# Ford Mustang GT3

The Ford Mustang GT3 is a racing car designed and developed by Ford Performance and Multimatic Motorsports according to GT3 regulations. 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.

## Powertrain

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.

## Chassis

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. 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.

## Teams

| Team | Competition | Entries |
| Dollahite Racing | GT World Challenge America powered by AWS (from 2025) | GT WC 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) | DTM: #68, #TBC GT WC Europe: #TBC NLS/N24: #TBC |
| Proton Competition | FIA WEC, GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup, IMSA SportsCar Championship (GTD class) | WEC: #77, #88 GT WC Europe: #64 IMSA: #55 |
| Multimatic Motorsports | IMSA SportsCar Championship (GTD Pro class) | IMSA: #64, #65 |

## Successes

In its first season the Ford Mustang GT3 experienced a couple of tough races. Even though some problems 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.
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.
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.

## Racing results
### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results :
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts. |
| 2024 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Mike Rockenfeller Harry Tincknell Christopher Mies | 64 | All All 1-2 | DAY 6 | SEB 7 | LGA 9 | DET 11 | WGL 5 | MOS 4 | ELK 10 | VIR 2 | IMS 2 | PET 8 | 6th | 2783 |
| 2024 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Joey Hand Dirk Müller Frédéric Vervisch | 65 | All All 1-2 | DAY 9 | SEB 8 | LGA 8 | DET 6 | WGL 10 | MOS 7 | ELK 8 | VIR 4 | IMS 12 | PET 6 | 10th | 2555 |
| 2024 | Proton Competition | GTD | Giammarco Levorato Corey Lewis Ryan Hardwick Dennis Olsen | 55 | All All 1-2, 5 1 | DAY 20 | SEB 16 | LBH 5 | LGA 7 | WGL 17 | MOS 12 | ELK 8 | VIR 7 | IMS 17 | PET 17 | 15th | 2072 |
| 2025 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Austin Cindric Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller | 64 | All All All | DAY 3 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 3rd* | 335* |
| 2025 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch | 65 | All All All | DAY 1 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 1st* | 382* |
| 2025 | Gradient Racing | GTD | Till Bechtolsheimer Tatiana Calderón Joey Hand Harry Tincknell | 66 | All All All All All | DAY 17 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 17th* | 154* |

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results :
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts. |
| 2024 | Proton Competition | LMGT3 | John Hartshorne Christopher Mies Ben Tuck | 44 | 4 4 4 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS 4 | SAP | COA | FUJ | BHR | NC* | 0* |
| 2024 | Proton Competition | LMGT3 | Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon | 77 | All All All | QAT 11 | IMO 9 | SPA 9 | LMS 17 | SAP 7 | COA 6 | FUJ 15 | BHR Ret | 17th* | 18* |
| 2024 | Proton Competition | LMGT3 | Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Giorgio Roda Christian Ried Ben Keating | 88 | All All 1-4 5, 7 6 | QAT 9 | IMO Ret | SPA 8 | LMS 3 | SAP 13 | COA NC | FUJ 16 | BHR Ret | 13th* | 37* |