01 Road Atlanta

Braselton April 17, 2005

Maserati will compete in round two of the American Le Mans Series, the Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta at the Road Atlanta circuit. The team arrives after a promising start to the ALMS season at the 53rd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring this past March.

Maserati competes with an MC12 in compliance with the rules of IMSA. The car matches FIA GT1 specs. and carries a ballast of 30 kilos. The team will not score points for the Championship. The drivers are Italians Andrea Bertolini - Ferrari-Maserati official tester and Fabrizio De Simone.

This is the first visit for the Maserati MC 12 to the 2.54 mile Road Atlanta circuit. Road Atlanta provides a good mix of elevation changes, high speed sections and challenging corners. In Today�s practice the team concentrated on and finding the right balance while also determining the right choice of tires, in order to find the right set up for the three hour race.

The Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta will start on Sunday, April 16 at 12 noon and complete at 3 pm. Live television coverage is provided by CBS Sports in the United States and Motors TV in Europe.

Andrea Bertolini: "Today we worked on the balance of the car for the race. We tested two different compounds as this course can be hard on tires. Tomorrow we will continue with trying to achieve the best balance for the car.�

Fabrizio De Simone: �I am familiar with this course from Petit Le Mans last year. It is very technical and has a good selection of fast corners. The car feels confident, so we are close, but there is still work to do in order to achieve the right balance for this circiut.�

The participation of Maserati in the ALMS has been made possible thanks to the fundamental co-operation of important partners, including Pirelli and team Risi Competizione, that will support Maserati logistically. The MC12 is using Pirelli Racing P Zero tires, developed in 2004 and currently used on an exclusive basis in the FIA GT Championship. The successful cooperation between Maserati and Pirelli continues in the American Le Mans Series.

Car	MC12 n. 35, chassis n. 03/15440
Drivers	Andrea Bertolini/Fabrizio De Simone
Position	10th - 1:17.658
Weather	clear, warm/ dry

Qualifying

1	16	P1	1	James Weaver	1:11.241	1:11.241	Lola EX257 AER
2	1	P1	2	Marco Werner	0.427	1:11.668	Audi R8
3	2	P1	3	Frank Biela	0.524	1:11.765	Audi R8
4	20	P1	4	Chris Dyson	0.943	1:12.184	Lola EX257 AER
5	37	P2	1	Jon Field	1.437	1:12.678	Lola B05/40 AER
6	10	P2	2	Jeff Bucknum	3.755	1:14.996	Courage C-65 AER
7	3	GT1	1	Johnny O`Connell	5.793	1:17.034	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
8	4	GT1	2	Olivier Beretta	6.082	1:17.323	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
9	8	P2	3	Guy Cosmo	6.381	1:17.622	Courage C65 Mazda
10	35	GT1	3	Andrea Bertolini	6.417	1:17.658	Maserati MC12

11 63

GT1

? Terry Borcheller

6.892

1:18.133

Saleen S7R

12	5	GT1	5	Alex Figge	7.124	1:18.365	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
13	50	GT2	1	Bill Auberlen	10.406	1:21.647	Panoz GTLM
14	71	GT1	6	? Michele Rugolo	10.746	1:21.987	Dodge Viper
15	31	GT2	2	Jorg Bergmeister	11.165	1:22.406	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
16	45	GT2	3	? Jon Fogarty	11.205	1:22.446	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
17	43	GT2	4	Sascha Maassen	11.581	1:22.822	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
18	51	GT2	5	Scott Maxwell	11.615	1:22.856	Panoz GTLM
19	24	GT2	6	Randy Pobst	12.258	1:23.499	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
20	79	GT2	7	Justin Jackson	15.193	1:26.434	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
21	78	GT2	8	Michael Cawley	16.719	1:27.960	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
22	23	GT2	9	Romain Dumas	48.661	1:59.902	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
23	19	P2	4	Gunnar van der Steur	1:07.592	2:18.833	Lola B2K/40 AER
24	44	GT2	10	? Lonnie Pechnik	?	?	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR