A tense, thrilling and breath-taking opening round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship ended in victory today for Pedro Lamy and Gabriele Gardel in their Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello

Pedro Lamy and Gabriele Gardel fended off the Maserati onslaught in Monza to give FIA GT victory to the venerable Larbre Competitione-run Ferrari 550 Maranello

Despite JMB Racing only receiving the Maserati MC 12 this week, and giving the car its shakedown during Thursday’s test session, Philipp Peter claimed his first-ever FIA GT pole position today

Gabriele Tarquini and Augusto Farfus were the fastest of the Alfa Romeo Racing Team quartet after the WTCC qualifying session in Monza, lining up together on row two of the grid

"We know what we have to do and we want to do well, nothing has changed within the team from all those years when we won the championship"

Four Maserati MC 12 racers will be in FIA GT Championship action at Monza this weekend, while the Maserati Trofeo series also kicks off at the Italian circuit

Fiat have announced that they are to invest more than 380 million euros in their Brazilian car manufacturing operation between now and 2007

'My Special Car' Show Photo Gallery: Lancia Stratos, Lancia 037 Rally, Lancia Delta S4, Lancia Integrale, Autobianchi A112 Abarth, Alfa Romeo GTV Turbodelta and Fiat 131 Mirafiori

Quattroruote presented a truly mouthwatering line-up of former Fiat and Lancia 'rally queens' at the Rimini 'My Special Car' Show last weekend

At the 'My Special Car' show in Rimini over the weekend Alfa Romeo presented an Alfa GT equipped with the new 'Tecnico Sportivo' styling upgrade kit

Fiat's Seicento Hydrogen prototype has participated in the first reliability race for hydrogen-powered vehicles organised by the IAF, taking first place among compressed hydrogen-powered vehicles