This weekend, the Principality of Monaco, with its street circuit – the most prestigious and coveted on the calendar of the top motorsport categories – will host the ninth day of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and the Maserati GranTurismos will be the protagonists.
Maserati, debuting in the 9th season of the 100% electric series, will be present on the track, eager to confirm and improve on the results obtained in the recent round in Berlin, where it obtained an historic first podium, and in the most glamorous square in the world, Place du Casino, with two cars on display.
Facing the sumptuous facade of the building which houses one of the most iconic places in Monte Carlo, the new Granturismo Folgore, the first full-electric creation in the history of the brand, will occupy a place of honor together with its most powerful version with an internal combustion engine, the GranTurismo Trophy.
The two road cars will be joined by the futuristic one Maserati Tipo Folgore, the Gen3 single-seater that will be involved in the Monaco race weekend. The two GranTurismos will remain on display for the public until Saturday 6 May, while the single-seater of the Maserati MSG Racing team, after a fleeting appearance on Monday 1 May, will return to its natural environment, the trackside pits, ready to another exciting full electric race weekend.
The Maserati brand
Maserati produces a complete line of one-of-a-kind cars, instantly recognizable by their extraordinary personality. Thanks to their style, technology and innate exclusivity, they satisfy the most demanding and refined tastes, always constituting a point of reference in the global automotive industry. A tradition of successful automobiles, which have redefined the concept of the Italian sports car from time to time in terms of design, performance, comfort, elegance and safety, and are now available in over seventy international markets. Its ambassadors are the Quattroporte flagship, the Ghibli sports sedan, Levante, the first SUV made by Maserati, and Grecale, the “Everyday Exceptional” SUV, all models characterized by refined materials and excellent technical solutions. A range equipped with 4-cylinder hybrid engines – available for the Ghibli, Grecale and Levante – V6 and V8 petrol engines, with rear and all-wheel drive, which best express the performance DNA of the Maserati brand, and which today is completed by the Grecale Folgore, the Maserati's first full-electric SUV. The top of the range are the MC20 super sports car and the MC20 Cielo spyder, powered by the innovative V6 Nettuno engine, 100% Maserati, which introduced technologies derived from F1, available for the first time on an engine intended for a production car . The new GranTurismo is available with both the powerful V6 petrol engine derived from the Nettuno engine and in the 100% electric version, the GranTurismo Folgore, the first car in the history of the Modena brand to adopt this solution. By 2025, all Maserati models will be available in full-electric versions; by 2030 the entire Maserati range will run exclusively on electricity.
