Mercedes-AMG describes the new Mercedes GT2 as the most powerful homologated racecar of its 12 year old customer racing programme. Its engine performance level exceeds that of the current Mercedes GT3 car. With GT3 having become ultra-professional - from 2024 even Le Mans will have it as its headline category - the SRO Motorsports Group established GT2 and the Fanatec GT2 European Series with amateur races in mind.

GT2 should not be confused with the outgoing LM GT2 - rather, it is a category that slots in between (lower overall performance) GT4 and  (higher overall performance) GT3. Superior aero more than compensates for GT3’s lower power level. Like GT3 and GT4, GT2 is based on car  homologation and ongoing Balance of Performance.

 Affalterbach based Mercedes-AMG dipped its toe in the water of GT2 when its AMG GT Track Series model made its debut in the 2022 Fanatec   GT2 European Series round at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Since then, Mercedes-AMG has further developed the racecar to create the    homologated Mercedes-AMG GT2, which is being offered to customers ready-to-race for the 2023 season.

The Mercedes-AMG GT coupe road car’s M178 V8 has bore of 83 mm and stroke of 92 mm for 3982 cc. This is a dry sump, direct injection  engine developed from the wet sump M177 and having a ‘hot-vee’ induction/ exhaust layout meaning the twin turbos are in the centre of the unit.

The Mercedes-AMG GT2 has a power level of 520 kW (697 bhp) provided by a 4.0 litre V8 twin turbo, which exploits a flat plane [180 degree   phased] crankshaft as proof of its racing intent. In that respect it is derived from the road going Black Series engine, albeit detuned from that  application to suit GT2 regulations. Maximum torque is 800 Nm.

The front engine, rear wheel drive GT2 uses a six-speed, sequential change Hewland gearbox mounted with the final drive in a transaxle configuration. The propshaft feeding it is a carbon fibre reinforced plastic production.