The NEW Ferrari 499P Modificata EXPLAINED

This video entails a closer look at Ferrari's customer Le Mans Hypercar called the 499P Modificata. The Ferrari 499P Modificata is unique because of a verity of reasons, mainly because of the car changes and that it is meant to be purchesed! I recently took a trip to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the Ferrari Challenge in 2024 and these 499P cars were there, and this video includes a lot of the content that I captured.
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[@sappymy]

Doe anyone else love the different livery on the modificata

[@tajjohal2841]

It's very nice, but nothing will ever beat the red livery of the race version. It's visual perfection that car is, and especially the 51 bcos of the Le Mans win.

[@Jesko.]

Definetely nice.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

The black and yellow is mint 👌

[@firefightszz]

@@tajjohal2841I personally disagree. The design template of the modificata is simpler and more elegant than the regular 499p. If the actual race car had the same design I think it would look much better. (Obviously in Rosso corsa)

[@Jesko.]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo Why? That's for aerodynamics. Removing it wouldn't help the car.

[@camrsr5463]

porsche and Ferrai are at it again with customer cars. The rivalry continues.

[@torque-drive2488]

1970 season all over again

[@fyfyi6053]

porsche doesn't have one. It's aston martin the valkyrie amr pro.

[@WheelinWeenie]

@@fyfyi6053what are you on about

[@fyfyi6053]

@@WheelinWeenie Customer le mans hypercars?

[@cipriani92i]

@@WheelinWeeniehe’s right, Porsche doesn’t sell the 963 to regular customers, only WEC/IMSA teams can buy it

[@Atticus3lack]

Let's be honest, 5 million isn't a lot for someone buying these cars.

[@Denes2005]

It’s a ferrari, so really it’s 5 million + bunch of previously owned ferraries + good relationships

[@quinstar7222]

plus the maintenance and the fact that it will be run through ferrari corsa clienti makes that price even higher

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

Goated profile pic

[@firefightszz]

@@Denes2005anyone even eligible to buy this already has all of these prerequisite models. 5 million really isn’t that steep to these people.

[@leeday2265]

I love it. My favourite era of Sports Cars was the late 1990s GT1. When I watched LeMans last year, I felt this was the closest to that era we have had since. I think this is partly due to the rules discussed in this video. Aesthetically, this is the best a grid has looked in a long long time, if ever.

[@godwindracing6056]

Late 1990s GT1 was mostly Mercedes-Mercedes-Mercedes and most of those were shown in highlights

[@vivos71]

I like the Modificata, but it pains me that we don’t see this car racing in IMSA

[@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo]

Not yet, AC Course is willing to run a Ferrari in GTP, it's just money and sponsorship they need

[@theovanbooma8508]

@@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo Pretty sure LMH cars dont qualify to be run in IMSA, who only allow LMDH cars (no 4wd hybrid, and a class regulated trans/hybrid drive)

[@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo]

@@theovanbooma8508 that isn't true, LMH cars *can* run in IMSA as long as the the Manufacturer produces more than 2,500 road cars. That was why Glickenhaus couldn't enter, they didn't produce enough road cars to meet the rules.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

​@@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo Not ever, the Modificata is like the Valkyrie AMR Pro, it's a track car based on a race car. It will not qualify to race.

[@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks He wasn't taking about that car specifically he was taking about the 599P in general isn't racing in IMSA.

[@eamonahern7495]

Track day cars for very rich people. As long as selling cars like that keeps endurance racing more accessible to ordinary working class fans than formula one, I'm ok with it.

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

Interesting video. Thank you Laguna seca and the author. This type of proposition is far more interesting to private owners than a sort of limited edition "GTO", "Daytona" or other special made for the garden party attendees / "custodians" / tax dodging billionnaires. Firstly, it can be raced professionally by amateurs. Secondly, the car is upto scratch in that it has won a race outright (unlike some "race winners" who just have class wins: let's mention no names). Thirdly, hopefully Ferrari will ONLY sell to bona fide racers rather than those I have taken aim at above. Cars are for driving, not speculating. Ferrari is going in the right direction on this and the 299.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

This is very interesting. The cars look nice in different livery.

[@reecemoore3951]

Another great video! Glad to be apart of it 😎

[@briand7381]

Nice footage!

[@FormulaJonah]

Thanks Reece! Big thank you again for supplying some of the footage here 👊

[@Romit12]

The customer cars gonna get crazy

[@antoninozullo9872]

Great video and good job again ! Thank you and forza Ferrari 😀

[@jamesp6330]

4:42 ayy, it me (blue hat in the back). those 499P Ms were awesome to see in person, the guy in the red 25 was flying (at one point literally). I’m hoping to go to COTA to see the regular 499Ps this year as well.

[@FormulaJonah]

Hey!! That’s awesome you were there. Totally agree with you, super cool experience and that 25 Ferrari was indeed flying! Hope you had a great time, and maybe I’ll see you at the track one of these days!

[@GamezGuru1]

Put it simply, its the baseline WEC car (no BoP), without the regulations limiting when you can deploy the electric motor...

[@StanceSantos]

Hamilton hasn’t even joined the team yet and he’s already got his own signature Ferrari 😂

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

Number 44 i see what they did there haha

[@francescotrombetta8548]

The 44 number was an homage to Giancarlo Baghetti

[@infinityg35jayne]

Ferrari as a company raised 4 billion after signing Hamilton

[@JOHANNESwhoelse]

This is very interesting, as it could set a precedent for Ferrari providing 499Ps to teams other than AF Corse. Maybe the return of the MOMO-Risi Ferrari isn't too far fetched now!

[@tatometacho]

4:12 Remember that originaly... the LMH rules said that all manufacture who compite in the WEC have to make a road version of theirs cars. Thats why Aston Martin did the Valkyrie, and only Toyota was the only one to run a Hypercar in its inagural season... beside the privateer Glickenhouse. Ferrari sign those rules aswell, but after the F1 put the cost cap, and then the WEC diluted those rules, to allow others (mainly Peugeot) to enter the championship. Saddly the GR Hypercar from Toyota had an accident in Fuji (if i am not wrong) and they scrapped that car cuz, there was no need or presure to build it or sell it.

[@nathanstroud2223]

Kind of ironic choice of photo @ 2:08 because those cars are from the season KERS was banned, before they brought it back w/ the addition of DRS for 2011.

[@mansonfd7835]

I love how the Hypercar regulation took us back to the good old days of LMGT1. Reminded me of that beautiful Mclaren F1 GTR, Mercedes Benz CLK GTR, Porsche 911 GT1, Toyota GT One, and many more that made into road car.

[@CaptHotah]

CMC needs to do these in 1:18 scale 😍

[@DominicSantini]

That event was crazy, I was stoked to see those things on the track. I found out after that the black one was speculated to be Lewis Hamilton's, as a gift for moving to Ferrari, hense the "44".

[@curledone7947]

The Glickenhaus is also planning / already has an road car version the SCG007s with like 25 cars The Vanwall also was planning the wich was wingless for some reason

[@bernardibrahim]

Production lemans car sounds so wild to me

[@juaneer]

Do you know about GT1s?

[@bernardibrahim]

@@juaneer yes

[@lenkan]

With the push to pass system mentioned in the video, could there be a racing series like Ferrari challenge in the future and that utilizes the modificata?

[@FormulaJonah]

It’s possible. It would be interesting if that were to happen for sure, and I would like to see it

[@viniciusdelima8192]

I remember that Toyota at 90s had the GT One "road version" which was never really functional. It was like an 499 Modificata at that time. The F1 and disaster at Le Mans plus change of regulation between the GT1 and LMGTP standards made any rich guy to not have the chance of have one Le Mans prototypes at that time yet.

[@pppphillip]

Are there plans by Ferrari to set any hotlaps, for example on the Nürburgring Nordschleife?

[@darrickkoko2987]

I dont think hypercars can break the lmp1 record since hypercars are very slow, unless they make the unrestricted version of it.

[@FormulaJonah]

To my knowledge not just yet. But it would be great if Ferrari did that!

[@AlasdairLowe]

I have to say, I find the LMdH rule about no road cars a little odd. How are they going to stop a private business doing what they want? Would they limit participation in IMSA/FIA events off the back of it?

[@camp9092]

@FormulaJonah can you review in the future about rb17 which is about to revealed on goodwood festival and if the rb17 participating in wec and le mans is rb17 a lmh or lmdh?

[@RobintalesfighterRacing]

If the RB17 were to race in hypercar it would be an LMH, since it doesn't use one of the four LMDh chassis But it's not currently planned to become a le mans hypercar, so that won't happen

[@FormulaJonah]

Great idea Camp! The RedBull RB17 has definitely peeked my interest, and I would love to do a video on it one day!

[@callanharvey2293]

I'm curious to see who is actually able to buy one of these given how difficult it is to get any new model Ferrari without owning 5 other Ferraris.

[@potatogirlcultist19]

0:40 Black with no 44. I wonder if this is Lewis' model?

[@gem.dionisio]

Obviously, the owner of the #44 499P Modificata is their ugh... newest F1 driver for 2025 (Not Sainz).

[@yammt3148]

"Cash or check?" Professional drivers.

[@Gangsta_Playz]

Why did I think it was a Ferrari 499P LMdH for IMSA

[@rahkinrah1963]

What's the purpose?

[@MrJohansen]

God i wish

[@MrJohansen]

​@@rahkinrah1963 -compete for a championship in two different series at once (winning 2 championships in one year = huge marketing victory) -advertise your brand in a new market (360 million people in america) -like 10 more races per year we'd see this car, aka lots more advertising Why not?

[@simon704]

They also won Le Man's 2024. Its not pricey for a track only race car

[@ryanchoudhury2060]

Imma be honest we need this car in fh5 or fh6

[@martrex5477]

Oh how I wish Ferrari went full BONKERS with it just like Porsche did with 919 Hybrid

[@dansyz80]

5 mln? pfff next yeah will take for me and my friends and family!

[@YHK_YT]

Wish it was road legal !!

[@ulysse3274]

We need this thing on the nordschleife asap

[@Synystr7]

So you're telling me we can buy two and run a customer ferrari team in IMSA? Following all the bops and everything.

[@R4M_Tommy]

No. This car isn't homologated as LMH.

[@Synystr7]

@@R4M_Tommy it is 95% of the way there. Just have to remove the front wheel drive electric motor. Ezpz

[@FormulaJonah]

It’s more for customer use for track day events. It would more likely be a the same Ferrari 499P that competes in WEC that would be in IMSA

[@BigDumbMeRC]

good christ its a beautiful car

[@stephencurry8552]

Another great example of how the disparity in income is way out of hand. Some percentage of billionaire, deca-millionaire pay zero in taxes. Part of the reason they can afford to by this sort of hyper-expensive toy. This country needs to tax the wealthy appropriately. Close loopholes for the rich. Redistribute wealth so that we move away from the Plutocracy we currently are.

[@lovelehstuff]

"How dare this human make more money than me" is what you sound like

[@stephencurry8552]

@@lovelehstuff Obviously you do not understand the huge negative impact of wealth capture on a political system. You come across as an economics illiterate. You come across as someone who has no understanding of the erosion to Democracy from dynastic wealth. Explains why you write with the vocabulary of an uneducated dullard.

[@stephencurry8552]

@@lovelehstuff I not only own sports cars and sports sedans, I work on them myself. In fact I placed a Chrysler engine, transmission and rear differential into a British sports car. Designing and fabricating parts as I went. I seriously doubt you have even minor mechanical ability. Let alone the talent to design and fabricate parts on a lathe or Bridgeport mill. Yes, guys like you, simpletons are a pox on the nation.

[@fearview]

paint it black - bruce wayne probably will buy it.

[@matthewnowell671]

He drives a Lamborghini .

[@styleemusic]

How many Ferrari orders do you have to make to qualify for this 😂

[@413TomaccoRoad]

So it's just a track car for rich people? Is it for IMSA racing by a private team?

[@amiltonpt2]

Just a track toy for rich people, like other cars like for example Ferrari FXXK , Pagani Zonda R and others

[@godwindracing6056]

It’s a ‘track toy’ for rich people who’ll keep it locked away as investments, then when they die, their offspring’s will throw it at RM for you all to watch via livestream whilst some rich sods run a bidding battle

[@WillFuI]

5 mill safe to say I will never own one

[@pyfutura07]

Car means nothing without a nurburgring lap 😂

[@fqeagles21]

How about 2 LM wins?

[@jb-y1487]

44 Interesting

[@Artiick]

Ye but it's ModificaTa, not ModificaDa 😆

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

I wonder who that 44 car is for......

[@the_arthur7]

É para a collection 44. Uma coleção baseada nos Estados Unidos, onde o proprietário ama correr. Não é para o Lewis Hamilton, como muitos pensam.

[@MouseEvil]

U cant own it. Ferrari owns it and let u drive it at their events for 5 mil. They also like to refer to as trackday car instead of customer car. Most diffrences are just setup. Like there is no latency for the hybrid to kick unlike the Race car And offcourse the Pirelli tires especially made for it

[@EliasGydesen]

Hi

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Cadillac dominates Ferrari in LMP

[@juaneer]

Not even close to true

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

@@juaneer Uh, yeah. Check the wins because Ferrari isnt even close.

[@markhunt7434]

​@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921in imsa a series ferrari isn't participating in 😂😂😂😂

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

@@markhunt7434 Upcoming 24hrs of Lemans will be the most epic car battle ever, and both Cadillac and Chevy are serious contenders.

[@godwindracing6056]

If it isn’t 12 cylinders, it doesn’t deserve the Prancing Horse badge

[@modezityyy]

F40 and 288 GTO?

[@godwindracing6056]

@@modezityyy they are the exceptions though

[@modezityyy]

@@godwindracing6056 fair enough

[@godwindracing6056]

@@modezityyy not to forget that the F40 was a progression from the abandoned 288 GTO Evoluzione program

[@BabyIshii]

5 mil for this I think it's definitely worthy

[@live4life767]

Mine is already pre ordered.

[@juaneer]

How much did you put down as deposit?