R-Motorsport was a Swiss motor racing team founded in 2015. The team raced Aston Martins as they are affiliated with the dealership in Sankt Gallen; the only one in Switzerland.

History Founded in late 2015, R-Motorsport would spend its formative years as part of a tie-up with parent company AF Racing AG and Red Bull Advanced Technologies working on the Aston Martin Valkyrie before entering the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2018. The team found success quickly, winning just their second race at Silverstone with Jake Dennis, Nicki Thiim and Matthieu Vaxivière – aiding the trio to 13th in the championship. The team then went on to represent the Aston Martin marque at the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour, and in the last race for the V12 Vantage scored a shock pole position and second placing.

HWA Racelab would then coax the Swiss squad into the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters to replace their outgoing Mercedes-Benz association for 2019. The Vantage DTM broke cover just days before their pre-season team test in Jerez having been built in less than 100 days due to time constraints. Despite Paul di Resta's third-place in the first qualifying session at the Hockenheimring, all four cars struggled with copious mechanical problems. Daniel Juncadella scored the team's best result of sixth at the first race in Nuremberg, with Di Resta on course for a surprise win at Brands Hatch before he was falsely penalised for jumping the start. R-Motorsport and HWA – the engine builder for the program – would point the blame at each other for the poor season, withdrawing from the DTM's joint race with Super GT at Fuji Speedway in November before the partnership eventually split. With both entities owning vehicle IP, Aston Martin was withdrawn from the DTM ahead of 2020 and all four cars were sold to a Hong Kong buyer. The team continued their GT program in conjunction with their DTM entry, with Dennis, Marvin Kirchhöfer and Alex Lynn scoring a podium in the team's last race of the year.

2020 began with a two-car assault on the Bathurst 12 Hour, but only one car started the race after Kirchhöfer flipped the #62 car in qualifying. Dennis, Scott Dixon and Rick Kelly finished the race 16th outright, two laps down.

Results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Series results Year Car No. Drivers Class1234567 Points 2018 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 62 Alex Brundle P MNZ SIL LEC 9th 40 Marvin Kirchhöfer SPA6 SPA12 SPA24 BAR Maxime Martin Dominik Baumann 76 Jake Dennis P MNZ SIL LEC SPA6 SPA12 SPA24 BAR Nicki Thiim Matthieu Vaxivière 2019 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Maxime Martin P MNZ SIL LEC SPA6 SPA12 SPA24 BAR 7th 39 Matt Parry Matthieu Vaxivière 76 Nicki Thiim P MNZ SIL Jake Dennis LEC SPA6 SPA12 SPA24 BAR Marvin Kirchhöfer Alex Lynn 762 Ricky Collard S SPA6 SPA12 SPA24 Ferdinand Habsburg Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results Year Entrant Car No. Drivers123456789101112131415161718 Points HOC1 ZOL MIS NRM ASS BRH LAU NÜR HOC2 2019 R-Motorsport I Aston Martin Vantage DTM 3 Paul di Resta Ret3 7 8 DNS 16 Ret 12 Ret 14 8 14† 14 13 Ret 12 DNS 7 DNS 8th 38 76 Jake Dennis 11 11 Ret 6 15 13 9 12 12 Ret Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 14 11 8 R-Motorsport II 23 Daniel Juncadella 9 16† Ret Ret 13 14 6 10 Ret 7 10 8 12 12 10 12 Ret Ret 9th 26 62 Ferdinand von Habsburg Ret 12 9 Ret 14 12 10 11 13 12 15† 11 15 Ret 11 15 DNS 11 3 – One point for 3rd in qualifying. † – Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Car# Drivers Car Class Laps 2019 62 Jake Dennis Marvin Kirchhöfer Matthieu Vaxivière Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 APP 312 2nd 2nd 760 Andreas Bänziger Florian Kamelger Peter Leemhuis Matt Parry GT3 Pro-Am 168 DNF DNF 2020 62 Oliver Caldwell Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 Pro 0 WD WD 76 Jake Dennis Scott Dixon Rick Kelly GT3 Pro 308 16th 10th

References

External links Official website