ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari celebrated the end of its track season with the Finali Mondiali, once again taking place in Valencia and featuring Challenge races as well as F1, historic and XX programme demonstrations (I)

ItaliaspeedTV: The circuit of Shanghai brought down the curtain on the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series and at the end of six rounds held on three continents it was Renaud Kuppens (Konvex Motorsport) who took the title

In Barcelona last weekend, Ferrari ended an International GT Open season to remember as Bruni and Leo take the drivers’ title, AF Corse were pronounced champions in Super GT and Kessel Racing took honours in GTS

Last weekend at Laguna Seca the AIM team and its drivers Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato gave the Ferrari 458 GrandAm debut year success after they claimed the drivers’ and the teams’ titles with one race remaining

Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni sealed another win for AF Corse and Ferrari in the GTE Pro class in the fourth round of the World Endurance Championship which took place at the weekend at Silverstone

ItaliaspeedTV: There was to be no dream debut for the SRT Viper GT-S on its return to the American Le Mans Series; both GT-class cars however did make it to the finish in Mid Ohio, albeit in 10th and 12th position

There were honours for Ferrari in the GTE-PRO class at the Spa 24 Hours yesterday in the shape of the AF Corse 458 GT3 driven by Andrea Bertolini, Niek Hommerson, Louis Machiels and Alessandro Pierguidi

Count Giannino Marzotto 1928-2012: Ferrari is this week mourning the passing of one of the most celebrated gentleman drivers of the 1950s who won the legendary Mille Miglia road race twice; he died aged 84

The Le Mans Classic, one of the most awaited events by enthusiasts and collectors of historical cars, took place last weekend; the spotlight was on Ferrari, which opened this year’s edition with a parade of historic 250 GTOs

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari had a busy Goodwood Festival of Speed as Marc Gené demonstrated the F60, its latest road cars the 458 Spider and California 30 were in the Super Car Run along with historic racer action

The Silverstone Classic is set to make history when three of the legendary Martini Lancia LC2s line up on the grid for two celebratory Group C races at the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival next month

ItaliaspeedTV: Cedric Sbirrazzuoli (AF Corse) and Giorgio Sernagiotto and Renaud Kuppens (Konvex Motorsport) all secured wins during the second round of the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series held at Portimao

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: A gaggle of competitive Ferrari 458 GT2s started the Le Mans 24 Hours at the weekend and when the race shook up this machine had collected its first victory in the classic endurance race

The AF Corse Ferrari team has added its name to the list of Le Mans winners, thanks to a victory for Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander, at the end of a perfectly managed race that had started on the back foot

ItaliaspeedTV: This week Ferrari held a special online auction to raise money for the earthquake victims and the headlining "Lot #1" of the "Ferrari for Emilia" auction was an example of the dramatic track-only 599 XX EVO

ItaliaspeedTV: Cedric Sbirrazzuoli (AF Corse) and Giorgio Sernagiotto and Renaud Kuppens (Konvex Motorsport) all secured wins during the second round of the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series held at Portimao

Lamborghini's new Asia Series, spun off its Super Trofeo format which has just entered its fourth year in Europe, kicked off at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia at the weekend with eighteen cars taking to the track

MotorVillage Paris, the showcase outlet of Fiat Group Automobiles France, located at Rond Point des Champs-Elysées, is presenting an exciting new exhibition this summer: GRAND PRIX - 1 siècle de victoires automobiles

ItaliaspeedTV: Riccardo Romagnoli and Giorgio Sernagiotto went on to add wins to the pole positions they secured in qualifying for the opening double-header round of the enlarged Maserati Trofeo MC World Series at Jarama

Adrian Newey, the Formula One technical guru who has masterminded Red Bull's back-to-back titles, will be the star attraction at the second round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo at his home track of Silverstone next month

Zagato was on the top step of the Mille Miglia podium at the weekend as Scuderia Sports won the event with its 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C Gran Sport 1500 Testa Fissa Zagato driven by Claudio Scalise and Daniel Claramunt

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The overall classification of the Mille Miglia Ferrari Tribute was won by the 512 TR with Verghini/Fuso ahead of the 458 Italia with Danesi/Sesena and the 250 GT Cabriolet with Lopez/Prieto

The new Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am, after a less than competitive debut showing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, has now won two consecutive GrandAm races to take the lead in the GT class championship standings

Riccardo Romagnoli and Giorgio Sernagiotto went on to add two wins to the pole positions they secured in qualifying for the opening double-header round of the enlarged Maserati Trofeo MC World Series at Jarama

Andrea Zagato, the third generation of the Zagato family, and Marella Rivolta - Zagato, the granddaughter of Iso Rivolta founder, Renzo Rivolta, will be at the wheel of  a rare 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Zagato on the Mille Miglia this year

For this year's Mille Miglia, Alfa Romeo Automobilismo Storico will be lining up four official Museum vehicles, two pre-war - the "1500 SS" and the "1750 GS" - and two models from the 1950s - the "1900 SS" and the "2000 Sportiva"

The Spa 6 Hours, one of the most famous endurance races on the calendar, took place at the weekend as the second round of the new FIA World Endurance Championship and the Ferrari 458 runners ended up finishing a solid 2-3-4

The new Maserati Trofeo MC World Series is ready to go; now in its third year, the Trident's single-make series has made a number of changes for 2012, the biggest of which have been to the race calendar which includes rounds in the US and China

ItaliaspeedTV: The 2012 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series season officially got underway with the pre-season test at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome; the two test days saw around forty drivers from twelve countries trying out the new car

The only short wheelbase factory racing Lancia Sport Prototipo Zagato, a 1960s competition car remembered for its quirky styling including distinctive double bonnet air intakes and low-slung sweeping form, will come to auction next month

One of the most historically significant racing cars set to cross the block at RM Auction's Monaco sale next month will be the one-off Ferrari 308 GT4/LM which was raced by Luigi Chinetti’s famous N.A.R.T. team at the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans

A Ferrari F40 prototype with a unique history, starting life as the showcar at the 1987 Frankfurt IAA and going on to become one of a handful upgraded to GT racing specification by Michelotto, will be the focus of attention at RM's Monaco sale

MotoGP star Valentino Rossi, making his debut in the Blancpain Endurance Series, in the Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia No.46 alongside fellow-Italian Alessio Salucci finished 18th after a strong drive in the first period of the race

One of the pick's of RM Auctions' Monaco sale in four weeks time will be an Alfa Romeo T33/3 built and raced by Autodelta and recently restored after a long and unique history; it is expected to fetch 725-825,000 euros

Ferrari’s debut with the revised GT1 World Championship, which kicked off at the Nogaro circuit in France at the weekend, did not bring the hoped for results despite Toni Vilander’s promising pole position in the AF Corse 458 Italia

Nine-time world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi will compete in the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza next weekend with Alessio Salucci at the wheel of a Ferrari 458 Italia entered by Kessel Racing

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group has announced that the new SRT-badged Viper will be heading for the American Le Mans Series this year and in this video the new GT-class car is seen wind tunnel testing to improve its less-than-stellar Cd rating

Last weekend at the Monza circuit the Ferrari Challenge celebrated its twentieth anniversary in front of no less than 31,000 spectators who turned up to watch a package that also featured the Superstars Series and GT Sprint races

A Ferrari 458 GT3 finished on the podium on its debut in the Bathurst 12 hour race thanks to the Singaporean Clearwater Racing Team while the Australian Team Maranello Motorsport entry hit problems early on in the endurance race

Having already smashed the lap record at Australia's legendary Mt. Panorama race track, the Maranello Motorsport team is making the final preparations to their Ferrari 458 GT3 ahead of this weekend’s Bathurst 12 Hour race

Museo Ferrari, Maranello's official museum, will be one of the exhibitors at the AutoClassica in Milan, an important show dedicated to historical cars which opens today and runs over the weekend, with two cars, a 500 F2 and 250 GT Berlinetta

Maserati is pumping up its GranTurismo MC "Trofeo" racer in time for the 2012 season with a particular focus on much more improved and distinctive aerodynamics including changes to the front end and a large rear racing style wing

It's been something an open secret but SRO President Stephane Ratel has confirmed that the Ferrari 458 Italia will be taking to the grid of the FIA GT1 World Championship this season as the series adopts FIA GT3 regulations for the first time

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Five of the new Ferrari 458 GrandAm racers tackled last weekend's 24 Hours of Daytona but with little success although two eventually finished in the top ten in fifth (Risi Competzione) and eighth (AIM Autosport) places (II)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Five of the new Ferrari 458 GrandAm racers tackled last weekend's 24 Hours of Daytona but with little success although two eventually finished in the top ten in fifth (Risi Competzione) and eighth (AIM Autosport) places (I)

Despite a lot of development time, testing on both sides of the Atlantic, a clutch of top teams and a roster of fast drivers, the much vaunted Ferrari challenge to win the 24 Hours of Daytona on the new 458 GrandAm's debut fell flat on its face

In the lead up to next month’s Bathurst 12 Hours, John Bowe has taken to the wheel at Phillip Island of the Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 GT3 he will campaign in the endurance race and has come away impressed by the car’s performance

Exactly a week after AF Corse missed out in the chase for honours in the season-opening Dubai 24 Hours, the Italian team and its Ferrari 458 GT3 racer came away with a endurance victory in the inaugural Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi

GIANPIERO MORETTI 1940-2012: The world of motorsports has been dealt a blow with the death of one of its greatest 'gentlemen' drivers whose passion for racing took him to the front and included an impressive victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona

The Reiter Engineering-developed Lamborghini Gallardo GT3, dubbed by the German firm as the LP600+, has come off the back of a strong season, now plans are well underway to fully develop the machine as a credible contender in 24 hour races

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The 2012 season specific GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ by Reiter Engineering includes a bigger front splitter and double layer dive plates for improved downforce as well as improved suspension, brakes and gearbox

Ferrari's tough challenge to write its name in the history books of the Daytona 24 Hours once more has received a big boost as Risi Competizione will be entering two of the new 458 GrandAm racers in the endurance classic next month