Driving a Ferrari 458 GTE at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix track

Driving a Ferrari 458 GTE at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix track | Henry Catchpole - The Driver's Seat

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Жыл бұрын

There’s a host of ways to get your hypercar kicks on track these days. Specials like Aston Martin’s Valkyrie AMR Pro or McLaren’s Solus or even Ferrari’s own FXX-K Evo all offer circuit-specific thrills. But if you’ve got a couple of million Euros (real or fantasy) to spend then how about a genuine race car, with real pedigree? How about a Ferrari 458 GTE that actually raced at Le Mans, twice?
What makes this Ferrari even more appealing is that its road car counterpart, the 458 Speciale, is one of the all-time greats. And, as Henry Catchpole discovered during his drive, there are clear similarities between the road car and race car. The GTE is, however, definitely louder. A lot louder. And the Speciale is hardly known for being a shrinking violet. But with a 4.5-litre, naturally aspirated V8 at its heart, the mighty wall of noise that emanates from the 458 GTE’s exhaust pipes is ear-splittingly glorious.
Chassis 2874 first raced at Le Mans with AF Corse exactly a decade before this year's victorious Ferrari 499P Hypercar. But arguably its greatest moment at the famous 24 hour race came the year after, in 2014. That year Sam Bird put the car on pole in the GTE AM category but beat all bar one of the Pro cars in the process. It was an extraordinary lap.
In this episode we’re not at the Circuit de la Sarthe but instead in Austria at the beautiful and undulating Red Bull Ring. Why? Well, Girardo & Co (which currently has the car for sale) was part of the excellent Challenge and GT Days event, which hosts a huge collection of Ferrari track cars - everything from a 355 Challenge with a manual ‘box to the latest 488 Challenge Evo. It makes for quite a sight in the pits.
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@ZedNinetySix_ Жыл бұрын

I will *NEVER* forget listening to these 458 GTE's downshift through every gear down the first braking zone at Le Mans.

@fattestwhiteguyever757 Жыл бұрын

Yes i remember those very agressive downshifts. Most cars lean on the brakes in the beginning of the braking zone and let the revs drop before downshifting unlike this car which seemed to downshift at the top of the rev range. Never understood why.

@davidfairbairn8 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was there 2011. Was lucky enough to see the Ford GT that was there that year too. And the 787b doing it’s anniversary lap.

@houseking9211 Жыл бұрын

@@fattestwhiteguyever757 it's actually because the car has a much higher rev limit than the drivers actually use because of the restrictors, power drops too much. So 7.5k for upshifting, but downshift blips usually go 8k+

@jaiganticpooey3012 Жыл бұрын

The Porsche guys underestimate how loud these were

@dravde7325 Жыл бұрын

I miss Carfection😢

@josephpressinger1525 Жыл бұрын

what happened?

@nexus77241 Жыл бұрын

Wait. They’re gone?? They had great content.

@janson2911 Жыл бұрын

@@josephpressinger1525 Money problems. The Ferrari 550 is their last video. Jayemm on Cars make a really in depth video why Carfection failed and you may want to check it out for more context

@das-nyc Жыл бұрын

I’ll watch Catchpole anywhere. And I love new Hagerty stuff. Henry, Jason…beats everything else

@vmgc12 Жыл бұрын

That video about manuals with the 911 GT3...

@Xyzabc998 Жыл бұрын

the 458 marked the start of a golden era for Ferrari. It and the cars that came after it are some of their best.

@greatheightsu Жыл бұрын

Henry does an amazing job articulating at the same time he's absolutely blasting by in any car he is in. That's quite special.

@maximborodyuk3773 Жыл бұрын

Capturing the beauty of a proper racecar on a proper racetrack driven for purely fun! Special thanks to Henry, such a pleasure to listen to him

@robw9730 Жыл бұрын

355 Challenge is easily my favorite Ferrari. Simple, elegant, and what a noise it makes!

@melbguy1 Жыл бұрын

"This is just so special, I just....(laughs)" sums it up

@thelenkayser6925 7 ай бұрын

I come back to this religiously. More people really need to know about this episode. All of the work you guys do but this episode in specific. Just wow.

@MartyH Жыл бұрын

Still remember glued to the screen watching a 458 GT3 (not the GTE) win the '14 Bathurst 12Hr, for the last 2 hour it and a AMG GT3 would swap positions every lap, the 458 faster across the mountain, the AMG better down the straight... Still one of the best battles I have watch.. Beautiful car

@Willbrse Жыл бұрын

So glad I got to enjoy this era live, GTE pro was so good back then

@Imdeadlydan Жыл бұрын

Never Stop Henry ! I like your style, driving this thing must have been wild. Many thanks sir, and many thanks Hagerty.

@Official_MikeyT Жыл бұрын

I miss this era of GTE/GT2 not because it was better than recent GTE, but because I miss my Flying Lizard Porsches, M3 art car and Larbre's Corvette art car, ESM's Patrón 458s, and Falken's Porsche. Fortunately for me AF Corse and Corvette Racing have always been in the mix.

@fattestwhiteguyever757 Жыл бұрын

Dont forget the Hankook 458

@joe718gt4 Жыл бұрын

@@fattestwhiteguyever757I think they were third in class that year?

@joe718gt4 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of Flying Lizard I saw their GTE Pro Art Car and finally understood the reason why people loved the Mezger engines

@houseking9211 Жыл бұрын

wearing a lizard shirt right now lol, the golden age of alms imo

@virgokarma3853 Ай бұрын

Corvette art car by Larbre was great. Looked amazing!

@SmallBlogV8 Жыл бұрын

He makes a good point here. My lottery garage wouldn't have a single track-only hyperwhatever in it. I would pick a choice few historic racing cars (a '60s one, a '90s one, a 21st-century one, a Stratos Gr.4 and a wildcard...) for my track fun instead. It's miles cooler to rock up at Silverstone Classic or Goodwood than it is to have the largest peacock feathers at some vainglorious VIP trackday for the 'gram.

@kenchen704 11 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Endurance racing legends, past and present, are priceless compared to limited production rich people shills.

@soundbelch1600 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree, which is why the first car in my lottery garage would be a Lotus Cortina Mk 1. In addition I'll have the MX5 as the MX5 Cup is fabulous racing. a Lancia 037 to compete against your Stratos, a Ferrari 330 P4 to make everyone else go weak and dribbly, and a Datsun 240Z simply because it's my favourite car ever.

@theeeMitchi Жыл бұрын

Reminder: This car is already 12 years old. And what a car it is!

@JK061996 Жыл бұрын

I love these widescreen videos, it's like being at the cinema

@kahveseker Жыл бұрын

Real epic car. That sound is magic. Forza Ferrari.

@AKK5I Жыл бұрын

there has never been a time when a turbo racecar has sounded better than its predecessor

@Phykx-ed_Up Жыл бұрын

And there never will be

@MarcSob22 Жыл бұрын

The sound of the turbos today are limited by the rules too, not just the turbos! If you hear a 488 GTE without the the mufflers you will see how much turbo cars also have wonderful sound

@scordatura9259 Жыл бұрын

@@MarcSob22I was about to say this, even the 911 gtes now sound muffled compared to the past because of new noise regulations in tracks

@4literv6 Жыл бұрын

So the f40 didn't sound better than the 288gto? 🤔

@TeslasSecret Жыл бұрын

@@4literv6 Well, the 288GTO was turbocharged.

@mullner88 Жыл бұрын

I will never forget the sounds these produced. Lucky enough to see these at Petit Lemans with the chrome Patron livery. Banging down the gears into the chicane and back up the hill, louder than any other car around them. Glorious

@Commander-McBragg Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video production, Haggerty. Classy, informative and inspiring

@peterflynn9123 Жыл бұрын

The ferrari in 2015 was orgasmic. In the lemans campsite you can hear where they were on the circuit... anywhere on the circuit!!!

@ImStokze Жыл бұрын

WOW How much would i love to drive something like this on my channel, Unreal, Thanks so much Hagerty for constantly bringing us amazing content...

@abelluque8611 11 ай бұрын

Amazing work as always Henry

@PropDeskJunkie Жыл бұрын

How lucky are we to have such a great story, expressed by such a talent. Your the best out there Henry.

@Charlie-Charlot Жыл бұрын

What I love in the sound of the 458 GTE is that it doesn’t sound perfectly smooth but rather sounds a bit raw and a bit crossplane like if that makes sense.

@tsifblak9028 Жыл бұрын

Ever played Gran Turismo?

@Charlie-Charlot Жыл бұрын

@@tsifblak9028 not in very long time sadly

@ahemgee9542 Жыл бұрын

I can't hear any cross plane whatsoever from this.

@Charlie-Charlot Жыл бұрын

@@ahemgee9542 what I meant by that is that it doesn’t sound totally smooth like a 4 cylinder but still has this typical v8 growl which is exacerbated in a crossplane v8.

@vickramgangaram2925 9 ай бұрын

@@Charlie-Charlot I think it's because it has a x pipe or something like the secondary exhaust pipes are merged into 1 collector.

@alexbelmonte4581 Жыл бұрын

Loved the little treat at the end for those who watched till the last second.

@TP-3000 Жыл бұрын

Love that. The way a car sounds is increasingly the most important thing for me.

@avmelidor Жыл бұрын

Always look forward to these

@kedr77 7 ай бұрын

Top of the line racing car and beautifully arranged in this video.

@chance8139 Жыл бұрын

WoW !! So cool race car. Awesome V8 sound.

@koraxi8958 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. The best. It was almost like the eventual sound it made was a glorious accident 🎉

@Rice_Cake_ Жыл бұрын

so good, really interesting to hear a road-car-tester's perspective on this beauty

@kevinw4146 Жыл бұрын

This are my kind of car videos , where you almost feel the connection with cars ... i dont know how to explain

@BAC_Mono Жыл бұрын

I have a Hewland sequential with straight cut gears in my BAC Mono. I never get tired of that whine!

@AutomotiveAnatomy Жыл бұрын

Tittle did not disappoint.

@rpcorp Жыл бұрын

Can’t forget seeing a hearing this car at COTA during the WEC race… absolutely amazing sound!!!

@onearmedbandit_nz Жыл бұрын

What a sound

@levterterian8219 Жыл бұрын

Love the content 👍🏻

@tonino5113 11 ай бұрын

the 458 marked the start of a golden era for Ferrari. The best Ferrari is the one that has yet to be built.

@claudionucho Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, great job!

@OldManOnTrak Жыл бұрын

As someone who has done numerous track days, raced karts and now races simulated GT3 cars, this is a dream drive!

@casscroute8706 Жыл бұрын

one of the best sounding car ever period.

@WayApp Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a thrilling ride!

@MarcSob22 Жыл бұрын

Amazing machine!!

@NLBassist Жыл бұрын

Wow what a great vid!

@JoshuaC923 Жыл бұрын

What an honour to watch

@ballisticchillz 4 ай бұрын

The v8 in the 458 will always be amazing.

@szymonstamonsta Жыл бұрын

great work, what a car!

@timmason5230 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Henry!

@Gaaaaaaaaaaad Жыл бұрын

Great video

@stephenbarker426 Жыл бұрын

Mr C, you lucky lucky dog, well done! Lovely! Now I want to sell everything sensible I own and get into GTs, damn your eyes. Well done

@zepedrofd Жыл бұрын

Awesome car, lovely video and review (as always!)…but my favorite best sounding Ferrari V8 video is still the gnarly F40 LM driven by Jacques Laffite!😍

@zepedrofd Жыл бұрын

@jameswheeler5025 Not just that! It's the imperfect fueling, the rawness of everything that makes it. The 458 is a great car, very refined! The F40 is just brutal, built for only one purpose: put your foot hard on the gas, anything else and it's not happy...

@zepedrofd Жыл бұрын

@jameswheeler5025 I have, and I love them! But check out the video I was talking about...you'll see what I mean! ;)

@SmashGhost Жыл бұрын

Loud Good

@bbb12345 Жыл бұрын

Shifting is just instantaneous. Damn!

@siddharthsharma8940 Жыл бұрын

Sequential transmissions shift even faster than dcts. I was always fascinated by them, so figured the cheapest way to experience it is by getting a motorbike. It's satisfying nailing perfect clutchless upshifts faster than a lambos dct transmission, in my small 125cc bike haha

@bbb12345 Жыл бұрын

@@siddharthsharma8940 which one did you buy?

@VK6AB- Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@tsifblak9028 Жыл бұрын

Even sim racing this car on Gran Turismo is amazing! Can't imagine real life!

@chadbarbaro Жыл бұрын

sounds great fs, but my heart is still with the center exhaust 911 rsr...

@joe718gt4 Жыл бұрын

Hearing the 911 RSR live at Le Mans was a life-changing experience haha

@csgarage3682 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hagerty !! Thanks Henry !!

@kipsned 27 күн бұрын

That engine is a symphonic wonder

@Patriiiiick Жыл бұрын

The 360 has aged really well. My pick of the lot.

@LeadFarmer1597 Жыл бұрын

Definitely needed subtitles for the in-car bits.

@spydr78 Жыл бұрын

The 458 GTEs were the loudest cars on the track at the time. No matter the series, you would know when they were running.

@siddharthsharma8940 Жыл бұрын

Its successors the 488 and the 296 are the most silent cars on the track now. How Ferrari has fallen!

@spdcrzy Жыл бұрын

And the old C6.R GT1 cars...those were LEGENDARY. You could hear them no matter where they were on track.

@nelsonclub7722 Жыл бұрын

I always considered my 599 HGTE to be one of the best sounding Ferrari's of all time - clearly I was wrong - thanks Henry - stern and proper stuff

@samkwant4050 Жыл бұрын

575GTC for me

@epycleap Жыл бұрын

This is purely ridiculous. I hope to have a go in one of those sometime in this life

@PedroSantos_83 8 ай бұрын

❤ Sublime! ❤

@ahmaddhdo8023 Жыл бұрын

The footprint is 52, my friend, wow, how wonderful, wonderful, Formula racing

@rikyoh130 Жыл бұрын

I remeber the le mans with this beauti, Fisichella - Bruni - Vilander. What a lineup for a GT car. The F355 also in insane at sound imho

@basedgodstrugglin Жыл бұрын

It needs to be semi welcoming for the same reason GT3 cars are welcoming. GTE cars are going to be solid to customers the following year

@LukasGrossar Жыл бұрын

The 458 GTE is still one of my favorite race cars. It was so much better then what came before or after.

@user-ze6zw1kg2s 11 ай бұрын

The 488 is still a good car too

@moistkookie7416 Жыл бұрын

Bella!

@tooby98765 11 ай бұрын

It's a shame there wasn't a single moment in the video without music or somebody talking over the car.

@ericmess8261987 Жыл бұрын

omg...I would probably pass out walking into that.

@alexrosario7661 Жыл бұрын

Aye man you guys gotta do a story about the nascar at Le Mans that is great for America and the whole world of Motorsports

@km6832 Жыл бұрын

More on that newey e36 please

@Dakssshh Жыл бұрын

Ferrari makes perfectionist

@stedy142 Жыл бұрын

Dream car. Ahhh well, back to Assetto Corsa and the GT2. 😂

@DragonAssassin77 Жыл бұрын

Going to miss N/A ,brutal and savage

@ktwei Жыл бұрын

I shall name it, prototype KILLER!!

@JK061996 Жыл бұрын

@@fqeagles21Ferrari GTs have a tendency to crash into prototypes at Le Mans

@DouglasJWalker Жыл бұрын

I just wish that production cars with 4 wheel drive were allowed to race in that formal. Look at what manufacturers are making and then work from there for a racer series.

@MarioRamir3z Жыл бұрын

❤ Just ❤️

@hectorbermudez1415 Жыл бұрын

I just finished building the 488 GTE #51 Lego Set a couple days ago

@williamfischer3990 Жыл бұрын

As a guy who loves cars and motorcycles that Ferrari sounds similar to a Yamaha R6. They both just sing to the redline and have this glorious downshifts.

@Xerdoz Жыл бұрын

That's how you set up a car when you do it properly. No stupid farting and crackling when shifting gears (up or down).

@martintuija Жыл бұрын

Yes it sounds Like the best 4cylinder ever.

@claudiomarangone614 Жыл бұрын

Cars must be heard in person, “ at revs” to understand…their true sounds. Have you heard one in person? Not even close to a four cylinder. I’ve been to many racing and vintage events in my 58 years… The dynamic range of the sound is not captured from mics..

@maseadalmohannadi2203 Жыл бұрын

Ferrari : magic 🪄❤️🇮🇹

@shbnc4200 Жыл бұрын

Do the Ford GT GTE Pro next

@1hughjanus80 Жыл бұрын

Ferrari Redbull CLICK!

@ramjattanutsav Жыл бұрын

Do a video on the fiat Topolino

@iBrake4Squirrelz Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what song is used at the beginning from 0-13 seconds?

@yung_noluv9838 Жыл бұрын

check out the 2014 Le mans onboard

@SEforever 11 ай бұрын

Forza Ferrari 💪

@bobcitizen1149 Жыл бұрын

Dumb question (probably), but can this beat a C8 Corvette setup for road racing? I have doubts, but the 'vette sounds incredible, and is a beast in every way. (nope, I am not a 'Vette fanboy, until a few years ago, anyway)

@TheDarrylsandler Жыл бұрын

1:03 - love seeing a South African flag

@DanArnets1492 Жыл бұрын

Wait, 2 million euros? I thought well-used racecars like this one would be under $800k!

@abitoutofsorts Жыл бұрын

😍

@titaniummechanism3214 Жыл бұрын

I'm not big on racing heritage, but I'd be down for a manual-converted 458 Spider! Bolt down some B-roads on the weekend with the top down, that's the life!

@eedesign878 Жыл бұрын

Fellow Finn Toni Vilander's ex racecar. It does not seem to sound so special as it could, maybe your microphone placement or quality let us down from real experience. I really love all about 458 but 360 with straight through tubi style just sounds better. All variants of the FXX- sound even crazier. The Ferrari V8 is very very good but it is only beaten by italian V12's.

@kalmmonke5037 Жыл бұрын

how about gma t50 , lexus lfa,

@eedesign878 Жыл бұрын

@@kalmmonke5037 or carrera gt or E60 M5. Both sound also exquisite with straight pipes.