Martin Leach, the new Maserati CEO recently acquired from Ford, stated, "The history of Maserati is one of sporting success, splendid and fascinating automobiles and exclusive clients. We have completed the series of 25 MC12 road cars and they are ready for delivery to the clients and the track cars in which we will make our racing return to an international championship are being prepared. For us then, it is an important historic moment."
 |
| "We would like our future clients to possess an easily manageable car with great performance and good reliability," said Technical Director Maserati Corse Giorgio Ascanelli. (Photo: Maserati) |
Director Maserati Corse Claudio Berro commented, "It is an exciting moment as it marks the return of a great automobile manufacturer to competition after a gap of thirty years. All the cars have been completed and selected and so all that remains is for the track to give its verdict. We believe that we have worked well over the past two years."
Technical Director Maserati Corse Giorgio Ascanelli added, "The race version is derived from the road version of the MC12, with a close eye kept on performance and costs. We would like our future clients to possess an easily manageable car with great performance and good reliability."
 |
| Much of the MC12 is derived from Ferrari, so reliability should not be a problem. (Photo: Maserati) |
Being that much of the MC12 is derived from Ferrari, Maserati's old track rival, reliability should not be a problem, which should be a comfort to those driving the cars.
"The road going car and the race spec car are very similar," stated driver Andrea Bertolini. "The MC12 is a very easy vehicle to drive and one in which it is easy to find the limit. We work well with Mika Salo. We completed the last three tests together and, most significantly, we give the technicians similar feedback on the car."