Photo: Chester Ng
Racecars get abused by definition, but when we're talking about drift machines, these certainly sit at the top of the drive-it-like-you-stole-it chain. Drifting competitions are no place for the insanely fast, but extremely refined Ferraris, then.
Well, you can forget all about this - check out the image above and you'll notice a Ferrari 599 GTB that is currently undergoing a drift car conversion.
While the outlandish aero kit and the color-crazy wheels might be the ones that draw attention in this image (lens tip to Chester Ng), it's the changes underneath the skin that matter.
The Fezza is being gifted with steering hardware that allows for the extreme angles required by the once-a-Grand-Tourer's newfound quest, while the also-mandatory hydraulic handbrake is also present.
In fact, the cabin image shown below allows us to get a better view of the precision instrument's lever, while also showing the brutal mix between the smooth leather of the Maranello V12 machine and the monster rollcage the car is wearing now.
As those of you following the slip angle realm closely have already guessed, the Drifting Horse comes from Japan's Daigo Saito, who has left America's Formula Drift to focus on Japan's D1GP for the 2016 season.
Why purists will be outraged by such a contraption, there are two main reasons for which we find the 599 drift car... almost normal.
First of all, Ferraris were born as racecars. In fact, there's a popular story floating around telling us about the time when Enzo tried to restore the very first Ferrari-badged car ever, the 125 S racecar, by converting it into a polished street car and selling it to a customer. The owner obviously figured everything out and ended up with a hefty discount.
Then we have the sheer insanity that is Daigo Saito's shop - when the athlete came up with the world's first Lamborghini drift car last year, we should've seen this sideways-savvy Ferrari coming.
P.S.: Wonder if this project will be ready to slide sooner than Ryan Tuerk's Ferrari V8-motivated Toyobaru drift car.
While the outlandish aero kit and the color-crazy wheels might be the ones that draw attention in this image (lens tip to Chester Ng), it's the changes underneath the skin that matter.
The Fezza is being gifted with steering hardware that allows for the extreme angles required by the once-a-Grand-Tourer's newfound quest, while the also-mandatory hydraulic handbrake is also present.
In fact, the cabin image shown below allows us to get a better view of the precision instrument's lever, while also showing the brutal mix between the smooth leather of the Maranello V12 machine and the monster rollcage the car is wearing now.
As those of you following the slip angle realm closely have already guessed, the Drifting Horse comes from Japan's Daigo Saito, who has left America's Formula Drift to focus on Japan's D1GP for the 2016 season.
Why purists will be outraged by such a contraption, there are two main reasons for which we find the 599 drift car... almost normal.
First of all, Ferraris were born as racecars. In fact, there's a popular story floating around telling us about the time when Enzo tried to restore the very first Ferrari-badged car ever, the 125 S racecar, by converting it into a polished street car and selling it to a customer. The owner obviously figured everything out and ended up with a hefty discount.
Then we have the sheer insanity that is Daigo Saito's shop - when the athlete came up with the world's first Lamborghini drift car last year, we should've seen this sideways-savvy Ferrari coming.
P.S.: Wonder if this project will be ready to slide sooner than Ryan Tuerk's Ferrari V8-motivated Toyobaru drift car.
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