The new car, which has been developed in-house at Ferrari under a team led by head of GT race car design Ferdinando Cannizzio, will be based on the production 296 GTB that is powered by a turbo-charged V6 hybrid engine.
However, Ferrari has stressed that the race model will not be equipped with the electric unit in compliance with technical regulations.
The road model was partly inspired by Ferrari’s last outright Le Mans winner, the 250 LM that took victory in the 1965 race.
It was announced in October that seasoned French manufacturer ORECA will take over from Michelotto as the constructor of Ferrari’s new GT3 car.
It will mark a return for Hugues de Chaunac’s operation, which has most recently concentrated on prototype racing in LMP2, to the GT theatre it dominated in the late 1990s with the Chrysler Viper GTS-R that claimed three class victories at Le Mans, as well as outright victories at the Spa, Nurburgring and Daytona 24 Hours.
Ferrari 296 GT3 sketch
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