The circuit of Silverstone will this weekend host the second round of the international FIA GT championship. Six Maserati MC12s will take part in the series. Two of the MC12s have an all-Italian team behind the wheel.
The Scuderia Playteam goes into the weekend on the back of its fruitful session at Estoril in order to test the Pirelli tyres. The squad has also seen the thirty second penalty (received at Zhuhai for not respecting a yellow flag) that was to be added to Bertolini/Piccini’s final race time converted to a drive-through to be made within the first five laps. The pairing will face an uphill battle all the way.
Vitaphone Racing Team, having scored its first points in China, will be without Michael Bartels as the reigning champion is recovering from a small operation. The German will be substituted by Finnish driver Mika Salo for the event. Salo has experience in the MC12 as he partnered Andrea Bertolini in the car’s maiden race in 2004.
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