Want a GT2, but don't want to race it? AMG has a new solution
ByThe race cars that can’t be raced market is a burgeoning one, with all the major supercar manufacturers now offering up track specials that are faster than homologated competition machines. Never a firm to miss out on an opportunity, Mercedes-AMG now has one of its own: the GT2 Pro. racer shown last year. Much is carried over from the GT2-spec machine, including the 4.
Reflecting the Pro’s status as the ultimate AMG rather than a purely motorsport machine is the interior. It’s said that the cabin combines ‘the typical user-friendliness of the AMG customer sports cars with coherent ergonomics’, including a Cube Controls steering wheel, varnished centre console specific to this model, the jazzy seat stitching and air-con.
Indeed, the car can actually be downgraded from Pro to GT2 specification for those who do want to compete. Customers that don’t will get priority when entering the new AMG Racing Series, which is a ‘range of exclusive track day events at Europe’s most beautiful circuits’. The first of those is next week at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo; these won’t be your average open pitlanes with a circuit cafe open for a cup of tea, either.
That’s not all that’s on offer for the Pro’s €479,000 asking price . A ‘comprehensive delivery package’ includes a car cover, Puma race clobber, and a personalised Bell helmet. Options include a drinking system, a passenger safety cell if there’s someone to show off to, seat and helmet cooling - so let’s call it half a million to be safe.
Christoph Sagemüller, head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, said: “We are very proud to have achieved the next milestone in the customer sports segment with the Mercedes-AMG GT2 Pro. Demand for pure track day cars has increased significantly, so therefore, we also respond to the expansion of the derivatisation in the track day and club sport segment at the same time. With its technical refinements that include, among others, the new Push2Pass function, the GT2 Pro is the ultimate track day tool.
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