The Hardcore Ferrari 488 Has Been Leaked (Again), And It's Called 'Pista'

Ferrari is going GT2 RS-hunting with track-inspired 488 upgrades, and the first official pictures seem to have been leaked...
The Hardcore Ferrari 488 Has Been Leaked (Again), And It's Called 'Pista'

Another week, another leak. Pictures have surfaced of what’s rumoured to be the hardcore Ferrari 488, which the Italians are hoping will give the Porsche 911 GT2 RS something to think about.

These images have appeared on social media and the web forum Ferrari Chat. They seem to correlate with Ferrari’s normal style of press release render, and the car’s new nose matches that of the test mule and that we saw in an earlier leak.

The Hardcore Ferrari 488 Has Been Leaked (Again), And It's Called 'Pista'

But it won’t be called the 488 GTO, as had long been rumoured. Its name is reportedly the 488 Pista, which, in Italian (and Spanish, as it happens), means Track. Pista follows the likes of Challenge Stradale, Scuderia and Speciale into the annals of modern track-focused Ferrari history. We’d have preferred GTO, but hey, it’s not like we’re likely to be buying one anyway.

Further leaks seem to confirm that the car will run a ‘700bhp plus’ development of the 488’s 3.9-litre turbocharged V8. The extra power, courtesy of technology nicked from the 488 Challenge race car, is joined by new bodywork that maximises its aerodynamic potential.

New thrills are about to come. #Ferrari

New thrills are about to come. #Ferrari

Posted by Ferrari on Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The engine itself is said to be 10 per cent lighter than standard, while the new wheels are rumoured to be an astonishing 40 per cent less weighty than the normal items.

Production numbers are almost certain to be limited to a set figure. Prices are probably irrelevant, because Ferrari will probably have pre-sold them all by now, but a figure of over £215,000 has been suggested by some corners of the media.

Source: Ferrari Chat

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Anonymous

Ferrari 488 “Pasta”? What they are thinking?

02/20/2018 - 11:45 |
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DL🏁

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02/20/2018 - 11:54 |
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Andrea Nope

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Just because Pista and Pasta sounds similar, doesn’t mean they are.
Just like Track and Truck…

02/20/2018 - 11:55 |
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Nishant Dash

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Mama mia

02/20/2018 - 11:57 |
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Freddie Skeates

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No silly, it’s the Winter Olympics special edition, the Piste

02/20/2018 - 12:30 |
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MitchellC

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02/20/2018 - 13:07 |
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Anonymous

02/20/2018 - 11:46 |
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Nathan Vonlanthen

looks sweet ! Hoping it sounds better than the GTB

02/20/2018 - 11:46 |
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CannedRex24

too bad there isnt any walnut interior option……

BUD UN TISS

02/20/2018 - 11:50 |
8 | 1

😂😂

02/20/2018 - 11:58 |
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Tomislav Celić

Fun fact

Pista means runway in Croatian

02/20/2018 - 11:51 |
11 | 1

It’s also the name of dry fruit 😂

02/20/2018 - 12:37 |
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…and track in Bulgarian

02/20/2018 - 18:30 |
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ᴶᵘˢᵗᴬᴿᵃⁿᵈᵒá

The old Ferrari 488 Pasta-way

02/20/2018 - 11:52 |
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Anonymous

So its names after an ice cream flavour. Great

02/20/2018 - 11:54 |
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CannedRex24

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you do know pista is a type of nut right?

02/20/2018 - 12:11 |
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Nishant Dash

Oh noo they leaked the real pic:

02/20/2018 - 11:57 |
300 | 319

33 downvotes in an hour? And its a pretty funny comment…

02/20/2018 - 12:59 |
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MattKimberley please help lol, someone’s using the upvote/downvote exploit wayy too often…

02/20/2018 - 13:14 |
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Anonymous

Ill take a GT2 RS

02/20/2018 - 12:02 |
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TheMindGarage

The real question is whether this will be able to beat a regular 720S. McLaren seems to have been on quite a roll recently. I want to see Ferrari go completely nuts with the V8. Enlarge it to 4.5 litres and boost it to 1000hp. F40/288 GTO reborn.

02/20/2018 - 12:02 |
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1000!?

i doubt itll handle that much

02/20/2018 - 12:13 |
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