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F1 driver fringe benefits - you get a Maserati

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Team drivers of Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso teams have each been given Maserati GranSports for the 2006 F1 season. David Coulthard and Christian Klien (Red Bull Racing) and Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed (Scuderia Toro Rosso) have been given four Maserati GranSports, which they will use throughout 2006, starting with the first European round of the F1 championship at Imola.

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The cars were delivered at a special event at Francesco Baracca Airport in Lugo di Romagna. Each driver has their own personalized car - in Touring Grey (David Coulthard), Carbon Black (Christian Klien), Mediterranean Blue (Tonio Liuzzi) and World Championship Red (Scott Speed).

The Maserati GranSport (see ItalianCar FACTfile for specs) is the most popular model among Maserati's younger customers. The road version of the GranSport has inspired the Trofeo GranSport, the star of Maserati's single-make race series, the Trofeo Audemars Piguet Maserati Europe. The next round of the Trofeo Championship will take place at Silverstone on May 5-7, during the FIA GT Championship weekend, and will see supermodel Jodie Kidd return to motor racing, after last year's successful fourth place in the Sponsored Drivers' Trofeo Maserati Championship.

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Photo captions:
Picture 01: Drivers of the Red Bull Racing Team and Scuderia Toro Rosso pose with their new Maserati GranSports
Picture 02: David Coulthard in his Maserati GranSport
Picture 03: Christian Klien with his customised Maserati GranSport
Picture 04: Scott Speed with his GranSport in World Championship Red

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