Overall, it makes for a powertrain that delivers 868 horsepower, about 50 more than what customers get in the ‘regular' GTB.

With a lower curb weight, more power, and improved aero, Ferrari just made the 296—arguably its best driving car—even better.

No one, after driving Ferrari’s 819bhp 296 GTB hybrid comes away saying ‘what that needs is a bit less weight and a bit more power’. Not a single person. Except, it seems, Ferrari engineers. Because ...