Maranello (Modena), 24th November 2008

The F430s competing in the 2008 FIA GT Championship ended the race season by taking the top four places in the final round, held at the San Luis circuit in Argentina. On top of this great result, that same weekend also saw a win in the Vallelunga 6 Hours.

The packed crowd at the unique Argentinial Portrero de los Funes circuit, was treated to a home win courtesy of Matias Russo and Luis Perez Companc. At the end of a truly spectacular race, the Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing crew took the victory ahead of champions Gimmi Bruni and Toni Vilander and their team-mates, Christian Montanari and Thomas Biagi (AF Corse.) Completing the clean sweep, crossing the line in fourth place was the car driven by Andrew Kirkaldy and Robert Bell (CR Scuderia.)

On Saturday 22nd November, the Ferrari F430 driven by Marco Cioci, Piergiuseppe Perazzini and Maurizio Mediani took the Gold Cup in the XVIII running of the Vallelunga 6 Hours, the traditional season finale organised at the eponymous race track near Rome. Completing 216 laps in 6h00'09"172, the Advanced Engineering crew was the first to win the event with a class GT2 car. It took the flag ahead of the trio made up of Maurizio Fratti-Alex Caffi-Richard Leitz, also in a GT2 car (Porsche 997 RS) and the Radical Sr8 of Nigel Greensall-Massimo Vignali-Luigi Ferrara.