Ferrari F40 GTE
The Ferrari F40 GTE was used from 1995 till 1997. It still raced in the GT1 class in BPR and Le Mans like its older brother, the F40 LM.
Updates included:
- A more powerful engine up from 3.0-L to 3.5-L in 1995 and 3.6-L in 1996 & 1997.
- Magneti Marelli dashboard.
- BBS E88 wheels for practice and testing like all Michelotto built Ferraris.
1996 brought an aero update including a new rear wing, front splitter, rear diffuser, new door mounted rear-view mirror, new air intakes on the rear fender instead of the side-skirt and air extractors on the front fenders.
Similarities with the F40 LM are:
- Front canards for high-downforce races or not for high-speed ones.
- The F40 GTE could be fitted with or without a European rear bumper.
- Three different steering wheels; two models of the MOMO steering wheel, one in red and another one in black. Both had the Ferrari logo in the centre. The third one was a black OMP without Ferrari logo.
The Ferrari F40 GT proved to be a good racing car, so Michelotto converted seven more F40s for the BPR Global GT Series. These cars were called the F40 GTE. One of them started life as an LM, one of them as an F40 GT and the remaining five as road going examples. The F40 GTE was an evolution of the F40 LM and packed a whopping 620 bhp. Sadly, there were a lot of reliability issues which prevented the GTE from reaching the same status as the GT.
