The Silverstone circuit will host over this weekend the fourth Trofeo Vodafone Maserati Europa 2005 encounter of the season.

The single-make Trident championship returns to the historic English circuit for the third consecutive year. In 2003 Emanuele Smurra claimed the win, while last year victory went to the pairing of Vicki Butler Henderson and Matthew Marsh. The English journalist will be paired on this occasion with Jean Marc Giraldi.

Johnny Herbert, having driven the Maserati MC12 in the closing races of the International FIA GT Championship last season, will make a return to the cockpit of a Trident racer this weekend. The ex-Formula 1 driver is now behind the wheel of the Trofeo GranSport for the first time since the exhibition at the Monza 'World Finals' late last year.
 

Herbert will share the drive with supermodel, and regular Maserati racer, Jodie Kidd. Meanwhile there is a lot of expectation to see how well the English drivers perform on their home track, particularly so as this year they have done very well, with for example series guest driver Chris Buncombe winning at Monza, and Maurizio Fabris likewise coming out on top in the British-run Trofeo GranSport at Imola.

With three of the seven race schedule now completed, Alberto Cerrai leads the overall classification on 61 points. He is followed by Notter and Cattori who have 53 points, and Maurizio Fabris, who is 3 points adrift of the Swiss pairing.