ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: One of the star turns at the recent Ferrari Finali Mondiali 2010 in Valencia was the sight and sound of the dramatic 599XX, an extreme track use only 700 bhp sports car which is based on the 599 GTB Fiorano 

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari has taken centre stage at the Bologna Motor Show with F1 and Challenge Trofeo action on track in the motor sports arena and in its booth the world debut of the 458 Challenge alongside the 599XX and FXX

Wednesday was a special day for Ferrari fans attending the Bologna Motor Show: on the day traditionally dedicated to the Prancing Horse in the motorsports arena it was time to say goodbye to test driver Luca Badoer after 13 seasons

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The motorsports arena in Bologna was given over to Ferrari yesterday with sixteen F430 Challenge runners in action while outgoing test driver Luca Badoer demonstrated last year's F60 single-seater 

The GT2 version of the Ferrari 458 Italia sports car has broken cover testing at Fiorano, its first sighting coming just days after another motor sports spin off, the 458 Challenge one-maker, made its world debut at the Bologna Motor Show

ItaliaspeedTV: With the new 458 Challenge one make racer, Ferrari puts a combination of performance, fun behind the wheel and unique driving emotions at the finger-tips of its sporting, professional and gentleman-driver clients

ItaliaspeedTV: Video highlights of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season which netted a fifth drivers' title and sixth teams' title in six seasons for the successful Vitaphone Team's Maserati MC12 racers

Maserati saw the FIA GT1 World Championship title slip from its grasp at the final round of the year held in Argentina on Sunday as a 1-2 victory for Aston Martin was just enough to overhaul the Trident and seal the SRO Trophy

Ferrari makes a different contribution to the 35th edition of the Bologna Motor Show with a stand devoted entirely to its racing activities, led out by the debut of the new 458 Challenge racer, plus an intense track programme

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari's Bologna display is headlined by the world debut of the 458 Challenge as well as featuring the successful F430 GT and the F60, the single-seater used during the 2009 F1 season 

Maserati has won the ninth round of the FIA GT World Championship with the crowd cheering home local hero Xandi Negrao as he took the chequred flag in the Maserati MC12 at the Interlagos track in Brazil at the weekend

ItaliaspeedTV: The final day parade in Valencia got underway with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, driving a 1954 375 Indianapolis and 1957 500 TRC respectively, led out a 1961 California driven by Luca di Montezemolo

The third and penultimate day of the Ferrari Finali Mondiali 2010 at the Valencia circuit in Spain saw titles decided being decided in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo and qualifying sessions for the brand new Ferrari Historic Race series

Finali Mondiali Ferrari, the event that traditionally brings the Prancing Horse’s season to an end kicked off yesterday with a parade of road and racing cars through the streets of Valencia while today the track action winds up in earnest

The twentieth running of the Vallelunga 6 Hours, the endurance race that has become a classic end of season sports car event in Italy ended with victory for the Ferrari F430 GT as the honours-laden racer makes its swansong

The 2010 International GT Open season closed this past weekend with the title going to Alvaro Barba and Pierre Kaffer (AF Corse F430 GT2), the final round of the season taking place at the Catalunya circuit outside Barcelona

A new team, Toro Corse, plans to enter two Lamborghini Gallardos in GrandAm next year beginning with the 24 Hours of Daytona in January; it will mark the first time the Italian sports car brand will have competed in the endurance classic

Maserati consolidated its lead in the FIA GT World Championship with Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini driving the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 to sixth place in the eighth round held at a new circuit in northern Spain

ItaliaspeedTV: Pietro Zumerle and Jonathan Sicart are the winners of the inaugural Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC in the Trofeo and GT4 categories respectively as the Mugello circuit closed out the championship

The 2010 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season finale has taken place this weekend at Road Atlanta and during the meeting it has been announced that the Lamborghini name is set to return to the championship next year

ItaliaspeedTV: The sixth round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC held in Valencia circuit last weekend yielded the leadership of the drivers' classification to Pietro Zumerle who finished second in race 1 and won race 2

The Vitaphone team won the seventh round of the FIA GT World Championship yesterday with Bartels and Bertolini bringing their Maserati MC12 across the line to claim top spot on the podium in Portugal on the Algarve coast

ItaliaspeedTV: After the two Oschersleben races of the fifth round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC championship, the leading duo, Goldstein and Sundberg, have gained more ground on their closest adversary, Zumerle

Maserati's leading drivers have extended their lead in the FIA GT1 World Championship after a sixth place for Bartels and Bertolini in the Vitaphone Racing MC12 in the Championship Race at the Nürburgring yesterday

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: New world records were set for prices paid as significant historic Italian racing cars from Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Maserati dominated the big-sellers during Gooding & Co.'s Pebble Beach Auction

Gooding & Co. set new world records in Monterey for Alfa Romeo and Ferrari cars with an Alfa 8C 2300 Monza fetching $6,710,000 and a Ferrari 250 GT LWD California Spider Competizione topping the bill at $7,260,000

Malaysia’s top racing driver Tunku Hammam Tunku Sulong won his second Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race title as his Arrows Racing Team's Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 upstaged the hot favourite Audi works team at Sepang

ItaliaspeedTV: The game is on after the fourth round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC at Brno as thanks to his two victories Pietro Zumerle is now on 48 points only one point away from the leading duo, Goldstein and Sundberg

A first official rendering has been released by Jim Glickenhaus offering an outline look at the racing car he is currently developing on the Ferrari P4/5 theme which is set to be raced in the Nürburgring 24 Hours next year

At Spa Lamborghini has secured its first FIA GT1 World Championship race victory after Ricardo Zonta and Frank Kechele guided the #25 Reiter Engineering Murciélago 670 R-SV to a the chequered flag with a 3 second advantage

Gooding & Company has announced an exceptional historic racing car that will be offered at next month's Pebble Beach Auctions: a Sport Nazionale and Sport Internazionale winning 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza

ItaliaspeedTV: The star of the third round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC which took place last weekend at the Brands Hatch circuit in England was undoubtedly Alessandro Pier Guidi who claimed two poles and two wins

No rivals, no problems and a haul of 32 championship points: in short, this was the state of play for Alessandro Pier Guidi after Brands Hatch last weekend during the third round of the inaugural Trofeo Maserati MC one-make series

The new track use only Ferrari 599XX and Marc Gené demonstrating last year's F60 single-seater were amongst the highlights as the second Ferrari Racing Days of the year took place at the Valencia circuit in Spain over the weekend

The Ferrari 458 Challenge, the fifth one-make Trofeo racer, is receiving its world première in Maranello today during the Annual Dealer Meeting, a traditional event that brings together the representatives of Ferrari’s international sales network

The Maserati GranTurismo GT4 has claimed its first victory in the GT4 European Cup, Alessandro Pier Guidi taking both poles and racing to two victories in the double header round at Paul Ricard with a Maserati Corse-entry

The GT1 World Championship round at Paul Ricard was dominated by the Maserati MC12 of Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels, they collected everything on offer: pole position and two wins to move into the drivers' title lead

Nicky Pastorelli won the two races at Zolder, Belgium, last weekend during the second round of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC; however the Dutch star is 'transparent' in the standings because he is Maserati's celebrity guest

ItaliaspeedTV: There were fifteen cars at the starting line for the second round of the one-make series, thirteen of which were the GranTurismo MC Trofeo (run by Maserati Corse) and two the GranTurismo MC GT4 run by private teams

A Ferrari F430 GT, maybe the least expected one, made it to the LMGT2 podium in the Le Mans 24 Hours late yesterday afternoon: the Hankook Farnbacher entry driven by Simonsen, Farnbacher and Keen finishing second

There has been a knock for the Risi Competizione crew as they prepare for the start of the 78th Le Mans 24 Hours this afternoon: having dominated qualifying the #82 car has been moved to the back of the grid for an infringement

The #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT will start the Le Mans 24 Hours at 3:00 pm tomorrow from pole position in the LMGT2 class with the Houston, Texas-based team targeting an incredible third straight class win in the famous race

Dodge has officially launched the non-street legal Viper SRT10 ACR-X, the ultimate edition of this iconic American sports car, which will be used as the basis for a new one-make series promoted by Dodge set to hit the tracks in July

ItaliaspeedTV: Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles talks about the Viper sports car and its inherent value to the brand as a halo model while at the Gingerman Raceway in South Haven for the launch of the new niche ACR-X racer

Gooding & Company has announced the consignment of two stunning sports cars for its annual Pebble Beach Auctions: a winning 1956 Maserati 200 SI and an award-winning 1951 Ferrari 340 America from the estate of devoted enthusiast

Ferrari continues to have a great attraction in Japan, where over the weekend just gone the annual Ferrari Festival 2010: Fuji drew 600 owners' as it took place at its usual home at the grand prix circuit in the shadow of Mount Fuji

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari Festival 2010: Fuji

Stefano Rota sits at the top of the standings now that the first ever round of the brand-new Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC single-make series is over thanks to a victory and a fourth place in the two opening races held in Monza

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC, Rd 1, Monza

ItaliaspeedTV: Twenty-one drivers from eight countries took part in the inaugural Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo races at Monza at the wheel of fourteen GranTurismo MC Trofeo run by Maserati Corse and seven GranTurismo MC GT4

The first prototype of the forthcoming Ferrari 458 Italia Challenge has broken cover, the production-based racer which is set to take over as the mainstay of the Ferrari Challenge next year being caught out in initial track testing

After plunging down leader board following a start line penalty in Brno yesterday, the Maserati MC12 of Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini fought its way back up the order to finish in fifth place, less than two seconds behind the winner

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: 1000 Miglia

A rare 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage has set a new world record for the classic Italian car maker’s unique racing sports car, selling for 2,464,000 euros at the Sporting Classics of Monaco sale held by RM Auctions at the weekend

A combination of rule changes and a rival's disqualification enabled Maserati to come within one position of getting onto the podium in the second round of the FIA GT World Championship, the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone

ItaliaspeedTV: Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC pre season interviews with Italian singer Max Gazzè, Maserati's test and development driver Andrea Bertolini and former F1 star and sometime Trident racer Ivan Capelli [Italian Language] (III)

One of the most valuable lots set to go under the hammer today at Coys Legende et Passion in Monaco will be a Touring bodied 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500S that was delivered from new to famous pre-war privateer racer Count Trossi

ItaliaspeedTV: The inaugural Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC will kick off at Monza in less than a month's time and the exciting new 'one-make' race series is presented in front of guests and potential drivers at the Trident's HQ in Modena (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: The Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC turned on the ignition with the pre-championship test held at Vallelunga ahead of the first round at Monza on May 23 with a long-run simulation carried out to make final checks (I)

Blancpain Reiter Engineering’s Marc A. Hayek and Peter Kox claimed two victories and a second-place finish at the first round of the 2010 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo season last weekend at Hockenheim in Germany

This year's Mille Miglia coincides with the Alfa Romeo's centenary and the official "Automobilismo Storico Alfa Romeo" team has made five remarkable museum cars available while a further three private entries will run under its banner

With the first race of the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo less than a month away, the new racing variant of the GranTurismo has successfully completed testing at Italy’s Vallelunga race track prior to round one of the series at Monza on 23 May

The Ferrari 599XX, a track-only 'laboratory' car, has just become the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the classic 20.832 km Nordschleife circuit, lapping the legendary track in 6 min 58.16 sec

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari 599 XX sets a lap of 6:58.16 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife

The first round of the new FIA GT1 World Championship has revealed the full effects of the rule changes with the reigning world champions Maserati being pushed off the podium at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit at the weekend

RM Auctions Classics of Monaco will be headlined by the very rare occasion of one of the Tipo 61 "Birdcage" racers coming under the hammer, with the auction house expecting this historic machine to fetch around 2.5 million euros

Next weekend the Lamborghini Super Trofeo, will return to the race track for its second season with a host of roaring Super Trofeos set to charge around the Hockenheimring in Germany, at the season-opener on 24-25 April

Ferrari has recently issued an Attestation for vehicles of historic interest by the Ferrari Classiche department to the famous 250 GT Berlinetta passo corto, chassis 2819, which was more simply known by its nickname, the "Breadvan"

Spring has started for Ferrari in the best possible way as the night in Florida has brought another success for the F430 GT started by Risi Competizione, this time in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the first round of the American Le Mans Series

Friday saw a special test day at the Autodromo Piero Taruffi in Vallelunga with the F430 GT as the three 2009 Ferrari Challenge winners along with ex-Scuderia drivers Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella were all on track in the GT2 racer

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari F430 GT test at Vallelunga with 2009 Ferrari Challenge prize drive winners Giorgio Sernagiotto, Stefano Gai and Yannick Mallegol, along with AF Corse drivers for 2010, Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella

Following its debut season last year Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo has announced its six-round triple-header race calendar for 2010, again to be contested by the 570 bhp Gallardo Super Trofeo, which will commence in April at Hockenheim

Former Ferrari F1 driver and tifosi hero, Jean Alesi, and the Scuderia's official grand prix test and reserve driver for this year, Giancarlo Fisichella, have both been drafted into a star-studded AF Corse driver line-up in this year's Le Mans Series

The brand-new Ferrari F10 turned its wheel for the first time yesterday and by the end of the opening day's action of F1 testing in Valencia Felipe Massa, who was fresh from trying the 599 XX on the track the day before, was the fastest driver

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Felipe Massa on-track at the Valencia circuit with the new Ferrari F10 single-seater (Monday) and with the Ferrari 599 XX (Sunday)

Phoenix Corse, a new race team from Tenerife, has announced that they will participate in the GT4 European Cup this year with two Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4s and will also run one of the new Modenese machines in the 24 Hours of Spa

It may sound like a cliché, but Maserati’s latest racing car, the GranTurismo MC, destined for a new Trofeo series, has literally started rolling down the production line alongside the road going versions of Maserati’s luxury performance coupe

Risi Competizione, will boast a Championship-winning GT driver line up for its assault on the forthcoming American Le Mans Series season as it will be uniting 2007 ALMS Champion Jaime Melo with 2008 FIA GT Champion, Gianmaria Bruni

Maserati and Lamborghini will both be on the grid for the FIA GT1 World Championship this year with the Maserati MC12 back to defend its title in the hands of Vitaphone Racing along with the new Reiter-built Lamborghini Murciélago RSV

The famous name of USA fuel additive brand STP, its 50-year history steeped in high-level motorsport, is returning to UK race tracks for a title assault on the British GT Championship, backing a Chad Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3

Dodge today pulled the cover off the newest special-edition model of the 2010 Viper SRT10 lineup; the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X is a turn-key, non-street legal race car that is slated to make its on-track debut in the summer of 2010 in a new race series