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I feel the same way about the LaFerrari. Great fun to drive, but the hybrid system and fuel consumption makes it more of a chore than most other road cars for Sardegna. I've won using it on normal, but even that was a close race and the extreme short-shifting isn't very fun for 26-27min.
Have you purchased the Enzo yet? It scratches the same ultra-rare Ferrari hyper car itch, and it's viable for Sardegna. It's not McLaren F1 or TVR Speed 6 tier (of all the cars I've tested those two put up the quickest times mainly due to them having really good fuel economy/low weight/and can be rev-ed-out a bit, with the Aventador's coming in close behind, but extreme short-shifting is needed with the Lambo's)
You need a setup with a lot of oversteer/turn-in to make it work. I had to have the rear ride height 40 or 50mm higher than the front, low front sway bars, and kind of an odd toe (I think it was \/0.15 front, and either neutral (0.00) or /\0.05 rear)
Had relatively high rear natural frequency for a road car too, with it being like 3.50 front, 4.00 rear. Springs are far less important on this car; just set them relative to the ride height.
If you just grab the racing muffler and air filter (not manifold) you're good on power. I did 3-4 weight reductions and then ballasted it until it was 45:55 weight distro. Since the front downforce can't be changed the rear doesn't matter much; 200/400, 200/450, 200/500 all seemed pretty much the same to me. Set ECU and Power Restrictor to 90, which will give about 590hp, ~430ft lb torque at about 2300lb. I was able to make 6 laps easily before pitting. After the second pit at the end of lap 12 switch to mediums, get at least 3/4 tank, then run at like FM2 the last 3 laps which was needed for me on normal difficulty. Only managed 2nd on hard, very close finish, but I also had a braking mishap on lap 15 otherwise I'd have won.
It's like 30sec slower total time than the F1/TVR as they average around 1:38's (I've put up 1:35's at FM5 with the power restricted in the F1 when the stars align; I can barely do that with the F1 Longtail) whereas the Enzo averages right around 1:39/1:40's (at least in my hands). But it is really planted, unlike the F1 that has so much torque being delivered to the rear wheels you have to feather the throttle even in 3rd, and that's after a bespoke Sardegna tune, lol. That car is fast but it makes you work for it...
Enzo's a fun car to run though. Enzo, 512BB (normal or easy), and the 288 GTO are my favorite Ferrari's for this event. (F40/F50 are great but I've used them so much I'm kind of burnt-out on them, though of the two the F50 is the more fun due to it having better fuel economy). So the Enzo's worth the investment if you don't already own it (god knows there's nothing else to do besides run the same 3 races anyway, and the Enzo will work for two of them)
No 3 star ticket today but.
I can wait to go and buy the Ferrari Enzo to fit it with this S part....................... OH WAIT. 
I don't remember but it sure wasn't a Ferrari invite.
