The FIA GT Championship closes out its 2008 racing season this coming weekend with the final and crucial race to be held at a brand new circuit at San Luis in Argentina, where Saturday and Sunday the tenth and last round will take place. After the Vitaphone Racing Team recently wrapped up its fourth consecutive victory in the Team's title, all with the Maserati MC12, the remaining Drivers' Championship title is still up for grabs at this final race. Here the formidable Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels pairing has an eight point advantage over the Mike Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin Corvette crew, with only ten points left to decide who the winner will be.

The return of such an important international race in Argentina has aroused a great deal of interest due to the long tradition of famous races and legendary champions that have characterised the Latin American nation. This South American country is closely connected to the Maserati marque through Juan Manuel Fangio's Formula One victory in 1957 and through industrial agreements reached in the 1950s and 1960s.

The race will be run along the brand new 6,249.85 metre-long, 14-metre wide Potrero de los Funes road circuit, which winds around a lake behind the Sierra Grande. The second Vitaphone Maserati MC12 pair, made up of Alexandre Negraõ and Miguel Ramos, is 5.5 points behind Hezemans and Gollin and they will try – aided by carrying less ballast (45kg) this weekend – to overcome their rivals in the points standings and to finish behind their team-mates, sealing and incredible season.

Andrea Bertolini (Vitaphone Racing Team - Maserati MC12 no. 1) – Championship leader

"We'll be back at the track over a month after the Zolder victory and this is quite an unusual situation in racing, even if during these past weeks I certainly haven't lost the rhythm and training. The main objective is to get the drivers' title, which would be the third consecutive award for Maserati and the second one for Bartels and me. This is why the tactic will have to be extremely cautious: we have to handle our eight-point advantage well. Even though it doesn't help to have to race on a road circuit carrying 85 kg of ballast, we'll surely make it tough for our adversaries to catch up. On the other hand, I know our team-mates Ramos and Negraõ have a good chance of winning now that they'll be driving a lighter car."

Timetable San Luis - 10th round FIA GT Championship (CET times): Saturday November 22: 13.00-13.20 Free Practices; 16.05-17.25 Pre qualifying Practices; 21.15-21.50 Qualifying Practices; Sunday November 23 : 13.00-13.30 Warm Up; 17.15-19.15 Race.