▁C iv ic ". ▁He ▁also ▁compl iment ed ▁the ▁AS R ' s ▁level ▁of ▁inter vention , ▁comment ing ▁that ▁it ▁" lets ▁the ▁fun ▁factor ▁get ▁reason ably ▁high ▁before ▁kick ing ▁in ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁an ▁MC 1 2 ▁was ▁hot la pped ▁at ▁the ▁Nur bur gr ing ▁Nord sch le ife ▁and ▁obtained ▁a ▁ 7 : 2 4 . 2 9 - second ▁lap ▁time . ▁This ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁an ▁MC 1 2 ▁recorded ▁a ▁faster ▁lap ▁time ▁than ▁its ▁Ferr ari ▁counter part , ▁with ▁the ▁En zo ▁la pping ▁the ▁track ▁ 1 ▁second ▁slower . ▁ ▁Racing ▁ ▁FI A ▁GT ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Mas er ati ▁completed ▁three ▁MC 1 2 ▁GT 1 ▁race ▁cars ▁intended ▁for ▁the ▁FI A ▁GT ▁GT 1 ▁class . ▁The ▁AF ▁Cor se ▁factory - back ed ▁squad ▁deb uted ▁the ▁race ▁at ▁Im ola , ▁yet ▁the ▁FI A ▁did ▁not ▁allow ▁the ▁MC 1 2 ▁to ▁score ▁points ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁deb ated ▁hom olog ation . ▁Even ▁with ▁this ▁set back , ▁the ▁team ▁managed ▁to ▁take ▁second ▁and ▁third ▁places . ▁At ▁the ▁next ▁round ▁at ▁O sch ers leben , ▁the ▁MC 1 2 ▁of ▁Andrea ▁Bert ol ini ▁and ▁M ika ▁Sal o ▁won ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁At ▁the ▁final ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁at ▁Z hu hai , ▁the ▁FI A ▁finally ▁agreed ▁to ▁hom