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A private Scuderia Corsa day at COTA saw Mitchell Green drive the 499P Modificata, Ferrari F300 F1, and Dallara F2 in a rare, fully supported showcase of Ferrari and single-seater racing evolution.
Circuit of the Americas recently played host to an extraordinary private track day hosted by Scuderia Corsa, featuring Ferrari Challenge Pirelli-AM driver Mitchell Green behind the wheel of three distinct expressions of Ferrari and single-seater motorsport: the Ferrari 499P Modificata, a 1998 Ferrari F300 Formula One car, and a contemporary Dallara Formula 2 car. The day was fully supported with technical and engineering teams provided by Scuderia Corsa, underscoring the organization’s full-service approach to track operations at the highest level.
Reserved exclusively for the occasion, the private COTA session offered an exceptionally rare opportunity to experience the evolution of modern racing technology across endurance racing, Formula One, and junior single-seater competition on one of North America’s most demanding circuits — a level of access and exclusivity seldom associated with Circuit of the Americas. With its combination of flowing high-speed corners, heavy braking zones, and significant elevation change, Circuit of the Americas remains a benchmark venue for modern motorsport machinery.
Leading the day was the Ferrari 499P Modificata, newly delivered by Ferrari Westlake and derived directly from the 499P Hypercar that returned Ferrari to overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Created through Ferrari’s Corse Clienti program, the Modificata represents the highest-performance closed-wheel car Ferrari has ever proposed for non-competitive track use. Freed from racing regulations and balance-of-performance constraints, it delivers a direct and uncompromised expression of Ferrari’s current endurance racing program.
For Green, whose progression through Ferrari Challenge competition in the Pirelli-AM category has formed the foundation of his recent track development, the opportunity to step into machinery of this caliber reflects a natural extension of the skills honed within Ferrari’s customer racing ecosystem. The Challenge platform’s emphasis on consistency, racecraft, and car control continues to serve as a training ground that translates directly into more advanced and technically demanding vehicles such as the 499P Modificata.
Sharing the circuit was the 1998 Ferrari F300 Formula One car, one of the defining machines of Ferrari’s late 1990s championship era. Powered by a naturally aspirated V10 and developed during the height of Ferrari’s competition with McLaren, the F300 delivered a visceral contrast to the hybrid sophistication of the modern Hypercar. Its sound, immediacy, and mechanical purity served as a reminder of an earlier but equally significant chapter in Ferrari’s racing history.
Completing the trio was a contemporary Dallara Formula 2 car, representing the current generation of international feeder-series single-seater racing. Exceptionally light and responsive, the F2 car demonstrated the precision and adaptability required of today’s emerging professional drivers while providing a performance bridge between the analog intensity of the F300 and the advanced systems of the 499P Modificata.
Together, the three cars created a rare cross-section of elite motorsport evolution, all exercised by Green during Scuderia Corsa’s fully supported private track day at Circuit of the Americas. From Ferrari’s current Le Mans-winning Hypercar program to late-1990s Formula One engineering and today’s Formula 2 machinery, the event highlighted both the technological progression of racing and the value of structured development through Ferrari Challenge competition in preparing drivers for increasingly sophisticated performance platforms.