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GT3 was born in 2004 or 2005 to let gentleman drivers to take part to national championships and fia gt3 using racing cars not so deeply modified from the road version, giving the possibility to little private teams to spend a reasonable budget. In my opinion the revolution started in 2009 when audi released the r8 lms, objectively the most advanced GT3 and was the first manufacturer to start an intensive customer program like today ferrari, mercedes, mclaren, porsche and bmw use to do. The death of GT1 class and the high costs of GTE cars helped a lot the worldwide diffusion of GT3 cars.
If you ask my opinion the modern GT3 cars suit more the GT1 concept than the original low-budger am drivers oriented GT3 concept.
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