Following its stateside debut during a press event at Ferrari's Park lane dealership yesterday the 599XX which is set to hit the race tracks next year is making its second public showing as the New York Auto Show opens its doors today

Reiter Engineering will return to the FIA GT3 Championship this year with two cars following a break from the series during which it has run its self-developed Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with successes in the German ADAC GT masters

Over the last weekend the Ferrari F430 GT was in action in prestigious international GT championships in Europe and North America and although it missed out on victory it grabbed podium slots as the LMS got underway in Barcelona

The new Maserati GranTurismo MC, the latest racing car from the Italian car maker, was officially unveiled during the FIA GT Media Days at the Paul Ricard circuit along with the announcement of a new Trofeo Maserati series from 2010

Photo Gallery: FIA GT Championship Media Days, Paul Ricard - Maserati GranTurismo MC

Despite adverse weather conditions Reiter Engineering has this week been able to complete the first successful proper evaluation test of its new Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560 GT2 sports car at the squad’s local circuit, the Salzburgring

Photo Gallery: Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT2 [Salzburgring test]

Front running Ferrari teams AF Corse and BMS Scuderia Italia have both confirmed their crack driver line-ups for this year's FIA GT Championship as they target overall nothing less than title success with Maranello's proven race winner

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Concept has made its debut at Paul Ricard during the two days of tests organised by the SRO to analyse and balance the performance of the cars allowed to participate to the GT4 European Cup this year

Photo Gallery: SRO GT4 European Cup, Performance Balance Tests, Paul Ricard - Maserati GranTurismo MC Concept

The Risi Competizione Ferrari of Pierre Kaffer, Jaime Melo and Mika Salo won the GT2 class of the 100th ALMS race in a dominant fashion – leading the 2009 season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring from the second hour until the finish

The world’s oldest luxury watchmaker Blancpain has been officially announced as title sponsor of the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 based one-make racing series, which now named the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

Pierre Kaffer join Risi Competizione regulars Jaime Melo and Mika Salo in the Houston-based team's #62 Ferrari F430GT for the 2009 American Le Mans Series season beginning with the 57th Twelve Hours of Sebring this coming Saturday

A special test has taken place at Fiorano, organised in collaboration with Pirelli, for the winners of the second running of the 2008 Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy Youth Cup who got to try out a GT2 class Ferrari F430 GT

The Ferrari name is expected to be back in the forefront of the racing action in the FIA GT3 Championship this year as a customer version of the 430 Scuderia has been developed for the GT3 class and it will be campaigned by three teams

Automobili Lamborghini has begun delivery of Gallardo LP 560-4 race cars to drivers in the inaugural Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo which gets underway in 56 days following completion of a gruelling testing programme this week

One of the most outrageous cars to be uncovered in Geneva yesterday was the extreme Ferrari 599XX which is aimed at a select group of Prancing Horse clients and follows in the path of the Enzo-based FXX Programme

Photo Gallery: 79th Geneva Motor Show - Ferrari 599XX

Last weekend, the South African circuit Kyalami hosted the fifth round of the A1GP Championship and the event also saw four of the race track-only 'laboratory' cars from the prestigious FXX Programme taking to the track

The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo took to the track in Adria, Italy for its latest official testing session this week; the race car had extensive tests of braking components and tyres, to ensure the car’s speed and reliability

Team Modena will be competing in the 2009 Avon Tyres British GT Championship, entering two Lamborghini Gallardos in association with team48 in the competitive series as part of a long-term link-up between the two squads

The brand new Lamborghini Super Trofeo series bills itself as being the ‘world’s fastest one-make series’ and one example of the new 570 bhp Gallardo Super Trofeo racer is on show at Autosport International this weekend

Photo Gallery: Autosport International, Birmingham NEC - 500 Abarth Assetto Corse [presented by Sabelt]

The year may be just getting underway but preparations for the Rolex 24 At Daytona are in full swing at Mastercar - Coast 2 Costa Racing which plans to enter the race in the GT category as usual with a pair of Ferrari F430GTs

Normally screaming engines, burning tyres, wild burn-outs and donuts would be more than frowned on at the Maserati factory in Modena, and workers would not be expected to carry out mechanical work in a matter of seconds