2016 Ferrari 488 GTB Hot Lap! - 2017 Best Driver's Car Contender
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend's 2017 Best Driver's Car.
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00:00 (engine revving)
00:02 (upbeat music)
00:10 Back in 2011, we named the Ferrari 458 Italia
00:14 our best driver's car,
00:15 trumpeting to the world that the supercar bar
00:17 had been raised.
00:18 Since then, Ferrari has replaced the 458
00:21 with the much more powerful and turbocharged 488 GTB.
00:25 How much more power?
00:26 101 screaming Italian stallion,
00:29 bringing the total up to 661 horsepower.
00:32 It's still mid-engine, still rear wheel drive,
00:34 and I'll shut up so you can watch the lap.
00:36 (upbeat music)
00:39 (engine revving)
00:43 Woo!
00:49 There's a bunch of heat coming from somewhere,
00:54 let me tell you.
00:55 (engine revving)
00:59 (tires screeching)
01:02 Close ratios.
01:03 (engine revving)
01:06 Push you in the middle.
01:13 (engine revving)
01:16 Takes a lot of steering effort.
01:22 (engine revving)
01:25 No, it takes a lot of brake effort.
01:27 (engine revving)
01:29 It's hard to shift in the corners with those paddles.
01:51 (engine revving)
01:55 (indistinct)
01:57 I talked about marrying the Cayman.
02:19 This car is your mistress.
02:21 This is the car that you're so passionate about.
02:24 You have those dreams at night.
02:25 This is the car that when you open the door,
02:27 it meets you in a negligee with incense, wine, and candles.
02:31 This car is so bloody powerful
02:34 that I had to adopt a whole different driving style.
02:37 It accelerates so quickly
02:39 that I need to apex a lot later.
02:42 In other words, square the corners off more
02:44 to straighten the exit.
02:45 And then it just comes ripping off the corners.
02:48 The turbos on that Ferrari V8
02:50 give it a big, fat torque curve.
02:53 I cheated.
02:54 I used a stability control.
02:55 It's called the CT off mode.
02:57 It allowed me to do these beautiful drifts
03:00 or it was doing them.
03:01 I'm not sure if I get the credit.
03:04 The brakes, I didn't find confidence inspiring.
03:06 Mostly I just had to brake earlier than I really wanted to,
03:10 probably because I was going so bloody fast.
03:13 The acceleration is outrageous and the car is a thrill.
03:18 Let it be your mistress.
03:20 One minute, 31.68 seconds is not just a fast lap.
03:25 It's about one second off cars like the McLaren P1
03:28 and the Dodge Viper ACR.
03:30 The 488 is two seconds off of the Porsche 918 Spyder,
03:33 the current lap record holder
03:35 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
03:37 Needless to say, the Ferrari was the quickest car
03:39 of this year's competition.
03:41 Raw speed on a track is one thing,
03:42 but this is best driver's car.
03:44 The 488 GTB won that as well.
03:47 Congratulations to Ferrari for raising the supercar bar
03:50 one more time.
03:51 (dramatic music)
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04:00 (dramatic music)
04:03 (dramatic music)
04:07 (dramatic music)
04:10 (explosion)