It's not been officially written anywhere, but my understanding is that the new M3 is illegal with the ACO and FIA rules because of it's gearbox placement: they installed a transaxle whereas the road car has its six speed placed directly behind the engine. The ALMS is letting them in as GT2S cars I think...
Not that BMW ever wanted to make their sportscars legal/optimized for all racing series (M3 GTR, 2000 LMR)
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