For 2008 Maserati is focusing on the Vitaphone Team and its two Maserati MC12s driven by Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini in car one and Miguel Ramos and Alexandre Negrao in car number two.

Maserati will commence its defence of its four FIA GT World Championship titles when the teams line up for the first round of the 2008 series at Silverstone in the UK on 20 April.

Last year Maserati collected the GT1 Drivers’ title for with Thomas Biagi; the GT1 Team prize for the Vitaphone Racing Team, the GT1 Manufacturers title and, proving drivers don’t have to be a professional to win in a Maserati, Ben Aucott took the inaugural Citation Cup for non-professional drivers in his JMB Maserati MC12. All up, the MC12 has won MC12 boasts a fantastic record of 2 Drivers' titles, 2 Manufacturers' championships, 3 Team titles, 10 pole positions, 15 victories and 32 podium finishes in only 34 races.

For 2008 Maserati is focusing on the Vitaphone Team and its two Maserati MC12s driven by Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini in car one and Miguel Ramos and Alexandre Negrao in car number two.

Based on both their 2007 record and the pre-season tests, Maserati will, once again, the team to beat, with Bertolini, Bartels and Ramos setting fastest lap times in different test sessions at the official test programmes held at Italy’s Monza race track. Meanwhile at Estoril, Maserati covered more than 2600 km at race speeds without any mechanical problems, once again demonstrating the MC12 remarkable durability.

In 2007 Maserati won:

GT1 Drivers Champion: Thomas Biagi, Maserati MC12: Biagi claimed his second GT title with the Number 1 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12. He shared the car with Michael Bartels, Mika Salo (Silverstone) and Fabrizio Gollin (Bucharest) while Bartels recovered from an operation. Biagi and Salo won the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy. The Italian also claimed his first two pole positions.

GT1 Teams Champion: Vitaphone Racing Team, Maserati MC12: This was Vitaphone's third consecutive GT1 title, and, according to Bartels, the most difficult due to the strong category. As well as Bartels and Biagi in the number 1 car, points were scored by Christian Montanari and Miguel Ramos in the number 2 Maserati MC 12, claiming a win at Brno.

GT1 Manufacturers' Cup Maserati: With six cars entered, by Vitaphone Racing Team, Scuderia Playteam, Sarafree and JMB Racing, Maserati claimed the Manufacturers Cup ahead of Aston Martin, GM/Corvette and Lamborghini.

Citation Cup: Ben Aucott, Maserati MC12: The inaugural season of the Citation Cup, a GT1 category for non-professional drivers, saw Ben Aucott win a close battle against Tom Cloet. Aucott, in the JMB Racing Maserati MC 12, won five races out of eight, with Joe Macari, Alain Ferté and Stéphane Daoudi.