Emotions, adrenaline and triumphs: in the second race-weekend of the 2025 GT2 European Series Powered by Pirelli season, Maserati was the star of the show on the legendary Dutch track at Zandvoort, with the Maserati GT2s taking overall and class victories.
In Race 1, starting from pole position, the number 1 car from the LP Racing team – driven by Philippe Prette – saw the reigning Am Class champion achieve an extraordinary overall victory as well as in its class. In Race 2 the French driver with an Italian licence repeated his success in the Am Class, obtaining third place overall.
Conversely, there was victory in Race 2 for Roberto Pampanini and Mauro Calamia, driving the Dinamic Motorsport Maserati GT2: after runner-up position in the Pro-Am Class and third overall in Race 1, it was time for victory in the weekend’s second challenge.
The first race of the weekend saw Philippe Prette, leader in the Am Class, start from pole position and immediately set an unsustainable pace for his opponents, gaining a margin of more than 15 seconds before pitting for the mandatory stop. In the second half of the race, the driver with an Italian licence resisted the comeback of the professional drivers behind him, taking overall success with less than a second of advantage, as well as the lead in the Am Class.
A driver in the Am Class had not achieved an overall victory since 2022. Third beneath the chequered flag for the Dinamic Motorsport Maserati GT2 number 7, lined up in the Pro-Am Class: Roberto Pampanini kept the car on the lowest step of the podium in the first half of the race, before handing the wheel over to Switzerland’s Mauro Calamia, who completed the race with an overall podium and as runner-up in his category.
Race 2 saw the Dinamic Motorsport Maserati GT2 start from third on the grid with Mauro Calamia; the Swiss driver quickly moved up to second place before handing the wheel over to Roberto Pampanini. The Italian emerged in the same position and tailed the race leader, before launching a decisive attack just minutes from the end. He took the overall win and victory in the Pro-Am Class, to complete a triumphant weekend for the House of the Trident.
Race 1 winner Philippe Prette, in the LP Racing team’s number 1 Maserati GT2, started from the back of the grid after an accident in the qualifiers. Even so, he led a decisive comeback that, after the pit stops, brought him another win in the Am Class, as well as the third step on the overall podium.
Maria Conti, Head of Maserati Corse, noted: “Once again today, we have reconfirmed how Maserati’s racing DNA is synonymous with passion, success and performance. We did it with wins and an extraordinary haul – a pole, two overall victories, two first places in the Am Class, as well as a P1 and a P2 in the Pro-Am Class – on a completely new track for the GT2 European Series.
Zandvoort with its curves and elevation gain is an extremely fascinating track and is even more so for us: a Maserati 4CL won the first ever race held here in 1948, with the Prince of Siam at the wheel. This weekend we added a new chapter to our glorious history in motorsport, ahead of the major anniversary we will be celebrating next year, when we reach a century of Maserati in racing. The countdown has already begun, and now the spotlight falls on the Maserati GT2 in the iconic setting of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa to increase the milestones in our trophy haul”.
The next round of the GT2 European Series Powered by Pirelli is scheduled to take place in Spa, Belgium, from 26 to 29 June.
