This offering from Maranello’s workshop is the fruit of research based exclusively on Ferraris vast experience in producing a large number of racing models and endless Gran Tourismo models.

The F-50 adopts the same constructional criteria as a Formula 1 car, it is a direct descendant of Alain Prost’s 1990 Formula 1 Ferrari which is probably why this classic car was the companies flagship in its time.

The F-50 combines the characteristics of a Formula 1 car but modified to form a 2 seater with a larger yet less powerful 4.7 litre engine, bringing the output down from 750bhp to 513bhp. Although some may see the F-50 as a boy’s toy it is most definitely a classic car in its own right.

The wildly exotic shape of the F-50 is deliberately without any styling indulgence, gimmickry or luxury extras, to the point of austerity in the pursuit of pure functionality. Volumes as required by the project were kept to a minimum, Traditionally Ferraris body designers employed their vast talents to succeed in designing shapes that recall the prototypes of the years of The World Marque Championship by adhering to the ultimate design principal of form following function.

At maximum power the engine will produce 513bhp at 8000rpm, with a maximum torque of 48kgm (347lb/ft) at 6500rpm. The Ferrari F-50 is driven through the back wheels with the 65 degree, V12 engine positioned in the rear end, it is cooled by large dynamic lateral air intakes at the front and back which cool the engine bay. In addition disc ventilation is guaranteed by jets of air on the hubs.

In creating the F-50 - Ferrari did not intend to build the fastest supercar that technology would permit and at 202 mph and 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, the Ferrari is no slouch.

The Ferrari F-50 was the closest street legal thing you could get to a grand prix car which is why it still remains a classic today.