I have a DuoSelect Quattroporte. The clutch-eating problem is sorta inherent to the car. First off, it uses extra clutch to smooth out shifts in non-sport mode, and you don't always want sport mode because it stiffens the suspension a lot. But even in sport, you can't always get it to behave predictably. Like given an experienced driver with both cars in city traffic, the DuoSelect will eat clutch faster than a stick. Some install an aftermarket box (Formula Dynamics) to improve this, but still.

Idk how the Ferraris are different. They're lighter at least. Think they also have a different version of the "Superfast" software.

And I do engine-brake, it helps cause the car is heavy and would normally wear out the brakes kinda fast.