FIA GT 2004: the Championship is concluded victory for Maserati - Pirelli

Zhuhai, November 14 2004 - More than twenty thousand people invaded the Zhuhai International Circuit, a town in full expansion on face of the Chinese Southern Sea. Win on the Chinese circuit for Mika Salo and Andrea Bertolini on their Maserati MC12 Pirelli equipped. This is the second win for Maserati in four race since the debut, and the first where FIA grants to earn the first points. The weekend of the last round of the FIA GT 2004 Championship gave the definitive confirmation of the remarkable consistency of the Pirelli P Zero tyres: Maserati MC12 was equipped in fact with a new front tyre, that has allowed to obtain great results for the whole Chinese week end, also catching up a " Pirelli warm up" in which the first six cars were all P Zero equipped. And still on purpose of covers, after the race Mika Salo has declared: " We are very satisfied to join these first points also thanks to Pirelli that has allowed us to carry out a double stint with the same tyres in the first part of the race, allowing us to earn precious seconds against the Ferrari 550" . In N-GT class great week end also for the Ferrari 360 - Pirelli of the GPC Squadra Corse team, which has win the race with Christian Pescatori and Jamie Melo. The Porsches of Freisinger Motorsport team has been in difficulty during this week end, also because of the power of the Ferrari. However, thanks to their good results during the whole season, the Porsche of Freisinger team has been the car that altogether has well demonstrated to deserve the title. The championship FIA GT 2004 is closed, an event that has carried on the most important world's circuits the taste of the speed and the sport. And, like always, the " voices of the paddock" already are speaking about the new challenges for  2005. POS NO CAR LAPS TIME/GAP SPEED BEST LAP LAST LAP 1 33 Maserati MC12 113 3:01:11.19 160.90 1:32.685 1:37.538 2 34 Maserati MC12 113 + 1.671 160.88 1:33.055 1:34.164 3 1 Ferrari 550 113 + 53.453 160.11 1:32.490 1:36.946 4 3 Chrisler Viper 112 + 1 LAP 158.87 1:33.483 1:35.969 5 17 Ferrari 575 112 + 1 LAP 158.26 1:33.236 1:35.803 6 13 Ferrari 575 111 + 2 LAPS 157.89 1:33.944 1:37.627 7 8 RML 111 + 2 LAPS 157.65 1:33.998 1:38.067 8 11 Ferrari 575 110 + 3 LAPS 156.34 1:33.491 1:49.778 9 18 Ferrari 575 109 + 4 LAPS 155.07 1:34.477 1:37.761 10 62 Ferrari 360 109 + 4 LAPS 153.92 1:37.314 1:40.130 11 99 Porsche 996 GT3 108 + 5 LAPS 153.23 1:37.614 1:45.893