Capitalizing on its recent F1 success, Mercedes-AMG will soon debut a 1000-plus-hp hybrid hypercar powered by a V6 engine derived from its 1.6-liter F1 unit. This stands in sharp contrast with the Ferrari LaFerrari, which uses a 6.3-liter V12 not found in any of the company's race cars. For the LaFerrari's eventual successor, don't expect Ferrari to follow the same path as AMG either.

Ferrari Chief Technical Officer Michael Leiters toldAutocar that the automaker has no intention to adapt its current F1 engine for use in a road car. He revealed this when talking about Ferrari's eventual plans for a successor to the LaFerrari.

"When we define our new roadmap of technology and innovation, we will then consider a replacement for LaFerrari," Leiters told Autocar. "We want to do something different. It won't be a road car with a Formula 1 engine because, to be realistic, it would need to idle at 2500-3000rpm and rev to 16,000 rpm."

For Mercedes-AMG's hypercar, codenamed Project One, engine idle speed will be reduced by an unspecified amount, and the redline will be set at a still-stratospheric 11,000 rpm.

Leiters also told Autocar that we'd probably see the successor to the LaFerrari in the not-too-distant future. Typically Ferrari weights nearly a decade between its big mid-engine flagships, but that could change.

"My guess is that we could be three to five years away from a new limited-edition hypercar," he said. "Part of the plan is to ensure that the technology used in the next hypercar can be cascaded through the rest of the range."

While race-derived engines can be cool, I don't think anyone would be disappointed to see Ferrari stick with its high-revving V12 for its next hypercar.

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