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If you were hiding under a rock and haven't seen this awesome footage yet, you've got to watch Allan Simonsen's flyer of Mount Panorama Circuit at this year's Bathurst 12 Hour... No doubt it's quick!

Maranello Motorsport - Australia's leading Ferrari GT racing team - uses a customised IVECO Stralis ATi as its workhorse to transport cars, spare parts and equipment around the country.

Maranello Motorsport has been competing in Australia's premier production sports car series for more than 15 years, winning many events in spirited Ferrari GT race cars. "Racing is an ...

As the endurance part of the weekend ticked over to the second hour, Maranello Motorsport had already felt the adrenalin of bated breath as Salo brushed the wall on the climb up the mountain, with Peter Edwards taking the hot seat, before handing over to Bathurst master Bowe, but sadly it would be an all-too-soon end to the weekend for the strong Ferrari team.

Upsetting the ...

The opening hour of the 2013 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour has played host to the opening race and round of the 2013 Australia GT Championship, with Mika Salo at the wheel, taking the victory on behalf of Maranello Motorsport's regular GT drivers, John Bowe and Peter Edwards.

As the opening series race and the endurance event commenced, the track temperature remained low, 20 ...

Looking to follow on from the early success of the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour, Australia's Maranello Motorsport is well prepared for the long challenge that lay ahead.

Qualifying at the daunting Mount Panorama circuit had commenced with the Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 entering the circuit mid field, and with Simonsen at the wheel, the team watched on as the Dane charged the ...

Arriving at Mount Panorama Bathurst is a daunting prospect. Today marked the milestone of Mika Salo's first laps of the iconic circuit as he joined the strong and experienced crew at Australia's premier Ferrari racing outfit Maranello Motorsport. It would be a day to learn, develop and test, a day that would end in high spirits as Danish endurance specialist, Allan Simonsen took the ...

Maranello Motorsport have created another reason for their Ferrari 458 GT3 to be an eye-catcher at this weekend's Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, moving away from the stunning red of the prancing horse entry, today revealing their Australian styled camouflage livery.

The new look comes along with confirmation that the Melbourne-based outfit will not only have strength in their ...

I'm really excited to announce my relationship with Dunlop and the Dunlop Super Dealer network who will support me and Mustang Sally in the TCM Championship, they will join Wilson Security as Co Naming Sponsors.

My racing relationship with Dunlop is almost 40 years and this year marks my 25th year as Company and Brand Ambassador. The Dunlop Super Dealers network is ...

Ferrari is pulling out all the stops to take on the Mountain next month, with factory driver Mika Salo set to line up alongside John Bowe, Allan Simonsen and Peter Edwards in a Ferrari 458 at the Bathurst 12 Hour.

The Maranello Motorsport entry is firming as one of the top contenders to take the crown next month, after team boss Mark Coffey approached Ferrari for the squad's ...

Australia. As the hype builds ahead of the 2013 Bathurst 12 Hour, the rumours have been circulating and Maranello Motorsport have today formally confirmed that ex-Formula 1 and current Risi Competizione Ferrari specialist, Mika Salo, will complete their star line-up for the endurance event where last year the team saw great achievement and heartbreak, proving their place as one ...

John Bowe has edged closer to his second consecutive Touring Car Masters title by taking pole position for the final round in a tight qualifying session at Sandown.

Bowe's best time of 1:17.03s proved just 0.04s quicker than that of Andrew Miedecke, setting up a Ford Mustang versus Chevrolet Camaro front-row.

The Ford pilot elected to complete just two flying laps in ...

Maranello Motorsports is no stranger to GT racing in Australia.  They have around for many years, competing with various Ferrari models.  They have had success in the Australian GT Championship - winning the title with Allan Simonsen in 2007 and have had success previously in the Nations Cup and won the Bahrain GT festival in 2004.

They returned to the winner's ...

Cameron McConville will compete in the third round of the Australian GT Championship in a brand-new Ferrari 458 GT3 at Winton Motor Raceway.

The new car, prepared by Maranello Motorsport, was tested by McConville and regular driver Nick O'Halloran at Phillip Island recently.

McConville replaces O'Halloran's regular co-driver Allan Simonsen who will be busy during ...

The opening weekend in the Australian GT Championship has surely thrown some of the best and worst at the Maranello Motorsport team, blitzing lap records and seeing golden opportunities slip away as the action on the streets of Adelaide came alive.

After qualifying the Il Bello Rosso entry fifth for race one, Edwards took to the drivers' seat for the start, getting a ...

Coming into round one of the Australian GT season, Maranello Motorsport were on a high after a positive weekend of car speed and outstanding team efforts at last weekend's Bathurst 12 hour endurance race at Mount Panorama.

Having taken delivery of the Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 Italia in November, the crew have worked with the Italian developers of the supercar, ...

Mount Panorama has a way of throwing the best and worst at every driver who attempts to tame its challenging tarmac. This is certainly the story for the Maranello Motorsport Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 GT3 this weekend.

The Australian team knew there were literally mountains to climb, but were confident in team preparations, car and their stunning driver line-up with the ...

Dane endurance specialist Simonsen had started strongly in the #17 Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 GT3 during the opening hour of the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama, but it's been action aplenty as the laps and hours tick over.

A rolling start at 0615 saw the 25 strong field roar up the mountain, headlights ablaze, Simonsen having realised he had no high beams ...

Maranello Motorsport's #17 Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 will start tomorrow's Bathurst 12 Hour from the front row after securing P2 following today's split qualifying sessions.

Opening the morning track schedule was Qualifying 1, a 90 minute chance to set benchmark times without breaking the 2:08.00 restriction.

The team confident with preparations, the ...

It's the day where every hundredth of a second could be the difference between the front row and a pack start for tomorrow's Bathurst 12 Hour.

Coming off of a positive practice day where the Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 topped the timesheets in the final practice, the Maranello Motorsport prepared machine was again ripe to go racing, ending the interrupted first ...

Returning to the place of his blistering lap late last year, Simonsen and the team at Maranello Motorsport were confident coming into this weekend's Bathurst 12 Hour, and now the Il Bello Rosso backed Ferrari 458 has topped the timesheets ending to end a successful opening day.

In the morning's opening session, the Australian based 458 was consistently in the top times, ...

Having never been to Australia, and his only experience with the Mount Panorama circuit being through online footage, Dominik Farnbacher has this afternoon taken his first look at the mountain that lay ahead when he jumps on board the Il Bello Rosso 458 GT3 for this weekend's Bathurst 12 Hour.

The young German has vast experience with both the Ferrari 458 monster, and ...

In the lead up to next month's Bathurst 12 Hour, Phillip Island today hosted another Maranello Motorsport first as John Bowe took to the wheel of the Il Bello Rosso 458 GT3 to settle in for what could just be the ride of his life.

The second test for the Michelotto prepared monster saw Bowe take it to the limits on the southern circuit, cementing a confidence in the latest ...

Australia may well have its answer to who to watch come February's Bathurst 12 Hour as the international field gains momentum for what is expected to be an epic year for the event.

MARANELLO Motorsport are getting closer to meeting their new Ferrari 458 GT3s for the first tie.

The Australian GT outfit have ordered three brand-new 458s for Michelotto, and will travel to Italy in the coming weeks to shakedown the first car before it's transported to Australia.

MARANELLO MOTORSPORT will attack next year's Bathurst 12 Hour with an all-star driver line-up in a 2011-spec GT3 class Ferrari 458 Italia.

Sportscar ace Allan Simonsen will head the team which includes his Le Mans Series teammate Dominik Farnbacher, Australian touring car legend John Bowe and car owner Peter Edwards.

Short Shift. JB tackles the Bathurst 12-hour in one of ferrari's finest. but to finish first, first you have to finish...

Ferrari Daytona. This v12 prancing horse was designed to be the ultimate inter-continental express. JB tries it on the road and track.

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