The Aston Martin Vantage GTE (also known as the Aston Martin Vantage AMR) is an endurance Grand Tourer developed by Aston Martin Racing, the motorsports arm of the British automobile manufacturer Aston Martin. It is based on the Aston Martin Vantage, and is the successor of the Aston Martin Vantage GT2 and its later derivatives. The car was launched on the 22nd of November 2017, alongside its road-going counterpart in London. The car is noted to be capable of being converted from Group GTE specification to Group GT3 specification.
Development History The Aston Martin Vantage GTE was developed in tandem with the Vantage road car, between Aston Martin Racing and the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, with the car being entirely developed in house by the two companies. The car had its initial shakedown in the UK, at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, and subsequently had 2 30 hour endurance tests during its development, at the Circuito de Andalucia and then the Circuito de Navarra in Spain during October 2017. This was also complemented by tests at the Sebring International Raceway in Florida, with the team praising the durability and reliability of the car. Ahead of its official World Endurance Championship debut, at the WEC Prologue held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the car was revealed to have completed over 20,000 km in pre-season test, with testing being held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, Motorland Aragon, and the Algarve International Circuit.
At the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans Test Day, the team debuted a new low-downforce kit, designed to reduce the overall drag on the car, due to the previous aerokit being a revised WEC Sprint kit, with Le Mans specific revisions. The kit was tested at Monza, and was found to be highly effective compared to the kit used at the 2018 edition of the race.
Competition History Complete World Endurance Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. YearEntrantClassDriversRounds12345678 2018 - 2019 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner95SPA7LMS8SIL8FUJ6SHA1SEB10SPA7LMSRet 65.5 9th Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Jonathan Adam97SPA6LMS12SIL4FUJ9SHA4SEB9SPA1LMS11 66 8th2019 - 2020 Aston Martin RacingLMGTE Pro Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Richard Westbrook95SIL5FUJ1SHA5BHR1COTA1SPA2LMN3BHR51721st Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Harry Tincknell Richard Westbrook97SIL3FUJ3SHA4BHR3COTA4SPA3LMN1BHR41602nd TF SportLMGTE Am Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç90SIL7FUJ1SHA1BHRRetCOTA1SPA3LMN1BHR81542nd Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Ross Gunn Darren Turner Augusto Farfus Pedro Lamy98SIL2FUJ11SHA3BHR2COTA2SPA9LMN6BHR9100.56th2021 TF SportLMGTE Am Felipe Fraga Ben Keating Dylan Pereira33SPA2POR7MNZ12LMN2BHR1BHRRet90.52nd Aston Martin Racing Marcos Gomes Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Nicki Thiim98SPA6POR4MNZ2LMNRetBHR4BHR10 58 8th D'station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Andrew Watson777SPA7PORRetMNZ3LMN5BHR10BHR7 51 9th2022 TF SportLMGTE Am Ben Keating Marco Sørensen Florian Latorre Henrique Chaves33SEB2SPA2LMN1MONRetFUJ1BAH41411st Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim David Pittard98SEB1SPA3LMN3MON8FUJ5BAH51182nd D'Station Racing Charlie Fagg Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino777SEB6SPA7LMNRetMON11FUJ3BAH103510th2023 ORT by TFLMGTE Am Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood25SEB9POR8SPA3LMN2MZA7FUJ13BHRNC655th NorthWest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Axcil Jefferies Nicki Thiim Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas98SEB11POR13SPA7LMN6MZAFUJ7BHR3519th D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Casper Stevenson Satoshi Hoshino Liam Talbot777SEB10PORNCSPA10LMNRetMZARetFUJ10BHR23112thSources:
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. YearEntrantClassDriversRounds1234562020 Aston Martin RacingLMGTE Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Ross Gunn Augusto Farfus98RICRetSPA3LECMNZPOR0NC2021 TF SportLMGTE Ollie Hancock John Hartshorne Ross Gunn Jonathan Adam95CAT8RBR8LEC7MNZ8SPA8POR7309th2022 Oman Racing with TF SportLMGTE Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Marco Sørensen69LECRetIMO1MNZ10CAT10SPA4POR5595th Jonathan Adam Henrique Chaves John Hartshorne95LEC6IMO2MNZ11CAT7SPA8PORRet3610th2023 GMB MotorsportLMGTE Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller Nicki Thiim44CATRetLEC12ARA8SPARetALG8POR51812th TF Sport Valentin Hasse-Clot Arnold Robin Maxime Robin72CATRetLEC7ARA9SPA6ALG5POR102810th Jonathan Adam John Hartshorne Ben Tuck95CAT9LEC3ARA11SPA9ALG10POR6289thSources:
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