On the occasion of Milan Design Week, Ferrari Hypersail reveals the livery of its 100-foot flying ocean monohull: innovation, aerodynamics and design research define a new frontier in ocean sailing. Born from a creative process in which the aesthetic language of the Maranello based company meets the most advanced offshore sailing technology, the project highlights the increasingly deep connection between design, innovation and performance.
Ferrari Hypersail was conceived as an open innovation platform, where diverse expertise merges into a collective process to redefine the boundaries of what is possible and achieve a synthesis of engineering and style: that of the Ferrari Tech Team, guided by Matteo Lanzavecchia and Marco Guglielmo Ribigini, the Ferrari Design Studio led by Flavio Manzoni, and naval architect Guillaume Verdier.
The goal is to transfer into the nautical world the same design and aesthetic spirit that makes Ferrari cars unique: a constant drive toward innovation without ever losing the essence of form.
In Hypersail, design is never merely aesthetic, but a direct consequence of function: every volume originates from the interaction between wind, water and speed. As an offshore ocean vessel, aesthetic choices have, from the very beginning, developed within strict boundaries defined by precise aerodynamic and engineering constraints. Performance sets the rules, design transforms them into beauty.
The Ferrari Design Studio, led by Flavio Manzoni, worked in close synergy with Ferrari’s engineering team and naval architect Verdier to translate aerodynamic, hydrodynamic and structural constraints into aesthetic opportunities.
The streamlined silhouette evokes the purity of proportions of the Ferrari Monza SP1/SP2, while the exterior of the coachroof on deck recalls the graphics architecture of the Le Mans-winning Hypercar 499P. The surfaces of the deck and the coachroof itself, developed directly by the Ferrari Design Studio, were designed to ensure maximum technical efficiency, as in the development of every car designed by the Prancing Horse.
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22 April 2026
