Aston Martin unveils GT3 evo
📷 © Courtesy of Aston martin. The new Aston Martin Vantage GT3
Despite making its global race debut back in January at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the new Vantage GT3 was formally revealed by Aston Martin this Monday, 12 February 2024, alongside new Vantage road car.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 ended 4th in GTD PRO with R. Gunn, A. Ribeiras and M. Farnbacher on board. Goth GTD entries had to abandon before mid-race: #27 Heart of Racing Team and #44 Magnus Racing.
Going for the four major 24 Hours races.
The new Vantage GT3 is a truly global competitor as it will contest world’s greatest GT series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the Fanatec GT World Challenge. The Vantage GT3 had already been seen in action at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and will be fighting for victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours and - most iconic of all – the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this year. The Vantage GT3 will also see action in a host of national GT championships around the globe – including the Japanese Super GT Championship and British GT Championship – underlining Aston Martin’s leading role in world motorsport.
30 Vantage GT3 among 6 customer teams so far
As seen at Daytona, Heart of Racing Team and Magnus Racing will compete in IMSA.
Heart of Racing Team has also two entries in WEC to represent Aston Martin in the LMGT3 class and, obviously, at the mythical 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Comtoyou Racing and Walkenhorst Motorsport will represent Aston Martin in the Fanatec GT World Challenge along with the prestigious Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours.
D’station Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports will also represent Aston Martin with the new Vantage GT2.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by J. Potter, A. Lally, S. Pumpelly and N. Thiim.
Pioneering collaboration with Aston Martin Performance Technologies
The Vantage GT3 is the first product of the pioneering collaboration between Aston Martin Racing (AMR) and Aston Martin Performance Technologies (AMPT), as Adam Carter, Aston Martin’s Head of Endurance Motorsport, explains: “The new GT3 is our first opportunity to use AMPT to play a role in leveraging the capabilities, attitude and methodologies of all of Aston Martin’s various nerve centres, which we’ve then combined with the unrivalled GT programme management expertise of AMR. The GT racing programme will serve as a development lab that will lead to an increasing transfer of knowledge and approach into future Aston Martin road cars”. Source: Aston Martin
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by R. De Angelis, Z. Robichon, I. James and M. Sorensen.
11 world championship titles since 2012
Since arriving on the world stage in 2012, the Aston Martin Vantage has consistently been a force to be reckoned with at the very highest levels of GT racing. With an incredible 52 class wins – the first of those scored on its WEC debut - and 11 world championship titles, plus a plethora of victories in a host of other national and international series, the Vantage name is synonymous with GT racing success.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2024. #27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 driven by R. De Angelis, Z. Robichon, I. James and M. Sorensen.
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