February 27, 2015 – Mercedes-AMG is entering the 2015 motorsport season at the beginning of March with its new Mercedes-AMG GT3 that is making its debut appearance at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.
Based on the Mercedes-AMG GT and developed to comply with the FIA’s GT3 race rules, the racing car will compete in the world’s most hotly contested customer race series. Following an intensive test phase, the new AMG racing car will be shipped to the first customer teams at the end of 2015.
As in the road going version, the vehicle structure of the GT3 consists of a lightweight yet extremely rigid aluminium spaceframe. The driver is further protected by the carbon-fibre seat pan and an integral roll-over cage made from high-tensile steel. In order to reduce the vehicle weight further still, the engine cover, doors, front wing, front and rear aprons, sidewalls, side skirts, diffuser, boot lid and rear aerofoil are all made from particularly lightweight yet high-strength carbon-fibre.
Acceleration is ensured by an AMG 6.3-litre high-revving naturally aspirated V8 engine taken from the SLS AMG GT3. The six-speed sequential racing gearbox for the GT3 is – as is the case in the standard GT – mounted in a transaxle configuration on the rear axle, thereby facilitating optimum weight distribution. They also have double-wishbone suspension – made almost entirely from aluminium – in common.
