Fastest car ever on an aircraft carrier? Ferrari SF90 just set the record
Published on Sep 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Sep 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
This Italian racing driver decided to set an unusual record by driving a Ferrari SF90 Stradale on an aircraft carrier.
He did it, presumably, because no one else has or could.
The aircraft carrier he chose is massive, one of the largest in the world.
And the speed he reached at the wheel of the supercar was incredible.
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Who wanted to set the record for the fastest Ferrari SF90 on an aircraft carrier?
The record was documented by the team behind the CRUX YouTube channel as well as by Capristo, the tuning firm that modified the Ferrari SF90 Stradale.
Believe it or not, it is not unprecedented.
About a year ago, the same racing driver, Fabio Barone, tried doing exactly the same thing but on a smaller ship.
For his new record, Barone took a custom Ferrari SF90 Stradale to the deck of Nave Trieste, a massive aircraft carrier of the Italian Navy.
It’s 807 feet long (236 meters), around the same as two-and-a-half soccer pitches.
It was a race against physics, but also bad ideas and bad judgment.
Because it wasn’t just about reaching the highest possible speed.
It was about reaching the highest possible speed while also making sure he’d have enough time and space to brake and not crash the vehicle into the sea.
Nine months of preparation
It took the Italian racing driver and his team around nine months to prepare.
First, they decided to modify the hybrid supercar, giving it new suspension and reinforced brakes.
The SF90 Stradale that Barone used still makes 1,000 horsepower, but it brakes harder, which is kind of important when you’re trying to make sure you don’t drive it overboard.
They also gave it a special livery dubbed ‘Fulge Super Mare’, which is Latin for ‘shining over the sea’, and that also happens to be the aircraft carrier’s motto.
That obviously didn’t make a difference in terms of performance, but it definitely made the supercar look cool.
In the end, Barone reached 101.9MPH (164KPH) before coming to a halt just a couple of yards from the edge.
Barone set similar records in the past.
So we’re sure he’ll try again in a year or two.
