Media & Events - February 2012

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 ...