Maserati wins Trophy at Silverstone

The winning drivers were joined on the podium by Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in the Zakspeed Saleen S7R, and Fabio Babini and Fabrizio Gollin in the Aston Martin Racing BMS DBR9.

The three-hour race marked the first round of the 2006 FIA GT Championship, with Vitaphone Racing making a strong start to their teams' title defence.

In the GT2 class, AF Corse drivers Matteo Bobbi and Jaime Melo took the new Ferrari 430 GT2 to victory, ahead of the Ebimotors Porsche 996 GT3 RSR of Emmanuel Collard and Luica Riccitelli.

Former Formula One driver Mika Salo and teammate Rui Aguas - also racing a 430 for AF Corse - came home third.

Pos  Cl.  Drivers                 Make               Times
 1.  GT1  Bertolini/Bartels       Maserati MC12 GT1  3h00:40.717
 2.  GT1  Janis/Bert              Saleen S7R         +     4.735
 3.  GT1  Babini/Gollin           Aston Martin DBR9  +  1:04.019
 4.  GT1  Bouchut/Brabham         Aston Martin DBR9  +  1:05.870
 5.  GT1  Davies/Biagi            Maserati MC12 GT1  +  1:28.581
 6.  GT1  Piccini/Deletraz        Aston Martin DBR9  +    1 Lap 
 7.  GT1  Pescatori/Ramos         Aston Martin DBR9  +    1 Lap 
 8.  GT1  Hezemans/Longin/Kumpen  Corvette C6        +    1 Lap 
 9.  GT2  Melo/Bobbi              Ferrari 430 GT2    +    4 Laps
10.  GT2  Collard/Riccitelli      Porsche 996 GT3    +    4 Laps
11.  GT2  Salo/Aguas              Ferrari 430 GT2    +    4 Laps
12.  GT1  Balfe/Derbyshire        Saleen S7R         +    6 Laps
13.  GT2  Ried/Felbermayr Jr      Porsche 996 GT3    +    6 Laps
14.  GT2  Dean/Tomlinson          Panoz              +    7 Laps
15.  GT2  Moccia/Busnelli         Porsche 996 GT3    +    8 Laps
16.  GT2  Kaufmann/Moro           Porsche 996 GT3    +   10 Laps
17.  GT2  Felbermayr/Ried         Porsche 996 GT3    +   10 Laps
18.  GT2  Gruber/Lichtner-Hoyer   Porsche 996 GT3    +   11 Laps
19.  GT2  Rosina/Konopka          Porsche 996 GT3    +   12 Laps
20.  GT2  Kutemann/Gosse          Ferrari 430 GT2    +   12 Laps
21.  GT2  Knauss/Jurasz/Heutschi  Porsche 996 GT3    +   13 Laps
22.  GT2  Sugden/Alexander-David  Ferrari 430 GT2    +   13 Laps