Maserati previews Project GT4 for 2028

Maserati used the opening day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 9 to show Project GT4, a new race-car concept based on the GranTurismo road car and positioned as the brand’s route back into GT4 competition in 2028. The company said the car was developed by Maserati Corse and is intended to support a campaign “aiming to win” in that season. Goodwood runs from July 9 to July 12 at Goodwood House in West Sussex. ### Why is Maserati showing a GT4 car now? Maserati said Project GT4 is the next step in its racing plan after the Maserati GT2, which returned the brand to closed-wheel competition in 2023 and has remained central to its customer-racing program. In a December 2025 release, the company said it had returned to closed-wheel championships in 2023, framing GT racing as an active part of its current motorsport strategy rather than a one-off show car exercise. (media.stellantis.com) Vincent Biard, head of Maserati Corse, said in the July 9 release that Project GT4 “represents a natural step in the evolution of the Maserati Corse programme” and was created to carry the team’s recent “technical, sporting and operational know-how” into the GT4 category while keeping a close link to the new GranTurismo. ### What exactly is Project GT4 based on? (media.stellantis.com) Project GT4 is derived from the new GranTurismo, Maserati said, using the road car as the technical and styling base for the race project. The company’s pre-Goodwood announcement on July 6 had already put the GranTurismo at the center of its 2026 festival display, alongside the GranCabrio and Grecale. (autoblog.com) Autoblog, citing Maserati’s presentation, reported that the car uses the 3.0-liter Nettuno V6 in a front-longitudinal layout, rear-wheel drive and suspension derived from the GranTurismo Trofeo. It also said Maserati cut about 880 pounds versus the road car and fitted GT4-specific parts including a front splitter, dive planes, hood openings and 18-inch wheels. (media.stellantis.com) ### What does Maserati say the 2028 target means? Maserati said the car is being developed for competition in one of the world’s most contested GT categories in 2028. The company described the objective as a competitive return with the aim of winning, rather than simply homologating a new customer-racing model. (autoblog.com) That target fits with Maserati Corse’s broader racing activity in 2026. The brand is again the official car supplier for GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS this year, and it opened the 2026 GT2 European Series season at Monza with a one-two overall finish, according to Stellantis releases. (media.stellantis.com) ### Why launch it at Goodwood instead of a race weekend? Goodwood said the 2026 Festival of Speed is running July 9-12 and remains a venue for launches, hillclimb runs and manufacturer showcases. Maserati had already announced it would use the event for the first in-person showing of its updated GranTurismo, GranCabrio and Grecale range, with other performance models also present. (media.stellantis.com) The July 9 debut therefore puts Project GT4 in front of a mixed audience of customers, racing fans and industry visitors at the same event where Maserati is presenting its broader lineup. Goodwood’s official site lists the festival as a four-day program centered on cars, drivers and new debuts. ### What comes next from here? Goodwood continues through July 12 in West Sussex, where Maserati is displaying the updated road-car range and its performance models alongside the new GT4 project. (goodwood.com) Maserati has said the racing target for Project GT4 is the 2028 season, with Biard presenting it as the next phase of the Maserati Corse program.