The Ferrari 488 GTE, which is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.9-litre V-8 engine, was introduced for the 2016 endurance racing season. It swiftly snapped up a brace of World Endurance Championship GTE Manufacturers’ titles. To remain competitive amid a grid that was populated by the Ford GT, Porsche 911 RSR, and Aston Martin Vantage, Ferrari then introduced the enhanced Evo package that chiefly revised the car’s aerodynamics.

Offered here is chassis number 3858, which was delivered new to Italian race team Iron Lynx. The car made its competition debut in the 2020 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans but failed to finish due to a technical issue on the engine. Returning for the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Barcelona in April 2021, the driver line-up of Matteo Cressoni, Rino Mastronardi, and Miguel Molina hit back with a class victory. This was followed by 3rd place in the LMGTE division at the Red Bull Ring, another triumph at Paul Ricard, then 2nd at Monza.

Interspersed was a return in August to the Circuit de la Sarthe, with Cressoni, Mastronardi, and IndyCar driver Callum Ilott teaming up to achieve a fine 3rd place in the GTE Am ranks. Then resuming the ELMS for the final two rounds of the season, the sterling run of form continued. Cressoni, Mastronardi, and Molina reunited to snare 2nd in class at Spa-Francorchamps, before yet another category win arrived in the season-ending bout at Portimão. All told, the #80 crew walked away with the LMGTE championship Drivers’ title as Iron Lynx bagged the Teams’ crown.

The 2022 calendar started with a trip to the United States for the 488 GTE Evo, as it was entered into the WEC curtain-raiser, the 1000 Miles of Sebring. After 179 laps around the notoriously gruelling, bumpy concrete circuit, the all-female line-up of Rachel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Sarah Bovy brought the car to the chequered flag 5th in class.

For the remainder of the year, chassis 3858 returned to European grids. Frey, Gatting, and Bovy again shared the car for a 7th-in-class result at Le Mans. With Doriane Pin then joining Bovy and Gatting, the trio guided the 488 to a successive 2nd-in-class finish at Spa in the ELMS before rounding out the car’s front-line career with an LMGTE win at Portimão.

This championship-winning Ferrari has remained a part of the Iron Lynx stable ever since as part of The Tailored For Speed Collection and therefore boasts single ownership from new. It is presently finished in its predominantly satin black Iron Lynx #80 livery, as worn for its run to a class podium at Le Mans in 2021.

The 488 GTE Evo remain eligible for a variety of national-level GT racing series, plus the prestigious Club Competizioni GT official Ferrari programme. Bidders are encouraged to get the car mechanically overhauled and validate the dates of the safety equipment prior to campaigning the car.