Mercedes-AMG GT3

The Mercedes-AMG GT3 is a racing car of Mercedes-AMG, built to the FIA GT3 rules on the basis of the Mercedes-AMG GT. It was first shown to the public at the Geneva Motor Show in 2015 and has been delivered to customer teams since the end of 2015, for sprint and endurance races under the production-based GT3 regulations. It takes over, further improved, the AMG 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8 with dry-sump lubrication of its predecessor, the SLS AMG GT3, mounted at the front, with a sequential six-speed racing gearbox on the rear axle joined to the engine by a torque tube. The wheels hang on forged aluminium double wishbones and are 18-inch light alloys, and many parts are made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic to bring the weight under the permitted 1,300 kg. An EVO package presented at the end of 2019 adds a much larger radiator grille and changed headlights. Customer teams that ran it include GetSpeed, Akka ASP, Black Falcon, HTP and Zakspeed, and a GT3 of Black Falcon won the Nurburgring 24 Hours overall in 2016.