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The Maserati Trofeo reaches Shanghai for round five

Modena, 30 October 2013 - Following the excitement of the Sonoma (US) transfer in August, the fifth and penultimate round in the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series will unfold at the Formula 1 track to Shanghai in China on 2-3 November.

At the 2012 finals held on this circuit last year, Renaud Kuppens celebrated winning the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series. The Belgian swept the board: he took the Overall title, the Trofeo Europa, the award for the most pole positions as well as first place in the Team standings with Konvex Motorsport. This time, with one round still to run (at Abu Dhabi on 13 December), Kuppens is in line to add the 2013 Maserati title to his collection. He is well placed as, at Sonoma, he extended his lead over his closest rival with two wins and a fifth place. Sixty points now separate him from the Dane, Mikkel Mac, in second. However, the title is not a mathematical certainty with Ragazzi and Simoni, 75 points down, also in the running.

The title chasers will also have to deal with tough competitors in the form of Frenchman Ange Barde, who claimed Race 3 at Sonoma, the Cola/Gobbo duo, Calamia and Venier/Gardelli, looking for their first win of the season. China will also see an exciting group of Asian divers lining up.

The www.maseraticorse.com website will be updated during the weekend with race reports, interviews, videos and photographs while MotorsTV (in Europe) will broadcast highlights of the three Shanghai races; Radio Monte Carlo will continue to feature championship news during its sports programmes.

A presentation of the Shanghai round is available at:

http://www.themovimagecompany.it/Maserati/Promo_Shanghai.mov.zip
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Relive the Sonora races at:
http://www.themovimagecompany.it/Maserati/Round4_Sonoma_SPEAKER.mov.zip
<http://news.maserati.com/re?l=D0I9xo8rpI2vaga24I1>

Round 5 - Programme

Local time

Friday 1 November
Free practice 1: 10.50 - 11.35
Free practice 2: 14.05 - 14.50

Saturday 2 November
Qualifying 1: 08.40 - 09.00
Qualifying 2: 09.20 - 09.40
Race 1: 12.00 - 12.30
Race 2: 15.55 - 16.25

Sunday 3 November
Race 3: 11.10 - 12.00