Maserati Turns 100 on the Track, and the GT2 Stradale Wears the Celebration Beautifully Some anniversaries deserve more than a press release. One hundred years of the Maserati Trident, one of the most recognised symbols in automotive history, deserves a car dressed for the occasion. That car is the Maserati GT2 Stradale, and the livery it now wears is one of the most visually powerful things to come out of Modena in years. The Livery and What It Represents Unveiled at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on May 30, 2026, as the 2026 GT2 European Series season opened, the new 250F-inspired livery makes an immediate statement. The body is dominated by deep red, with a bright yellow strip running across the nose between the headlights, a direct echo of the Maserati 250F that defined the golden age of Formula 1. Yellow Trident emblems appear on the front grille and behind the side windows. A white number "1" sits on the passenger-side front quarter panel, faithfully recreating the race car's identity down to the finest detail. Read More Mitsubishi Pajero Is Coming Back: New Off-Road SUV Confirmed for Autumn 2026 World Premiere Developed through the Maserati Fuoriserie personalisation programme, the livery has been applied to both a one-off GT2 race car and the road-legal GT2 Stradale. Maserati has confirmed the colour scheme will be available to GT2 Stradale customers as a custom specification, though no pricing or production limit has been announced. For collectors who understand what they are looking at, both of those details are almost secondary. The Legend Behind the Colours: The Maserati 250F To understand why this livery matters, you need to understand what the 250F actually was. In the 1950s, the Maserati 250F was the most coveted Formula 1 machine of its era, the car that the greatest drivers in the world wanted to race. Juan Manuel Fangio drove it to two Formula 1 world championships, in 1954 and 1957, adding victories in Argentina, Belgium, Monaco and France along the way. Stirling Moss won in Monaco and Italy in 1956 at the wheel of a 250F. In 1958, Maria Teresa de Filippis used it to become the first woman in history to qualify for a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Read More Maserati Hints That V8 Thunder May Return From the Dead The story goes back even further. In 1926, the Maserati Tipo 26 became the first car ever to carry the Trident on its bonnet, winning its class at the Targa Florio with Alfieri Maserati driving. That single race marked the beginning of a century of motorsport history that this livery now honours. It is not decoration. It is documentation. The GT2 Stradale: What You Are Actually Buying Strip away the heritage narrative, and the GT2 Stradale still stands as the most extreme road car Maserati currently builds. Based on the MC20 platform, it produces 631 hp and is engineered as the direct road-going interpretation of the GT2 race car, a machine that has already claimed consecutive championship titles in the GT2 European Series. For the second year running, the GT2 Stradale serves as the official Safety Car of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, a role that says everything about how seriously the motorsport world takes this car.
