The Ferrari 296 GTB, unveiled in June 2021 and on sale from 2022, is a plug-in hybrid mid-engine sports car powered by a twin-turbocharged 120-degree V6 engine producing 488 kW (663 PS) working in combination with a 123 kW electric motor, giving a combined system output of 830 PS. The 296 is Ferrari's first production car with a six-cylinder engine marketed under the Ferrari name since the company discontinued the Dino-badged models in 1974, with the "296" designation following the original Dino naming convention indicating engine displacement and cylinder count.
Ferrari announced the 296 GT3 in 2022 and developed it with Oreca, the French motorsport engineering specialist. The car was designed to comply with FIA Group GT3 regulations and was built for customer racing teams to operate across all major GT3 championships worldwide. The development process drew on Ferrari's extensive customer racing experience from the 488 GT3 programme and Oreca's technical expertise in high-performance racing car preparation.
The 296 GT3 made its competitive debut at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. Less than five months later, in May 2023, Frikadelli Racing's 296 GT3 won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with 162 laps completed, setting a new race distance record. This victory in one of endurance racing's most demanding events announced the car as immediately competitive.
In January 2024, Risi Competizione's 296 GT3 won the GTD PRO class at the 24 Hours of Daytona, adding to the car's endurance record. The car also demonstrated versatility in the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMGT3 class: the Vista AF Corse entries won the LMGT3 class at the 2024 6 Hours of Fuji (car number 54) and the 2024 8 Hours of Bahrain (car number 55), contributing to the car's growing record in long-distance racing.
In the GT World Challenge Europe, 2024 proved particularly strong. Alessandro Pier Guidi and Alessio Rovera won the drivers' championship in the Endurance Cup driving the number 51 AF Corse entry, while AF Corse also took the teams' championship. The Sky-Tempesta Racing 296 GT3 claimed both the drivers' and teams' championships in the Bronze class.
Australian drivers Liam Talbot and Chaz Mostert won the 2024 GT World Challenge Australia in their Arise Racing 296 GT3, only the second time a Ferrari had won Australia's main GT championship since 2007.
In GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup competition, the car continued to perform strongly through 2025, with AF Corse taking an overall race victory at Brands Hatch in May 2025. The car won the LMGT3 class at the 2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and capped 2025 by winning the FIA GT World Cup at Macau with Antonio Fuoco — Ferrari's first Macau GT victory.
In June 2025, Ferrari announced an Evo version of the 296 GT3 at the 24 Hours of Spa. The Evo package introduced a new gear ratio cascade to improve torque delivery across the rev range, enhanced cooling via two additional air intakes in the hood serving the brakes and cockpit, and a revised rear wing with a redesigned support structure and side panels. The 296 GT3 Evo made its race debut at the 2026 24 Hours of Daytona.
Within its first two full seasons of competition, the Ferrari 296 GT3 accumulated victories across the most prestigious GT3 events globally — the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the Daytona 24 Hours, the Spa 24 Hours, the Le Mans 24 Hours, and the Macau GT World Cup — while claiming championships in Europe, America, and Australia. This breadth of success across different series and continents established the 296 GT3 as one of the defining GT3 cars of its generation.