Following the race at Imola three of the cars on the GT3 Le Mans Cup grid have seen a reduction in the car weight.  The Audi R8 LMS will receive a 20kg reduction on the 1295kg weight it ran in Italy; the Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 will also receive a 20kg reduction from 1300kg to 1280kg and the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 will have a 10kg reduction applied in Le Mans reducing the car’s weight from 1300kg to 1290kg.

The Mercedes AMG GT3 will make an appearance on the Road to Le Mans grid on the 18 June and will have to run with 1330kg, up from 1305kg previously imposed and +45kg above the cars base weight of 1285kg.

In addition to the weight changes, the engine restrictor diameters have been adjusted on two cars.   The restrictors on the Ferrari F458 Italia GT3  has been reduced from 36mm to 34.5mm and the restrictors on the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 has been increased from 35mm it ran in Italy to 36.2mm but still 0.8mm less than the base line of 37mm it was given at the start of the season.

Success Ballast

One of the key features of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup is the application of success ballast.  The top five cars in Imola will have to carry additional weight depending on the position they finished in Italy.

No34     TF Sport                                      Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3                +20kg

No55     FFF Racing Team by ACM            McLaren 650S                                        +15kg

No26     Classic & Modern Racing              Ferrari F458 Italia GT3                            +10kg

No51     AF Corse                                     Ferrari F488 GT3                                   +10kg

No19     Tockwith Motorsports                    Audi R8 LMS                                         +5kg

In addition a 10kg new entrant ballast will be added to the following cars

No22     TF Sport                                          Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

No37     IDEC Sport Racing                           Mercedes AMG GT3

No44     DKR Engineering                             BMW Z4 GT3

No50     Team Larbre Competition                  Mercedes AMG GT3

No57     AF Corse                                         Ferrari F488 GT3

No66     Barwell Motorsport                            Lamborghini Huracan GT3

Road To Le Mans

The Road To Le Mans will take place on Saturday 18 June with two 60-minute Free Practice sessions on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 June followed by qualifying at 18h00 on Thursday evening.

The Road to Le Mans is Round 2 of the 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup and the grid will also feature LMP3 competitors from around the world.