Ferrari Monza SP1 2018-2019

Designers: Ferrari Design, Ferrari SpA., Maranello (MO), Italy
Manufacturer: Ferrari SpA., Maranello (MO), Italy

The new Ferrari Monza SP1, created by Ferrari Design under the direction of Flavio Manzoni, has been unveiled on occasion of the company’s Capital Market’s Day in Maranello and than as official worldwide premiere at the Paris Motor Show in September 2018. This limited edition special-series based on the V12 engine, also available in a two seats version (Monza SP2), is the first in a new segment called ‘Icona’ and draw inspiration from the most evocative Ferraris of the 1950s featuring the most advanced technology and pure design.

The Ferrari Monza SP1 was designed as an uncompromising single-seat road car that offers a truly unique experience behind the wheel. The architecture is based on a monolithic form with an aerodynamic wing profile where the complete absence of a roof and windscreen gave the designers the freedom to create unique proportions that would not have been possible on a traditional spider. The result is the feeling of blistering speed normally only experienced by Formula 1 drivers, which derives from the concept of a cockpit carved from the car’s very volume that wraps around the driver. 

The Ferrari Design Centre has sought to create a very pure design, as though born of a single pencil stroke, to convey an ideal of timeless elegance, minimalist form and refined detail. Visually complex solutions, such as those seen on recent racing cars, have been avoided, giving way to a more understated formal design language. Never has a model expressed such a narrative power, highlighting its appeal as a driver’s car where the link between man and automobile becomes symbiotic. A radical choice was made for the design of the cars’ compact doors which open upwards. Equally important is the all-carbon-fibre one-piece bonnet-wing assembly which is hinged at the front to showcase the imposing V12 engine once open.

Aimed at dedicated clients and collectors, the Monza SP1 reference the iconic Ferrari racing barchettas of the past, not least the 1948 166 MM, which originally inspired the name ‘barchetta’, and the 750 Monza and 860 Monza. Designed with the sole aim of winning, these uncompromising models helped build the Ferrari legend in the 1950s by delivering numerous victories in the World Sports Car Championship. Despite these roots, the new Monza SP-1 and SP-2 have been conceived through a new seductive imaginative projection and equipped with the most powerful engine Maranello has ever built, able to provide 810 cv and to sprint from 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds.