Mercedes-AMG rolls out a sharper GT3 race automobile for 2020 motorsport season
Mercedes-AMG on Friday unveiled an up to date model of its GT3 race automobile.
The GT3 was launched for the 2016 motorsport season, and in its first yr took out the 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race. This yr’s working of the gruelling race, scheduled for this weekend, would be the scene of the debut of the up to date model.
The up to date GT3 will not race till the 2020 motorsport season, with AMG aiming to start out deliveries to buyer groups by the top of 2019. Groups shopping for the automobile can stay up for improved efficiency coupled with decrease working prices.
A redesign of the entrance part affords higher safety for front-mounted elements just like the radiator. Aero parts just like the entrance splitter and rear wing have additionally been tweaked in order that they are often adjusted a lot quicker than earlier than.
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT3 race automobile
New applied sciences embrace an computerized information logger and evaluation system, a operate to robotically begin the engine when the automobile is lowered from its in-built air jacks, and brake and traction management techniques designed to swimsuit the newest era of competitors tires.
Reasonably than use the GT street automobile’s four.Zero-liter twin-turbocharged V-Eight, the engineers have caught with the 6.Three-liter V-Eight of the present GT3. AMG cited low working prices, lengthy service intervals, user-friendly expertise and, not least, nice reliability as key causes for staying with the earlier engine. Connecting the engine with the gearbox is a driveshaft and torque tube composed of carbon fiber.
Lastly, the outside of the automobile has been up to date to match the newest design discovered on the 2020 GT street automobile, with the important thing particulars being the brand new lights and enlarged grille.
The value tag for the 2020 GT3 in its commonplace setup is 399,000 euros (roughly $451,740). The excellent news for groups working the prevailing GT3, AMG will provide an improve bundle for the older automobiles to convey them as much as the identical specs of the 2020 GT3.