JMB Racing have outlined details their 2007 sports car racing programme, and very ambitious new plans which include a two-car GT1 class assault on the FIA GT Championship with the Maserati MC12, as well as a challenge for GT2 category honours at the 12 Hours of Sebring with the Ferrari F430GT.

This programme is headlined by the announcement that the Monaco-based team will be entering two of the Maserati MC12 sports cars in the GT1 category of the 2007 FIA GT Championship. JMB Racing last ran the Maserati MC12 cars during the 2005 FIA GT season, when the team finished second in the Teams' classification behind Vitaphone Racing, and were victorious at Magny-Cours with the driver line-up of Karl Wendlinger and Andrea Bertolini; the duo remaining title contenders until the very last race of the season in Bahrain. In last year's FIA GT Championship, JMB Racing, in collaboration with GruppeM, ran a Ferrari 430GT in the GT2 category, winning in Brno with Tim Sugden and Iradj Alexander, who also claimed a further three podium finishes.

The team will also step up its campaign with the Ferrari F430GT this year, kicking off the season in the United States next month with a tilt for GT2 victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring.
 

JMB Racing will face a tough challenge from the reigning American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT2 Teams' champions, Risi Competizione, who are expected to enter two cars this year and will include Mika Salo and Jaime Melo in a crack driver line-up, as well as facing another two F430GTs from the Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning stable, the second car of which will be run in conjunction with Corsa Motorsports. Against the Ferrari challenge in GT2 will be competition from Porsche and Panoz.

JMB Racing will then tackle a full Le Mans Series (LMS) programme with a single Ferrari F430GT, as well as competing in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours this June, however this is subject to the ACO's blessing in granting a race entry.

Their proposed programme will also encompass again running three Ferrari F430 GT3 racers in the European GT3 Championship, which once more will support the FIA GT series. Now set to enter its second year, JMB Racing have already tasted success in this new championship, winning the very first race of the the brand new series which was held at Silverstone last spring. JMB, along with Kessel Racing, in fact undertook the first test of the 2007 model of the Ferrari 430 GT3 at the Italian circuit of Vairano earlier this month. The main evolutions of the F430 GT3 for 2007 includes 18 inch wheels, a new braking system, aerodynamic improvements to the splitter and rear wing etc, as well as a weight reduction. These changes have reportedly brought marked improvements to the handing and performance of the car. Another three-day test will be undertaken by the development team before the presentation of the car during the official FIA GT3 tests in Monza on February 22nd and 23rd.

Finally, in what promises to be a very busy year, JMB Racing will run a pair of Maserati GranSport Trofeo racers in the new European GT4 Championship. No drivers for any programmes have been announced yet, although JMB Racing expect to fill in the details soon.