Apparently this is not the case. Larry Holt of Multimatic was quoted saying this in a new article on the Road & Track website today:
“There’s going to be confusion… People will think that the GT3 race car is homologated off this road car [the GTD]. But that can’t be. The race car has been homologated off the gen-seven Mustang. And then we made a road car off the race car [the new GTD]. That’s pretty unique… Here we actually did a race car, and then have done a road car.”
“[The GTD] is way more sophisticated than the [GT3] race car. I mean, I don’t think anybody would not say that. You can’t have active aero on the race car. We have active aero on this. You can’t have active suspension on the race car. We have active suspension on this. So it takes a look at that race car and takes it way further, technologically.”
Source:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a44845577/2025-ford-mustang-gtd-is-not-a-homologation-special
Thanks for that, Ericc, I stand corrected! GT3 specs appear to be much more lenient than the old Prototype class. For example, there's no limit on engine size! (having now done a little research)
That being said, I'm sure the business case for this wouldn't have stood up without the race car paying most of the bills.
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