Ferrari F430 Scuderia to Contest FIA GT3 Championship

Kessel Racing has decided to turn the Ferrari Scuderia into a GT3 racer and will compete in the FIA GT3 circuit this year. Kessel Racing decided to do this because of the success with its predecessor.

Swiss racing team Kessel won the 2007 FIA GT3 championship with the F430 GT3 and will now be fielding the Ferrari Scuderia GT3 in that championship series, but the car will also be made available to two other teams who have expressed interest in it, JMB Racing and CRS Racing.

The car is still pending approval from the FIA and will likely make its debut at the first race of the FIA GT3 season at the Silverstone track on May 3. The Scuderia GT3 will be racing against GT3 racers from the likes of Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and Ford among others.

Ferrari to Unveil New F450 in Frankfurt this October

Frankfurt International Motor Show, Britain's Autocar magazine has learned that Ferrari will take the wraps off its F430 replacement. Expected to be named F450, the new V8 Prancing Horse is said to be for the most part new, with only a minor components in the chassis or bodywork coming from the current F430 that was introduced back in 2004.

Ferrari has not disclosed any information of the F450's engine, but it is said that the sportscar will benefit from a updated version of the F430's V8 with an enlarged capacity of 4.5-liters delivering somewhere north of 500-horsepower.