The Ferrari 360 Challenge was launched in 2000 and replaced the F355 Challenge as the Italian automotive manufacturer’s exclusive one-make series for some of its most valued clients.

Unlike the F355 variant, however, the 360 Challenge was a factory-built racing car, rather than returning to marque dealers for retrofitted upgrade kit.

Fewer than 300 examples were built, with each car featuring a suite of changes to make it markedly more potent on the circuit than its road-going relative.

In the cabin, the airbags, air conditioning, electric windows, radio, soundproofing, and even the handbrake were all removed in the name of saving weight.

Gone too were the leather seats, with the passenger seat being removed entirely and the driver’s seat replaced by a fixed carbon bucket affair.

The only items that were added were for regulatory reasons; a monochrome Magneti Marelli digital LCD instrument cluster, FIA-standard roll cage, racing harness, and fire suppression system.

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