The Ferrari Finali Mondiali 2006 continued yesterday (Saturday) at the Monza circuit. The event which brings the Prancing Horse racing season to a close, ends today, Sunday 29 October with a parade of single-seaters prepared by the Maranello F1 Clienti department and a demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, which is the key moment of the day and also constitutes a tribute to Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 career. Completing the busy programme of the event is a run by the exclusive FXX Programme laboratory cars. The giant screens opposite the main grandstands will also allow spectators to watch live the final round of the MotoGP championship.

Saturday's programme saw track action from the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge and the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy. In the Italian one-make series, victory went to Andrea Belluzzi (Motor), who crossed the line ahead of Giuseppe Cirò (Motor / Malucelli) and Vito Postiglione (Stile F), in second and third places respectively. Ending up on the top step of the podium in the Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers was Giorgio Sernagiotto (Motor.) Action and excitement all the way in the race which featured competitors in both the European and North American series of the Pirelli Trophy. First to pass under the chequered flag in the second race was Ange Barde (Modena Cars Racing) ahead of John Bosch (Kroymans / Barron Racing) and Henri Moser (Kessel Racing.) First of the North American runners was Emmanuel Anassis (Shelton Ferrari,) who was ninth overall. Nicolas Misslin (Team FWE) took top honours in the European Shell Cup race.
 

In the separate classification for the 360 Modena Challenge cars in their final year of competition, wins went to Giorgio Massazza (Rossocorsa) and Ronnie Kessel (Kessel Racing) in the Italian and European series respectively. These are the drivers who won in the individual series of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy, after the final races of the season: Andrea Belluzzi, Sauto / Prinoth and Lorenzo Bontempelli in the Italian Pirelli Trophy, Shell Cup and 360 respectively, Ange Barde, Dennis Huebner and Bjorn Grossmann in the European Pirelli Trophy, Shell Cup and 360 respectively, and Emmanuel Anassis and Michael Louli in the North American Pirelli Trophy and 360 respectively.

On the same card, the Monza circuit also hosted the first races in the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, also open to historic Maseratis. At the end of these races, wins went to the 1955 Maserati 250 F of Thomas Bscher in category "A" for single seaters, the 1955 Maserati 300 S of Max Werner in the "B" class (sports and GT cars fitted with drum brakes and the 1970 Ferrari 512 M of Patrick Stieger in the "C" group (cars with disc brakes.)