Twenty-two crews will be lining up for the event and there is a growing number of women drivers involved. As well as Hungarian Anita Toth, Agnese Piazzalunga makes a return after last year’s drive on the same track. This time she will be alongside journalist Paolo Ciccarone in the Radio Monte Carlo car. Completing the female line-up is Swiss Andrina Grugger who was the first woman to drive a single-seater in the GP3 Series.

Also appearing will be motor-racing fan and well-known reporter from TV’s Striscia La Notizia, Jimmy Ghione. Ghione is another driver making a comeback after turning out at a number of meets in the past Trofeo Maserati seasons.

David Baldi will be out to defend his championship lead at Monza. The Tuscan dominated in the first round, held at Imola. Baldi’s splendid one-two topped off a weekend in which he took pole position and posted the fastest lap times in both races. At Monza we will find out whether he continues this run of form or whether the pack manages to close the gap. Stefano Gai, second overall and 11 points back, will be looking to repeat his 2010 success in the GranTurismo MC GT4 category. He will also be anxious to put the disappointing Imola result behind him.

Things are a little more even in the Trofeo's Team standings with the top three outfits all within a few points of each other. Lorenzo Casè, appearing for the leading Swiss Team, will be hoping to extend their lead over AF Corse’s Sbirrazzuoli/Chionna pairing and Swiss driver Olivier Doeblin, representing Scuderia Jolly Club.