2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo Hot Lap! - 2020 Best Driver's Car Contender - video Dailymotion

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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for MotorTrend's 2020 Best Driver's Car presented by Tire Rack.

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 This is the 2020 Motor Trend Best Driver's Car

00:16 right here on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

00:20 These are the Best Driver's Car Hot Labs

00:22 brought to you by Tire Rack.

00:23 Let's go.

00:27 The Ferrari F8 Tributo has its work cut out for it.

00:31 Not only does this year feature stiff competition,

00:34 but three years ago, the 488 GTB

00:37 laid down a blistering one minute 31.68 second lap

00:42 around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

00:44 before going on to win the entire competition.

00:48 Somehow, Ferrari has managed to squeeze

00:50 another 50 horsepower from its 3.9 liter twin turbo V8

00:55 for a total of 711.

00:57 The Tributo is also an essentially meaningless

00:59 14 pounds lighter than the 488.

01:02 On the road before we got to the racetrack,

01:04 the brakes gave all us judges pause

01:07 as they just didn't feel quite right.

01:10 Ferrari had a technician come down

01:11 and sort out the stoppers.

01:13 Let's see how they worked for Randy Post.

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02:46 - Go!

02:51 (car engine roaring)

02:54 - Big power, the only car I felt get light

03:01 over the hill at turn two.

03:03 By light, I think it might've been off the ground.

03:06 Quick ratio, quick shifting gearbox.

03:10 I took the advice of the man from Ferrari,

03:14 running gear higher everywhere,

03:15 and that helped a lot because this engine's so powerful,

03:21 it can't take that huge power when you're in the corner.

03:24 You roll it on, it works beautifully.

03:26 - Well, Mr. Fancy Ferrari, how'd that go?

03:38 - Well, the Ferrari's a lively car.

03:42 It's got incredible power.

03:44 It's so much fun to pull the gears down the straightaway.

03:47 I used the manual mode.

03:49 I wanted to run a gear higher in almost every corner

03:53 to keep it manageable.

03:55 - Right, 'cause otherwise the torque just overwhelms it.

03:57 - Yeah, it just goes.

03:59 It's a missile, I think is your word.

04:01 - Yeah, yeah, it is.

04:01 - And it's a good word for it.

04:03 It's not so good at stopping.

04:05 I would like the brakes to have more bite,

04:07 and I remember the 488 was like this a couple years ago.

04:10 - Yeah, yeah, we were doing a lot of Ferrari like that,

04:12 but before we get to critiquing the car, though,

04:14 if there is a fault, it's easy to forgive

04:17 because you just love it, you know?

04:18 - Oh, I love it.

04:19 It's beautiful.

04:20 - Yeah, it is.

04:21 - And beautiful things, you know,

04:22 we'll put up with a lot of grief.

04:23 - We'll put up with a lot.

04:24 - For the beauty.

04:26 - All right, so here's a big question, you ready?

04:27 So the Lamborghini Huracan Evo,

04:30 you did a 132.85 second lap.

04:35 Did you go faster in that Italian car or in this one?

04:38 - That Lamborghini was really hooked up.

04:41 I think it was faster.

04:43 - It wasn't.

04:44 The Ferrari was quicker.

04:45 - Yeah, the Ferrari was a 132.27 second lap.

04:49 - Horsepower!

04:50 - Yeah, it's just, it's a twin turbo V8,

04:52 sadly beats a naturally aspirated V10.

04:55 And there you have it.

04:56 That was the hot lap in the Ferrari F8 Tributo.

05:00 Thanks for watching.

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