The cone-defined circuit Motorsport Events laid out was a bit tight and twisty for the Ferrari, with a couple of chicanes in particular looking very narrow for the 6ft 3in Spider. However, after a few familiarisation laps, I started to enjoy myself.

My initial thought was that the rear tyres had suddenly appeared to coat themselves with Teflon as the tail of the car slewed wildly on most of the corners. I love oversteer, but the Italian stallion was suffering from turn-in oversteer, halfway-round-the-corner oversteer and plenty of power-away-from-the-exit oversteer.

After a detailed thermographic examination of the left rear tyre (I felt the surface with my hand) I surmised that it was overheating on the concrete surface and a check of pressure showed it had inflated itself from 32psi to over 38psi.

A quick bleed down to 34psi led to a marked increase in rear-end grip and I stopped being a mobile chicane to the various Elises and Caterhams that populated the event; eventually only a small handful of cars were notably faster on the day (including Tim's extreme, tuned 964 RS).

The Toyos held up to the treatment very well with only mild feathering of the edges visible and I would certainly rate them above the P-Zeros on progression. The car didn't feel quite as well balanced as it did on the S-01s although that was probably down to not enough experimentation with hot tyre pressures.

The Ferrari acquitted itself well, at least in the entertainment stakes; not many mid-engined cars can be held sideways so easily, 360 Modena included in my experience, and I still think it looks much nicer. It seems the only current Ferrari that could possibly provide more fun than the F355 is an Enzo. Surely evo needs a long-term example and an experienced Ferrari driver to run it. How about it Harry?