Why Ferrari needs Icona
Tech boss on the importance of Icona series and its SP3 Daytona
SP3 Daytona uses 812 Competizione’s running gear
Leiters: “The balance of trade-off is a bit different”
Ferrari recently unveiled the SP3 Daytona as the latest model in its exclusive Icona series. An 829bhp V12-engined tribute to some of Maranello’s best-known historic race cars, it follows the roofless SP1 Monza and SP2 Monza from 2018 and will itself be followed by more limited-run, highly strung special editions.
We caught up with Ferrari’s chief technology officer, Michael Leiters, to hear more about how the brand will balance the development of future series-production models with the creation of more traditional and exclusive cars such as this.