Maranello, 22nd March

This weekend, the Monza circuit hosts the opening round of the 2007 Italian and European Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy series, which also features the Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers.

Both series run over six rounds before their finale as part of the Ferrari World Finals and feature just the F430 car, as the 360 Modena bowed out last year after a brilliant racing career.

In total, there will be over eighty cars taking to the track. The programme gets underway tomorrow, Friday 23rd March, with the first sessions in preparation for races on Saturday and Sunday. The race format, with each one lasting forty minutes, includes as usual, an obligatory pit stop to add spectacle and excitement from pit lane.

SKY Italy will exclusively show the fifteenth series of the Italian Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy. As for the first round on Sunday 25th March, a lengthy live broadcast will be put out on SKY Sport Extra, starting at 10.30 (repeated on SKY Sport 2, Thursday 29th March at 22.30,) also featuring coverage of the European series races.


RTL 102.5, the official radio partner of the Italian one-make series will broadcast in several of its news bulletins throughout the whole season.

The European Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy will also receive ample coverage in the "Ferrari Racing" magazine, dedicated to all the Prancing Horse's motor sport activity, broadcast this year by the pan-European satellite channel, Motors TV and by other broadcasters around the world, as per a calendar to be announced soon by SPORTFIVE, the company given the job of distributing the programme.

High resolution photos of the various Ferrari Corse Clienti activities are exclusively available to journalists on the site www.media.ferrari.com. News and in-depth features can be found on www.ferrraricorseclienti.com also accessible via a link from the company homepage www.ferrariworld.com.