New Ferrari E-Vortex Test Track Takes Development Secrecy To The Next Level

Ferrari have built a brand new test track at its home base of Modena, Italy.

The fabled Ferrari marque revealed recently that it has successfully built a brand new test track. Called E-Vortex, it is located adjacent to the marque’s signature Fiorano test track, both forming part of the marque’s larger premise in its home of Modena, Italy.

Unlike Fiorano, which spans roughly 3 KM long, the new E-Vortex course is slightly shorter at roughly 1.9 KM (1,887 metres). Notable too is the fact that it is designed for "precise and repeatable testing in compliance with the highest safety standards".

Sitting adjacent to its existing Fiorano circuit on a 37,000-square-metre site, the new test track has been christened as 'E-Vortex'.

Ferrari adds this new facility “will enable testing activities to be gradually transferred from the road to the track.” Read between the lines and the high performance automaker has basically said it will now take all of its prototypes off public roads.

The marque has reportedly planned to do so for some time now, and it looks like they will succeed. In other words, Ferrari will now keep its development properly behind closed doors and away from prying eyes and lenses of spy photographers.

According to Ferrari, the new E-Vortex test track has a total length of 1,887 metres and is divided into several sectors, the latter designed to evaluate different attributes.

It took Ferrari just under four months to complete construction of the new E-Vortex course, which sits on a 37,000-square-metre site. The course is also divided into several sectors, each designed to evaluate different attributes of Ferrari's test cars.

Notable here are two wide, banked curves, followed by a 600-metre central straightaway, not forgetting a slew of bends and corners with varying degrees of sharpness and width – everything a supercar brand needs to test any of its upcoming new metal.

The test track even includes a 600-metre central straight and a slew of corners and bends with varying sharpness and width.

Moreover, the circuit is reportedly finished with a bespoke surfacing that was “developed using Ferrari’s experience and expertise.” The automaker adds this was aimed towards in-depth analysis of comfort and performance.

Complementing the circuit itself too is a 1,000-metre workshop built on-site. This will serve to host static tests and what Ferrari described in its press release as “certain work on the cars” – likely this means on-site tweaks, modifications and perhaps repairs.

Beyond that, Ferrari has given little away about its product plans, though details of the marque’s upcoming first electric model is set for release sometime later this week. Expect this new E-Vortex test track to play a central role towards which.