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There are no less than four racing
iterations of the 458 Italia now in the
pipeline, all developed in conjunction with
Michelotto Automobili: the GT2 (above), GT3
and Challenge machines, and announced today,
a version set for the GrandAm series. |
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Attending the launch
ceremony today of the Ferrari F150, the new car with
which Scuderia will compete in the Formula 1 World
Championship, were all the drivers involved in the
Maranello marque’s racing activities. Apart from the
Scuderia F1 drivers and the youngsters from the Ferrari
Driver Academy, also present were also those involved in
GT series, who are about to embark on what will be a
very special season for them, because it marks the
handing over of the baton from the all-conquering F430
GTC to the new 458 Italia GT, the sports car derived
from the 458 Italia with its central-rear mounted V8
engine.
There are no less four iterations of the car now and in
the pipeline, developed in conjunction with Michelotto
Automobili: the Challenge version, launched back at the
Bologna Motor Show, will be the fifth model used by
Ferrari to liven up its one-make series, the Ferrari
Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – the GT2 car, already a
veteran of several on-track development test sessions –
and soon will come the brand new GT3 and GrandAm
versions.
“Ferrari’s racing
spirit has always sprung not just from Formula 1 but
also from the road-going sports cars competing in the
Grand Touring category,” commented the head of the
Ferrari Corse Clienti Department, Antonello Coletta,
underlining the importance of this ambitious project.
“We have scored significant wins in both the Italian and
European series, as well as in the United States where,
in the American Le Mans Series, Ferrari won the 2006
Teams’ title and the Drivers’ one the following year.
This year comes the added task of tackling the GrandAm
series, with the aim of expanding our challenges across
the ocean, with a car that will make its appearance
during the course of 2011.”
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