Pista Resistance

Ferrari’s 488 Pista aims light artillery fire at its track-focused supercar foes.

- Daniel Gardner

FERRARI has finally uncovered its eagerly anticipated performance-enhanced 488 special edition, confirming that the manic roadracer will wear the Pista moniker.

The news puts to bed speculation that the car would recycle one of the company’s numerous rare-breed nameplates, such as GTO, Competizione, Speciale, Stradale or Scuderia, instead opting for a name that translates, rather prosaically, into English as ‘track’.

Drawing directly from 488 GTE and 488 Challenge homologated race-car engineering, Ferrari says the Pista offers the closest thing to a road-registrable racing 488, yet does not require the deft touch of a professional driver in order to tap its potential.