The successful triple FIA GT Championship-winning Ferrari 550 Maranello will make its return to the series this year as an example will be run by new team Escuderia ACA Argentina with an all Argentine driver line-up.

With the FIA GT Championship due to make its first-ever trip to South America this year, when the season finale will be held at the Potrero de los Funes circuit in San Luis, Argentina, it has been announced that an all-Argentine team will compete in the GT1 category.

To be known as Escuderia ACA Argentina, the team will run a Ferrari 550 Maranello with four Argentine drivers, who will share the drive. For Silverstone, the drivers will be José Maria Lopez, a successful single-seater driver in Formula Renault, Formula 3000 and GP2, and Martín Basso, who has competed in the Argentine Touring Car Championship, TC2000.

The other two drivers for the 2008 season will be former Formula One drivers Esteban Tuero and Gaston Mazzacane.

The team will be managed by Jack Leconte, already present in GT1 with his Larbre Competition team, and with the support of Care Racing. The Ferrari 550 Maranello is one of the most successful cars in the history of the FIA GT Championship, only rivalled by the Chrysler Viper GTS-R. It won the FIA GT Championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005 – the last victory going to Larbre Competition’s Gabriele Gardel. “We hope this will give this car a glorious final season,” commented Stephane Ratel.

This will make two all-Argentine line-ups in the 2008 Championship, with Escuderia ACA Argentina joining Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team’s GT2 duo of Matías Russo and Luis Perez Companc.