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  • Mercedes-AMG and the three GT3 race-ready beauties

    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 RacecarsFor 2017 race season, Mercedes-AMG team will be racing in the most important and prestigious North-American race series for the first time. The chosen vehicle? GT3. The championships? IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Riley Motorsports and other.

    So far the Mercede-AMG racing team has decided that one of the competing vehicle will run as “AMG-Team Riley Motorsports” and the other as WeatherTech Racing with sponsorship from series’ main sponsor. Sweet, isn’t it? Also, with SunEnergy1 Racing, one more custom vehicle from Affalterbach is already confirmed.

    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars

    It appears as Mercedes-AMG prepares confidently for the next milestone and passionately continues development of the Customer Sports Programme. And with the entering of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the IMSA championship the team shows its determination for achieving victory, or at least honorable performance. As you might know, so far the manufacturer was presented with the SLS AMG GT3 that did good, but apparently, there is still to be wanted.

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    And this is why for this upcoming presence in IMSA, Mercedes-Benz works together with Riley Motorsports. This means that there will be a car that would be especially represented by the team’s patronage of the series’ sponsor. Also, there are plans that include a Mercedes-AMG GT3 machine to take place in the GTD class.

    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars

    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars

    Definitely getting more and more serious, the sports team confidently heads towards a sweet 2017 race season.

    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars
    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars
    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars
    2017 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racecars

    Source: Mercedes-AMG

  • Mercedes-AMG GT3 Racer is Fully Revealed!

    After we had a glimpse of what the Mercedes-AMG GT3 car would look like, now it is time to have a full view on it. In addition, there is some impressive data regarding its specifications. Although the famous carmaker has revealed only four pictures of the motorsports-beast we are extremely satisfied that the veil has been finally lifted. So, take a look at the gallery and tell us what you think.

    The 2015 motorsport season starts in March, not literally of course, but with the start of the Geneva Motor Show, and this is where we are going to hear the V8 engine of the AMG GT3 roaring.

    The car has all the necessary characteristics of a FIA GT3 racer, thus it will be eligible to compete in the race series. Spectacular design is what we can see from the photos, but what Mercedes ain’t telling us is the cutting-edge racing technology imbued in it.

    Going straight to these facts, the 2015 GT3 car is based on the Mercedes-AMG GT. This means that both models have similar characteristics like the low centre of gravity, the perfectly distributed weight and wide track width. As a matter of fact, this layout is the reason of the precise cornering as well as the high lateral acceleration, exceptional agility and traction.

    The design of the car is classy: the body is painted in matt designo selenite grey mango, while the large air intakes, diffuser and the rear aerofoil speak of extreme track performance. The vehicle is constructed with lightweight aluminium spaceframe, thus ensuring less weight and more aerodynamism.

    Inside, the driver is protected via the carbon-fibre seat pan and the integral roll-over cage. For the purpose of weight savings the engine cover, doors, front wing, front and rear aprons, sidewalls, side skirts, diffuser, boot lid and rear aerofoil are all made from carbon-fibre.

    The horsepower comes from the AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine that is coupled with a six-speed sequential racing gearbox. The transmission is mounted in a transaxle configuration on the rear axle, which actually results in the perfect weight distribution. What’s left to be mentioned is the aluminium double-wishbone suspension.

    The GT3 has gone through extensive testing and the company is saying that it will ship the racer to the customer teams at the end of this year.

    2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
    2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
    2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
    2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3

    Source: Mercedes-Benz 

  • Take First Look at the Mercedes-AMG GT3!

    Mercedes-AMG GT3 has been finally revealed! Although the company has uploaded only one image of the awaited car on its social network, we think that it is enough to soothe the emotions ahead of the “full debut”. Next to the picture, Mercedes announced that the new AMG Customer Sport race car complies with every single FIA GT3 race regulation. For the design and creation of this extreme vehicle, the technicians and designers have used the road-going AMG GT. This is the perfect basis for a superb racetrack performance machine, isn’t it?

    As we already know, the GT3 car will make its world premiere in eleven days at the Geneva Auto Saloon. As a matter of fact, at the event the model will be introduced as a replacement of the SLS AMG GT3 that was stopped from production last year.

    We can clearly see from the darkened photograph that the model has extremely purposeful and wide body. The front end of the car definitely looks modified and if you are a fan of Mercedes, then you will notice that it features larger radiator grille, redesigned bumper with new gills as well as lower mesh grille.

    What we also received as information about this “beasty” car is that it will undergo extensive testing accompanied by a development period after its debut in Geneva. At last, we had hopes to see the car in action sooner, but it is already official that it will hit track next year, participating in the FIA GT3 Championship season.

    Source: Mercedes-Benz via Facebook 

  • SLS AMG GT3 Gullwing on the Nurburgring “Nordschleife”

    Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 made its official track debut the past weekend, on the four-hour race for the VLN Nurburgring endurance championship. This event is a part of the development and testing program of the SLS AMG GT3, which have been started in June 2010.

    The test pilots were Bernd Scheinder (five DTM titles, one ITC championship and one FIA GT championship) and Thomas Jager (reigning Porsche Carrera Cup champion).

    The car is powered by the famous 6.2 liter naturally aspirated V8 mated with a six-speed racing transmission with sequential gear-changes. (more…)