We’ve seen the pics. We’ve heard the sounds. And we’ve gawked. A lot. But it’s always been so near and yet so far with the F12 Berlinetta, the fastest Ferrari to ever grace the petrolhead playground.

The boys over at EVO though have struck gold, and managed to wangle one of the scarlet beauties for an afternoon. While the temptation to simply let the right pedal and paddle shifts do what they do best is enormous, the guys have come up with something better.

Here then we present an EVO one-on-one between the new F12 Berlinetta and a 599 GTO. This should be good.