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FIA defines two categories of to qualify. Both types may undergo significant modifications from the road car they are based on, but GT1 allows the use of exotic materials, better Aerodynamics , larger Brake s, wider Tyre s and larger engine admission restrictors.

For the 2006 season, the FIA has opened up a new class called GT3. GT3 cars will be even closer to their production counterparts and are very simply racetrack prepared with the essentials (rollcages for safety, stripped interiors, race spec fuel tanks, etc.). Prestigious motorsports makes such as Aston Martin , Chevrolet , Lotus , Lamborghini , Maserati are expected to compete.

The FIA defines a GT Car as "an open or closed automobile which has no more than one door
on each side and a minimum of two seats situated one on each side of the longitudinal centre line of the car; these two seats must be crossed by the same transversal plane. This car must be able to be used perfectly legally on the open road, and adapted for racing on circuits or closed courses."

All races in the FIA GT Championship are Of Endurance Type , a full race distance lasting a minimum of 500 km or a maximum of three hours, with the exception of the Spa 24 Hours and the Mil Milhas Bresil, which is run over a thousand miles and will be a round of the championship from 2007.


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