The 198,850 Euros (RM1.0mil) race car will be run by two test teams - Uwe Alzen Automotive and Black Falcon for development runs in race conditions.
The latest Mercedes-AMG Motorsport family member in the GT segment is to get its final fine-tuning through the experience from the teams and additional racing mileage at the demanding infamous race track.
Further testing mileage will be added to the programme of the race car, which includes, among others, a 30-hour endurance test at the Lausitzring.
The test races in selected Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (VLN) rounds is to acquire further insights to help the final fine-tuning prior to delivery of the vehicle to the first customer racing teams at the end of the year.
The VLN is an organisation of motorsport clubs where each hosts one event of a ten-race series held on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The focus isn’t on the sporting achievements, but rather on collecting further relevant data in racing conditions.
Uwe Alzen himself will be controlling the test race from the pit wall while Fabian Hamprecht, Mercedes-AMG test and development driver Thomas Jäger and Mike Stursberg - an all-German driver line-up, will be alternating behind the wheel.
The Black Falcon team has also entered a trio of German drivers of Stefan Karg, Fidel Leib, Mercedes-AMG test and development driver Jan Seyffarth and Spaniard Alexander Toril for the six-hour race.
The race car is based on the Mercedes-AMG GT R previously introduced in June, 2016 and has had its road-going parts replaced to make it race-ready to help it earn the GT4 nomenclature.
“We are not only collecting further technical insights, but also feedback from the various drivers which we can still incorporate into the car. Before we can deliver the first Mercedes-AMG GT4, we will carry out some more of these tests in racing conditions. Not only at the Nordschleife, but also internationally and with various teams,” said Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing head Stefan Wendl.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Capacity - 3,982cc
Output - up to 510hp
Torque - up to 600Nm
Drive - rear wheels with transaxle construction, front engine, gearbox on the rear axle, linked by a torque tube six-speed AMG competition sequential gearbox with adjustable mechanical differential and magnesium casing with pneumatic operation and paddle shifters.
Bodywork - Aluminium space frame; rollcage of high-strength steel; bodywork with carbon elements.
Safety - Carbon driver safety cell, as per latest FIA regulations, including customisable seat padding and integrated headrest, roof extrication hatch and fire extinguishing system.
Suspension - front and rear Aluminium double wishbones and adjustbale rebound and compression shock absorbers.
Electronics - Motorsport electronics with new torque control, optimised driver aid systems, AMG traction control, competition anti-lock braking system (ABS), race-start-control, service-friendly durable motorsport wiring.
Steering - Electro-mechanical power steering
Brakes - Competition brake system with adjustable ventilated composite brake discs, six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers, front 390mm and rear 355mm discs.
Wheels - 18.0-inch AMG light-alloy forged wheels.
Tyres - Front 305/660 and rear 305/680.
Weight - approx. 1,390kg
Wheel base - 2,630mm
Dimensions - 4,618mm-long, 1,996mm-wide and 1,265mm-tall
Fuel tank - 120-litre (motor sport safety tank)
Acceleration (0-100kph) - under 4.0 seconds
Top speed - over 250kph
