Maranello (Modena), 10th March 2009

Today, the Fiorano circuit hosted a special test using a 430 GT2 car. The test, organised in collaboration with Pirelli was for the winners of the second running of the 2008 Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy Youth Cup. The prize drive sees the winners get behind the wheel of one of the most successful Prancing Horse cars in history in Grand Touring racing.

Taking turns at the wheel of the car provided by BMS Scuderia Italia, were Marco Mapelli, fifth in the Italian one-make series and Bjorn Grossman (Autohaus Gohm) the German born in 1984, who finished second by a hairsbreadth in the European series.

While this was not a new experience for Grossman, who had already taken part last year, it was an unforgettable event for the twenty one year old Team Rossocorsa driver: driving on a track where Ferrari's Formula 1 cars are born in a car that finished second in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA GT championship.

Both drivers will be back on track for the first round of the Italian and European series of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy, on the final weekend of March, at the Monza National Circuit.