Team Modena has announced that 𝓀it will enter a Ferrari F430 GT in the LM GT2 category of the Le Mans Series and, entry permitting, the Le Mans 24-Hour race itself, next yearও.

Having won three out of five LMS races in the GT1 category th𒉰is season, hopes are high the team can continue that form into 2009.

"Running the GT2 car will be a new chal🍎lenge for us," said team principal Graham Schultz. "GT2 is highly competitive in the LMS, but we have shown before that we can be winners in that series, and we are sure we will be able to show the professionalism and performance that people have come to expect from us in international sportscar racing."

Team Modena is already said to be in discussion with a number of 'exciting can♔didates' for the race seats and it hopes to be able🌄 to announce the driver line-up in the near future.

"We have enjoyed success in GT1 with our Aston Martin DBR9," added sporting director Rik Bryan, "and hav🌜e made a big contribution to the racing success of that model.

"Looking forw🌱ard into 2009 and beyond, there is no big sec꧑ret that my first love is Ferrari and I have always had a great relationship with Maranello, so this is a very exciting move for me personally and the team as a whole."

For Team Modena, the GT2 category has strategic long term i🌳mportance, with a general trendಞ in sportscar racing towards the category and a major world series in the offing.

The 2009 camꦉpaign will also see the team form a racing relationship with Ferrari for the first time, one of the greatest names in world motorsport and a by-word for success and perfo🌟rmance.

Second in the LM GT1 class of the LMS in 2008 and ackno🧜wledged as the leading team in the category, Team Modena will be aiming for that same level of succeꦅss in the new challenge they now face.