This past weekend, the United States hosted two new challenges for the Maranello F430: Ferrari made it to the third step of the podium in the American Le Mans Series while the Ferrari Challenge was in action at Laguna Seca

John Bowe driving a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 made his mark in the best possible way upon returning to the Australian GT Championship for Round 5 at Victoria's Phillip Island circuit last weekend with three wins out of three

Ferrari raced to its second 24 hour victory of the year, this time the BMS Scuderia Italia 430 GT driven by Matteo Malucelli, Paolo Ruberti, Joel Camathias and Davide Rigon won the GT2 class of the prestigious Spa 24 Hours

The 60th edition of the legendary Spa 24 Hours was celebrated by Maserati this afternoon after an amazing one-two finish by the Vitaphone Racing entered MC12s while the similar machine run by JMB Racing finished in fourth place

Ben Aucott, Alain Ferte and Stephane Daoudi are aiming for a top three finish in the GT1 class at the fifth round of the FIA GT Championship at Spa this coming weekend, behind the wheel of their JMB Aucott Racing Maserati MC12

It was a busy last weekend for the Ferrari F430, involved in three prestigious motorsports events, as well as the traditional Festival of Speed meeting at Goodwood, England, which was as popular as ever with fans from around the world

Fifth place this afternoon at Oschersleben in the FIA GT Championship for Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels driving one of Vitaphone Racing Team's Maserati MC12s means that the pair continue to head the drivers' points standings

Photo Gallery: SpaItalia 2008 - Scuderia Maranello Prototype MR 400

It was another Ferrari 1-2-3 in GT2 at the fourth round of the FIA GT Championship at Oschersleben today with the AF Corse team taking its second successive 1-2 finish and Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander their second win in a row

The Maserati MC12 will be bidding for its fifth consecutive victory at the Oscersleben track, which was also the scene of its first ever win back in September 2004, when the FIA GT Championship arrives at the German circuit this weekend

Photo Gallery: SpaItalia 2008 - Risi Competizione/Maserati of Houston Maserati GranSport Light GT

The Prancing Horse stamped its mark on the weekend with the F430 GT competing at Albacete in the Spanish GT Championship, at Valencia for the Italian GT Championship and at Thruxton for the fifth round of the British GT series

A strong second place for the Vitaphone Team Maserati MC12 in yesterday's third round of the FIA GT World Championship at the Adria Raceway in Italy sees the Trident brand move into to the top of the drivers' and Team's points standings

Less than a week after its clean sweep at Le Mans 24 Hours where Ferrari 430 GTs filled the top four GT2 places Ferrari reliability has enabled it to beat Porsche again this time in the FIA GT Championship race at Adria with another 1-2-3-4

The on-track action of the third round of the FIA GT Championship gets underway at Adria in Italy today ahead of Saturday's 2 hour evening race with Maserati looking to push on with its title defence through the Vitaphone Team's MC12s

"I am particularly proud of this splendid result for the 430 GT2 in the Le Mans 24 Hours," commented Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo, "Four cars in the top four places at the end of such a difficult and interesting race"

At the end of the 76th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans yesterday, American Le Mans Series GT2 Champions Risi Competizione led a clean sweep for Ferrari of the GT2 podium after running a faultless and completely trouble free race

The Ferrari 430 was in race winning action around the globe over the weekend with the 430GT claiming podium lock-outs in both the Italian and Spanish GT Championships' while the 430 Challenge supported the Canadian Grand Prix

This weekend former Ferrari F1 driver Stefan Johansson will be re-united with the Prancing Horse during the Ronnie Peterson Historic Grand Prix at Anderstorp in Sweden where he will drive a 430 Challenge for the importers' team

Photo Gallery: Mille Miglia (VI)

The Ferrari F430 GT claimed an impressive clean sweep of both podiums in the third round of the International GT Open 2008 Championship at the weekend, as the series made its first visit to the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps circuit

Photo Gallery: Mille Miglia (V)

The Ferrari Challenge Dealer Team GB ended the third round of the season with an excellent performance from the team, with one pole position, a race win and another two podium finishes in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli

Photo Gallery: Mille Miglia (IV)