Lexus has raced in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with its RC F since 2017, based on a road car platform that was never intended to race in the GT3 arena.
Parent company Toyota unveiled its GR GT3 Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon last month. This new design isn’t based on a model from its current road car range, but is a ground-up, next-generation GT3-specification racer (pictured below) that could be morphed into a future Lexus model.
GR GT3 Concept
Photo by: Motorsport.com / Japan
Speaking at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, Andrew Gilleland, group VP and general manager of the Lexus Division, hinted at the direction of travel that his brand has lined up with its parent, the Toyota Motor Corporation.
“We have some future products that we’re connecting the dots with TMC and globalizing our GT program, and we want to win where we race,” said Gilleland. “Obviously with the rules package… everybody says have a big, wild, hairy goal – well I’d love to go…
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