# Recaro P1300 GT seat

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/recaro-p1300-gt-seat/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: part · Brand: Recaro
- Discipline: parts
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/recaro-p1300-gt-seat/ (0 live listings right now)

The Recaro P1300 GT is the professional grid's default chair: an FIA 8862-generation racing seat engineered for GT3/GT4 and touring-car crash loads — safety equipment with an expiry date, priced and traded on its homologation clock.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Composite racing seat, head-protecting |
| Standard | FIA 8862 generation |
| Application | GT3/GT4/TCR/touring, pro customer racing |
| Integration | HANS, 6-point harness, per-driver padding |
| Validity | Dated homologation window (label-defined) |
| Sizing | Shell sizes + padding systems |
| Years | 2010–present (8862 era) |
| Class | Professional racing safety equipment |

## History

Recaro's motorsport line has equipped racing since bucket seats were invented, and the P1300 GT represents the modern safety era's answer: a head-protecting composite shell developed for the FIA's stringent 8862 standard — the specification GT3, GT4, TCR and top touring categories increasingly mandate — with side-head restraint geometry, harness and HANS integration, and per-driver padding systems replacing the old one-shell-fits-nobody approach.

Adoption followed homologation reality: as series wrote 8862 into their rules, professional and pro-am grids standardised on the small pool of compliant seats, with the P1300 GT among the recognisable defaults in GT paddocks — bought in fleets by customer-racing teams, fitted per-driver, and replaced on the calendar the FIA label dictates.

Which is the entire market logic: racing seats are dated safety items. The homologation label's validity window (and any crash history) defines a used P1300's value more than condition — in-date seats trade actively through team clearouts and driver changes; expired shells become simulator furniture at simulator prices.

## Palmarès

Under champions across GT3, GT4 and touring-car grids worldwide since the 8862 era began — the seat's record is the anonymous kind: crash reports where the driver walked away, and championship cars whose spec sheets list it as standard equipment.

## What to check before you buy

Read the label first: FIA homologation standard (8862 versus older 8855), manufacture date and validity window are the purchase — an in-date seat with years remaining prices accordingly; near-expiry discounts steeply; expired is sim-rig money regardless of appearance. Crash history kills value honestly: composite shells absorb damage invisibly, so buy from sources who can attest the seat's life (team clearouts with records are ideal). Verify mount pattern and size/padding fit for your car and body — per-driver fitting is the design's point. Series rules differ on standards and ages; check yours before any purchase.

## Did you know

- Modern FIA seats expire like passports — the 8862 label's date window, not wear, decides when a perfect-looking seat becomes furniture.
- 8862-generation shells are tested to absorb side-impact head loads earlier eras left entirely to luck — the quiet revolution in GT survivability.
- Team fleet clearouts flood the market each winter with in-date professional seats — the used racing chair's version of ex-demo season.

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