-in bridge rear spoiler and another decked out with a gigantic fixed rear wing bolted to the chassis with two pylons.
The spoiler on the red car features large triangular end planes, and the pylons mount to the underside of the spoiler rather than on the top side like we’ve seen on cars like the new Porsche 911 GT3 road car and Ferrari’s own 296 GT3 racer. And while it doesn’t appear to be electronically moveable unless there are some motors hidden beneath the rear bodywork, we can see the pylons come in two parts allowing mechanics to manually adjust the angle of the wing and the amount of downforce in the garage before heading out onto the track. It’s also worth mentioning that while the silver car doesn’t have the big wing fitted, it probably has done in the past or will in the future because it has the same cutouts in the rear panel, and its standard SF90 rear spoiler has been modified to allow clearance for the fixed wing’s pylons.
Other than the difference in spoiler
philosophy and subtly different five-spoke wheel designs the winged red car and
wing-less silver car appear to be almost identical. Both have extended front
splitters and you can bet that there’s a ton of extra aero work going on, plus
modifications to the 986 bhp twin-turbo hybrid V8 and all-wheel
drive system that we won’t find out about until Ferrari is good and ready to
show us.
