Maranello Motorsport
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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Team principal(s) | Mark Coffey |
| Current series | Australian GT Championship |
| Former series | Nations Cup |
| Noted drivers | 88. Allan Simonsen John Bowe/Peter Edward Mika Salo, Tony Dálberto Adrian Deitz Cameron McConville |
| Teams' Championships |
2004 Bahrain GT Classic 2007 Australian GT Championship 2007 Sandown GT Classic 2008 Sandown GT Classic 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour |
Maranello Motorsport is a GT racing team that is competing in the Australian GT Championship. Maranello Motorsport was formed in the late 1990s by Mark Coffey to enter Australia's then Premier Sports Car Racing Series, Nations Cup.
Some Track Day regulars are now racing in the Australian GT Championship in Maranello Motorsport-run cars, including Peter Edwards. Peter went through the Maranello driver training system and started racing a Ferrari 360 Challenge, then graduated to a 430 GT3. Cameron McConville/O’Halloran competed in Maranello’s black Ferrari, supported by Apex Tubulars, while the team’s second red car was driven by two-times Bathurst 1000 winner John Bowe and Pete Edwards in 2012.[1]
Racing History
In 2007 the team upgraded to the latest F430GT3 and despite it not arriving until mid season, went on to a string of podium finishes and fastest laps before winning the 2007 Sandown GT Classic with Allan Simonsen and Tim Leahey driving.
Maranello Motorsport won the 2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit on 9 February. Bowe and Edwards were joined in the teams winning Ferrari 458 GT3 by V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes and former Formula One driver Mika Salo.