Insight: Plotting the FIA's Next Evolution With GT3

John Dagys speaks with FIA representatives on the future of the highly successful GT3 platform....

With around 1,800 cars believed to be in active competition worldwide, it’s safe to say that GT3 has been one of the most successful racing platforms ever established, especially in the sports car racing market.

Launched in 2006 by SRO Motorsports Group, in partnership and under the governance of the FIA, the formula has become the go-to destination for professional, semi-pro and amateur drivers alike, along with customer and factory-supported teams around the world.

The platform has seen nearly 60 car homologations, not counting Evos, since the early days when modified single-make Porsches and Dodge Vipers went up against some of the first bespoke GT3 cars such as the Aston Martin DBRS9 and Ferrari F430 GT3 prior to the arrival of Audi with its R8 LMS model that achieved far-reaching results and success.

Fast-forward nearly two decades and GT3 has become commonplace in nearly all sports car racing championships or organizations, thanks to the FIA’s key initiatives, such as Balance of Performance, which has allowed for a wide range of car configurations to fight on a near-equal playing field.

With both Chevrolet and Ford entering the marketplace this year and several all-new cars from existing manufacturers set to launch in 2026, what’s next for GT3?

We sat down with FIA GT Commission President Lutz Leif Linden (pictured above, center), the FIA’s deputy to the circuit sport director Stuart Murray (left), and Luca Gibello (right), FIA GT3 technical consultant, during last weekend’s FIA GT World Cup in Macau for insight into the evolution of one of motorsport’s most popular formulas.

"We just finalized the technical regulations for the upcoming period, which is from 2025-2027, which is just a small update of what we have seen now, which has allows the homologation of the old and last cars,” reveals Gibello.

"It's just an adjustment due to the experience making these [past] three years.”