Gradient Racing has acquired a new Ford Mustang GT3 for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, the team opting to switch brands after a successful six-year link with Acura.
“We are incredibly excited to join the Ford Performance family with the new Mustang GT3 for the 2025 season and beyond,” said Andris Laivins, team owner of Gradient Racing.
“Our good friends at Multimatic have done an incredible job with this car. It represents the pinnacle of GT3 engineering, and we can’t wait to put some serious miles on it and learn more. The factory team has done a massive job developing the new platform, and as a customer program we will benefit a lot from their experience.”
“We are pleased to welcome Gradient Racing to the Ford Performance family, as they prepare their newly acquired Ford Mustang GT3 for an upcoming IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship programme in 2025,” said Mark Rushbrook, the global director of Ford Performance Motorsport.
“We are excited to support them in this new chapter of their IMSA programme. It is our continued mission to offer the beating heart of Mustang to customer teams worldwide — from Mustang Dark Horse R and Mustang GT4, to our ultimate expression of Mustang in our sports car racing line-up, Mustang GT3.”
Ahead of the 2025 racing season, Gradient Racing will embark on a testing plan through the summer and fall as its crew comes to terms with the new Mustang.
“We have a lot to learn,” added Laivins.
“As we dig into the technical side at the shop, we’re engaging with drivers and partners who will be a good fit as the programme takes shape, and plan to offer testing opportunities very soon.”
Additionally, the Gradient Racing Mustang GT3 will be displayed at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion from August 14th to 17th alongside its road going counterpart, the stunning Ford Mustang GTD (below).
Gradient Racing has extended sincere thanks to Acura and HRC for six years of partnership.
“Without HRC, Gradient would likely not be racing at this level,” stated Laivins. “I feel a lot of pride for our time with the Acura brand. We’re going to finish this season strong, and head into 2025 with fond memories and hopefully another trophy or two.”
For more information about Gradient Racing and testing opportunities for the Ford Mustang GT3, please visit gradientracing.com or contact andris@gradientracing.com.
Images courtesy of Gradient and Ford
