Maserati is ready to return to sports activities automotive racing this yr with a brand new GT2-spec race automotive primarily based on its MC20 supercar.
The brand new race automotive is formally referred to as the Maserati GT2, and it made its debut on Friday on the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Spa, the spotlight of the SRO-sanctioned GT World Problem Europe.
Whereas that collection is open to GT3-spec automobiles, the Maserati is ready to contest SRO’s GT2 European Sequence. The collection is open to buyer groups and consists of race automobiles primarily based on the Audi R8, KTM X-Bow, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, Porsche 911, and extra.
Maserati’s GT2 will begin racing on the tail-end of 2023 and take part within the full 2024 season, the automaker mentioned.
2023 Maserati GT2 race automotive
The GT2 is carefully linked to the MC20 highway automotive. It runs the identical twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 (output depends on Steadiness of Efficiency guidelines), although the race automotive adopts a a lot wilder aerodynamic design with bigger aspect intakes and an adjustable rear wing connected through swan-neck struts. It additionally has its personal entrance splitter and rear diffuser, and based on Maserati a completely flat flooring helps enhance airflow.
The race automotive’s complete physique shell is constituted of light-weight composite supplies. The physique panels characteristic a quick-release design to make sure new elements may be swapped in rapidly, Maserati mentioned. The fenders sport a brand new design to accommodate a wider observe. They characteristic louvers up entrance and the aforementioned bigger aspect intakes on the rear, the latter geared toward radiators.
Different elements particular to the race automotive embrace the adjustable dampers, adjustable anti-roll bars, 6-speed sequential transmission, quick-release steering wheel, and 6.5-inch driver info show. The ABS system can also be particular to the race automotive and may be calibrated by the motive force from behind the wheel.
2023 Maserati GT2 race automotive
The GT2 has some huge footwear to fill. Some readers will recall the MC20’s predecessor, the Ferrari Enzo-based MC12, competed within the FIA GT Sequence throughout the 2000s and gained three 24 Hours of Spa races (2005, 2006, and 2008).
Maserati’s return to motorsports kicked off this yr with a factory-backed workforce competing within the Method E World Championship. The automaker can also be engaged on an MC20 observe automotive that is primarily based on the MC20 and will doubtlessly be a precursor for a race automotive designed for the GT courses of the IMSA SportsCar Championship or FIA World Endurance Championship.
“Our DNA and our spirit have all the time lain in racing,” David Grasso, Maserati’s CEO, mentioned in an announcement. “Now greater than ever we wish to rekindle and nourish that aggressive ardour that has all the time characterised and motivated us to attain main milestones.”
