Both opening races of the 2009 season for the International GT Open series were held on the renewed Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit at Imola and were dominated by the F430 GT.

It was a good weekend for the Ferrari F430 GT thanks to the excellent results at the two important championships: the American Le Mans Series and the International GT Open – while the 430 Challenge was in action during the second round of the North American Ferrari Racing Days.

After the first two races held in Florida the American Le Mans Series moved to the West Coast of the US for the third round of the 2009 Championship, held on the street circuit of Long Beach. On the streets of the famous Californian harbour town the F430 GT started by the Risi Competizione team gained second place after a start from the back of the starting grid: thanks to an excellent comeback by Pierre Kaffer during the first half of the race and a perfect conclusion by Jaime Melo – driving the fastest race lap – the Team Houston Ferrari gained the second spot on the podium, behind the Porsche with Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long and ahead of the BMW with Dirk Müller and Tommy Milner. The next race of this prestigious series will be held at the Salt Lake City circuit on 17th May.

Both opening races of the 2009 season for the International GT Open - held on the renewed Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit at Imola - were dominated by the F430 GTs. At the end of race one victory went to the entry from Advanced Engineering driven by Michele Rugolo - Giacomo Ricci, ahead of the Porsche 997 with Raymond Narac-Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz - Gianluca Roda. Marcel Fässler and Joël Camathias (Scuderia Trottet Racing) won race two ahead of the three-times GTS champions Marco Cioci and Piergiuseppe Perazzini (Megadrive), while the Porsche with Richard Lietz - Gianluca Roda came in third again. The next International GT Open race will be held at the Algarve international circuit in Portugal on 17th May.

The second Ferrari Challenge event in the US - held at the Road Atlanta circuit - was dominated in both races by Scott Tucker (Boardwalk Ferrari). On the event’s occasion the track in Georgia hosted the F1 Clienti department from Maranello with four free practice sessions for the three single-seaters brought to the track. Meanwhile five cars participating in the prestigious FXX Programme went out on the track, with Clients and technicians analysing the telemetry data at the end of every single session. The third US Ferrari Racing Days will be held on the weekend of 3rd May on the Infineon race track in California, while the extraordinary cars from the F1 Clienti and FXX department in Maranello will get back on the track in Japan, at the Fuji circuit, on the following weekend.