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Posted Oct 26 2009, 11:59 AM by John Brooks with 8 comment(s)

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Minutes, hours, days, months, seasons, years, decades, centuries...........all will pass eventually, so too for motor sport. It seems only yesterday that I was heading for Germany and the first round of a brave new Championship. Hockenheim was the location and April 1997 was the time. Well like me the FIA GT Championship has got a little older, if not wiser and yesterday, after 132 races and 13 seasons the affair ended. For next year it will be all change but for now let's have a quick look at...
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Posted Jun 12 2009, 09:00 AM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 9 comment(s)

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While we were at Adria last month for the FIA GT it wasn't only the race cars I was interested in. The car park was swarming with sports cars and this Maserati GranTurismo was one of the best around. You may notice that all the chrome detailing and badges have been painted black... ...as well as the wheels. This car is actually owned by Andrea Bertolini, the co-driver of the Number 1 Maserati MC12. Andrea's GranTurismo is decked out with the full Maserati Corse package which will be available...
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Posted May 14 2009, 07:30 PM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 11 comment(s)

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Our Italian Speedhunting tour proceeded today with a slight move north into the Veneto region, more specifically Adria circuit, for the FIA GT race. After meeting up with the film crew at the Hotel it was a "quick" 2 hour Italian lunch to sample some local delicacies and then off to the track. The last time I came to Adria it was filled with drift cars but as you can see the scene was looking very different today. This is the first time I get so close to FIA GT cars, and it was a very intense...
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