The F430, launched in 2004 as a 2005 model car, replaced the 360 Modena.  It is the true essence of Ferrari namely an incredibly agile sports car which adores the closed circuits.  Just like its predecessor the 360, the F430 was in fact used in the Ferrari Challenge featured at the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit in Montréal during the weekends of the Formula One races.  At the end of 2009, the F430 was in turn replaced by the 458 Italia 2010.