Sebastian Vettel might be in the market for a new company car after a test drive of the Ferrari FXX K.

Following the first pre-season test at Jerez, Vettel returned to Maranello and took the FXX K out on track at Fiorano for a photo shoot for the Official Ferrari Magazine. Only 40 FXX K's will be built at a cost of €2.5million per car, with all of them already sold.

After a few tips from one of the car's engineers and test drivers, Vettel headed out in the 1050bhp hybrid and pushed it to the limit around the test track, which the FXX K can reportedly lap five seconds faster than a standard LaFerrari model.

Vettel exclaims at the end of the run: “Mamma mia! It goes like a rocket!”

It's probably safe to say he enjoyed himself...

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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