Ferrari Team UK's Peter Sowerby made it a fantastic two wins from two races in the European Ferrari 360 Challenge Trofeo Pirelli at Silverstone over the weekend. Out-qualifying several of the quicker Trofeo Pirelli drivers, Peter managed to stay ahead of the Coppa Shell drivers despite having to carry an extra 25kgs of success ballast in Race 2 following his class win in Race 1 on Saturday, and he now leads the Coppa Shell driver's standings with 70 points.

Saturday 14 May: First races for Ferrari weekend at Silverstone and Pau

Ireland's Paddy Shovlin won Race 1 in the second round of this season's European Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy series, at the English Silverstone circuit. Peter Sowerby (Great Britain) took top honours in the Shell Cup of the same one-make series, for the 360 Modena cars. In the first race of the 2005 Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge, for historic cars, also run on Saturday at the Pau street circuit in France, the victory went to Brazil's Carlos Monteverde, at the wheel of a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM.

In the Pirelli Trophy at Silverstone, Michael Cullen (Ireland) came home second, crossing the line ahead of Belgium's Louis Macchiels. In the Shell Cup, the runner-up spot went to Philippe Prette from Monaco, with Finland's Mikael Forsten in third place.

Sunday 15 May: A busy Sunday for Ferrari with International Challenges and GT

Silverstone in England this weekend hosted the second round of the season of the European Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy, which ran in the support programme for the third round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship.
 

In front of thirty thousand spectators, Ireland's Michael Cullen took overall victory in the one-make series for the 360 Modena cars, while Britain's Peter Sowerby was victorious in the Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers.

At the same time, at the Pau street circuit in France, the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge for historic cars season got underway. Victory in the various categories in this opening round went to Brazil's Carlos Monteverde (1964 Ferrari 250 LM), Belgium's Vincent Gaye (1960 Ferrari 250 GT B.p.c.), Englishman Tony Smith (1960 Ferrari 256 F1/FL), France's Olivier Cazalieres (1972 Ferrari 365 GTB4 Comp.) and Germany's Stefan Schollwoeck (1937 Maserati 6CM).

In the second Pirelli Trophy race at Silverstone, Ireland's Paddy Shovlin was runner-up, crossing the line ahead of Austria's Karl Barron. In the Shell Cup, behind winner Sowerby, who thus repeated his Saturday performance, came the German Freddy Kremer and the Monegasque Philippe Prette. The next round of the European Ferrari Challenge takes place at the end of June at Spa-Francorchamps.

The same Belgian track will see the Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge back in action, having provided the usual exciting racing at Pau, which was partly down to the wet weather.

There are thirty Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge cars competing in the European series of the Ferrari 360 Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. The top drivers compete in the 'Trofeo Pirelli', with 11 drivers currently competing in this category. The remaining 19 gentleman drivers compete in the 'Coppa Shell' category and the top drivers in this category at the end of the year are elevated to compete in the Trofeo Pirelli category. This year's Ferrari Challenge races run to an endurance type formula with each race lasting 50 minutes, including a compulsory pit stop which lasts for a set minimum time. This allows for cars to be driven by a single driver or a crew of two.

Peter Sowerby now leads the Coppa Shell driver's standings with 70 points, giving him an 11 point lead. Ferrari Team UK are now 5th in the Importer's Trophy.