.jpg) The No. 88 Ford Mustang GT3 being driven at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | |
| Category | GT3 |
|---|---|
| Constructor |  Ford (Multimatic) |
| Designers | Anthony Colard (Design Manager, Ford Performance)[1] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Engine | Ford Coyote 5.4 L (330 cu in) V8 naturally aspirated, Front-engine |
| Transmission | Xtrac racing transaxle with ESA shift 6-speed sequential manual |
| Power | 550 hp (410 kW) |
| Weight | 2,842 lb (1,289 kg) |
| Fuel | TotalEnergies (WEC) & (GTWC) VP Racing Fuels (IMSA) |
| Lubricants | Motul Ravenol |
| Tires | Michelin (IMSA) Goodyear (WEC) Pirelli (GTWC) |
| Competition history | |
| Notable entrants | Gradient Racing Haupt Racing Team Multimatic Motorsports Proton Competition |
| Notable drivers | Mike Rockenfeller Joey Hand Christopher Mies Harry Tincknell |
| Debut | 2024 24 Hours of Daytona |
| First win | 2025 24 Hours of Daytona |
| Last event | 2025 24 Hours of Nürburgring |
The Ford Mustang GT3 is a racing car designed and developed by Ford Racing and Multimatic Motorsports according to GT3 regulations.[2][3] In 2022 it was announced that the Ford Mustang GT3 is in development. The car is the race variant of the seventh-generation edition of the Ford Mustang. It was unveiled as part of the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 9, 2023. Its first race was the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona. It competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the FIA WEC as well as other major GT series such as the GT World Challenge. The German racing team Proton Competition has been confirmed as the first customer team to run the Ford Mustang GT3.[4]
Powertrain
[edit]The Ford Mustang GT3 car is powered by a 5.4-litre naturally aspirated Ford Coyote-based V8 which was developed by Ford Performance and their long-term partner in the World Rally Championship M-Sport. For better weight distribution they moved the 6-speed Xtrac racing transaxle with ESA shift to the rear axle. Also, there are Bosch Motorsport MS6.4 ECU, four-plate AP racing clutch as well as MEGA-line E-clutch actuation built into the car.[5]
Chassis
[edit]The chassis is based on the seventh-generation Mustang. It features an FIA homologated fully-integrated compliant racing cage as well as other safety devices. It has Multimatic five-way adjustable DSSV dampers, a double wishbone suspension on both axles and Alcon brake discs.[5] The Ford is equipped with a highly developed aero-package and has quickly replaceable parts of carbon fiber bodywork which caused some issues in the races when boot lids and diffusers came loose or completely fell off the race cars.[6]
Teams
[edit]| Team | Competition | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Dollahite Racing
|
GT World Challenge America powered by AWS (from 2025) | GTWC America: #6 |
| Gradient Racing
|
IMSA SportsCar Championship (GTD class: from 2025) | IMSA: #66 |
| Haupt Racing Team
|
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup, Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie / Nürburgring 24 Hours (SP9 class) (from 2025), ADAC GT Masters |
DTM: #36, #64 GTWC Europe: #64, #65 NLS/N24: #2, #6 ADAC GT Masters: #2, #3, #64 |
| Proton Competition
|
FIA WEC, GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup,[7] IMSA SportsCar Championship (GTD class) |
WEC: #77, #88 GTWC Europe: #64 IMSA: #55 |
| Multimatic Motorsports
|
IMSA SportsCar Championship (GTD Pro class) | IMSA: #64, #65 |
Successes
[edit]In its first season the Ford Mustang GT3 experienced a couple of tough races. Even through some problems[6] the #64 Ford run by Multimatic Motorsports achieved a second-place finish at Virginia International Raceway in the GTD Pro class. On the same race weekend the Mustang by Proton Competition also achieved the first pole position for a Ford Mustang GT3 car.[8]
However, the biggest achievement was the podium at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans when the #88 scored a third place at the famous race.[9]
When 2025 came, the factory-backed Multimatic team would score their first GTD Pro class victory with the #65 entry while the #64 car came on the podium in third at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.[10]
Racing results
[edit]IMSA SportsCar Championship
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2024 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | |||||||
| Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
GTD Pro | Mike Rockenfeller Harry Tincknell Christopher Mies
|
64 | All All 1–2 |
6 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6th | 2783 | ||
Joey Hand Dirk Müller Frédéric Vervisch
|
65 | All All 1–2 |
Ret | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10th | 2555 | ||||
| Proton Competition
|
GTD |  Giammarco Levorato Corey Lewis Ryan Hardwick Dennis Olsen
|
55 | All All 1–2, 5 1 |
Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 15th | 2072 | ||
| 2025* | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | |||||||
| Ford Multimatic Motorsports
|
GTD Pro | Austin Cindric Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller
|
64 | All All All |
3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3th | 3077 | ||
| Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch
|
65 | All All All |
1 | 6 | 8 | Ret | DSQ | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8th | 2181 | ||||||
| Gradient Racing
|
GTD | Till Bechtolsheimer Tatiana Calderón Joey Hand Harry Tincknell
|
66 | All All All All |
Ret | 13 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 13th | 1729 | ||||
* Season still in progress.
FIA World Endurance Championship
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2024 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMN | SAP | COA | FUJ | BHR | |||||||
| Proton Competition
|
LMGT3 | John Hartshorne Christopher Mies Ben Tuck
|
44 | 4 4 4 |
4 | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon
|
77 | All All All |
11 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 15 | Ret | 17th | 18 | |||
Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Giorgio Roda Christian Ried Ben Keating
|
88 | All All 1–4 5, 7 6 |
9 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 13 | NC | 16 | Ret | 13th | 37 | |||
| 2025* | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMN | SAO | COA | FUJ | BHR | |||||||
| Proton Competition
|
LMGT3 | Ben Barker Bernardo Sousa Ben Tuck
|
77 | 1–7 1–7 1–7 |
Ret | 10 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 11th | 25 | |||
| Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Dennis Olsen
|
88 | 1–7 1–7 1–7 |
10 | 16 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 14th | 20 | |||||
* Season still in progress.
GT World Challenge Europe
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | LEC | BRH | MIS | SPA | HOC | NÜR | MAG | MNZ | CAT | JED | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | 6H | 12H | 24H | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | ||||||||||||||
| Proton Competition
|
Endurance Cup | Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch Dennis Olsen Ben Barker
|
64 | All All 1–4 5 |
10 | 40 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 20 | Ret | 24th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2025* | LEC | BRH | ZAN | MNZ | SPA | MIS | MAG | NÜR | VAL | BAR | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | 6H | 12H | 24H | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | ||||||||||||||
| HRT Ford Performance
|
Pro Cup |  Thomas Drouet Arjun Maini Jann Mardenborough Romain Andriolo Jusuf Owega
|
64 | 1, 4–5, 8 1, 4–5, 8 1, 4–5, 8 2–3, 6–7 2–3, 6–7 |
11 | 28 | 25 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 35† | 22 | 22 | Ret | WD | 6 | 17th | 10 | ||||||
| Silver Cup | Romain Andriolo David Schumacher Finn Wiebelhaus Salman Owega
|
65 | 1, 4–5, 8 1, 4–5, 8 1, 4–5, 8 5 |
9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7† | 4 | 21st | 26 | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2025* | NLS1 | NLS2 | NLS3 | 24H-Q | NLS6 | NLS7 | NLS8 | NLS9 | NLS10 | ||||||||
| HRT Ford Performance
|
SP9 Pro Cup | Frank Stippler Dennis Olsen Arjun Maini Hubert Haupt Jusuf Owega Nico Bastian
|
2 | 1–3 1–2 1, 3 2–3 2–3 1 |
DNS | 8 | WD | ** | ** | ||||||||
| Vincent Kolb Dennis Fetzer Dirk Müller Patrick Assenheimer Frank Stippler Jusuf Owega David Schumacher
|
6 | 3, 6–7 1, 3 1, 3 3, 6 6–7 1 1 |
12 | 11 | 3‡ | 11th | 30 | ||||||||||
| SP9 Pro-Am Cup | Patrick Assenheimer Dennis Fetzer Salman Owega David Schumacher
|
2 2 2 2 |
10 | ||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
** Not eligible for championship points.
GT World Challenge America
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025* | SON | COT | SEB | VIR | ELK | BAR | IND | |||||||||||||
| Dollahite Racing
|
Pro/Am Cup | Scott Dollahite Anthony Lazzaro Stefano Gattuso Eric Powell
|
6 | 1–6 1–2 3 4–6 |
18 | 17 | 14th | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Am Cup | 18† | 12P | 12PF | 11PF | 15†P | 10 | 15†P | 15† | 2nd | 163 | ||||||||||
† – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they had started the race.
* Season still in progress.
ADAC GT Masters
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025* | LAU | ZAN | NÜR | SAL | RBR | HOC | |||||||||||||
| Haupt Racing Team
|
Silver Cup | Salman Owega Finn Wiebelhaus
|
1 | 1–5 1–5 |
22 | 42 | 5 | Ret | 22 | 11 | |||||||||
 Jonathan Cecotto Dennis Fetzer
|
2 | 1–5 1–5 |
Ret | 5 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 9 | |||||||||||
| Niklas Kalus Max Reis David Schumacher
|
3 | 1–5 1–5 3 |
3 | Ret1 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 22 | |||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
[edit](key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 2025* | OSC | LAU | ZAN | NOR | NÜR | SAC | RBR | HOC | ||||||||||||||
| HRT Ford Performance
|
Arjun Maini
|
36 | 1–6 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 53 | Ret | 6 | 20 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 14th | 57 | |||
 Fabio Scherer
|
64 | 1–6 | 19 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 11 | DNS | DNS | Ret | 18 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 21st | 20 | ||||
* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anthony Colard: designer des Mustang GTD et GT3" [Anthony Colard: designer of the Mustang GTD and GT3]. Pony 'N Snake. September 3, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ^ Ford (September 3, 2024). "Ford Mustang® GT3 Race Car". www.ford.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Multimatic Motorsports (September 3, 2024). "Ford Mustang® GT3 Bred to Race". www.multimaticmotorsports.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Ford Media (June 9, 2023). "Ford kehrt 2024 mit dem Mustang GT3 in den GT-Rennsport und zu den 24 Stunden von Le Mans zurück". media.ford.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Ford Performance and Multimatic Motorsports (August 5, 2024). "FORD MUSTANG GT3: BRED TO RACE" (PDF). www.multimaticmotorsports.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Purcell, Alexandra (May 11, 2024). "FIA approves fix for Ford Mustang GT3". fordauthority.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ GT World Challenge Europe (September 4, 2024). "Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3". www.gt-world-challenge-europe.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ MediaProton (August 25, 2024). "Proton Competition holt in Virginia die weltweit erste Pole für den neuen Ford Mustang GT3". proton-competition.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ MediaProton (June 16, 2024). "Podium in Le Mans für Proton Competition und den Ford Mustang GT3". proton-competition.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (January 26, 2025). "Ford's Mustang GT3 Shines In GTD PRO Brawl". Dailysportscar. Retrieved January 31, 2025.