Maserati is about to return to sports activities automobile racing this yr with a brand new GT2-spec race automobile based mostly on its MC20 supercar.

The brand new race automobile is formally 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 vehicles, the Maserati is about to contest SRO’s GT2 European Sequence. The collection is open to buyer groups and consists of race vehicles based mostly on the Audi R8, KTM X-Bow, Mercedes-Benz AMG, Porsche 911, and extra.

Maserati’s GT2 will begin racing within the tail-end of 2023 and take part within the full 2024 season, the automaker stated.

2023 Maserati GT2 race automobile

The GT2 is carefully linked to the MC20 highway automobile. It runs the identical turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 (output is dependant on Steadiness of Efficiency), although the race automobile adopts a a lot wilder aerodynamic design with bigger facet intakes and an adjustable rear wing connected by way of swan-neck struts. There’s additionally the noticeable entrance splitter and rear diffuser, and in line with Maserati’s there’s additionally a completely flat ground that helps enhance air move.

The race automobile’s complete physique shell can also be comprised of light-weight composite supplies. The physique panels characteristic a quick-release design to make sure new elements will be swapped in shortly, Maserati stated. The fenders are additionally a brand new design to accommodate a wider monitor. They characteristic louvers up entrance and the aforementioned bigger facet intakes on the rear, the latter aimed toward radiators.

Different areas particular to the race automobile embody the suspension elements (adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bars), 6-speed sequential transmission, quick-release steering wheel, and 6.5-inch driver data show. The ABS system can also be particular and will be calibrated by the driving force from behind the wheel.

2023 Maserati GT2 race automobile

The GT2 has some huge sneakers 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 was profitable in a minimum of 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 monitor automobile that is based mostly on the MC20 and will doubtlessly be a precursor for a race automobile designed for the GT courses of the IMSA SportsCar Championship or FIA World Endurance Championship.

“Our DNA and our spirit have at all times lain in racing,” David Grasso, Maserati’s CEO, stated in a press release. “Now greater than ever we wish to rekindle and nourish that aggressive ardour that has at all times characterised and motivated us to attain main milestones.”