Together with its Vantage racing car, Aston Martin has achieved its best-ever result in the ADAC Ravenol 24h Nurburgring with a third-place finish.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut in the twice-around-the-clock race, on the notoriously challenging 25.4km "Green Hell" set deep in Germany's Eiffel mountain region, Aston Martin and works drivers Mattia Drudi, Christian Krognes, and Nicki Thiim raced the Walkenhorst Motorsport-run Vantage GT3 to third overall in arguably the toughest endurance race on the motorsport calendar.
This marked a new high watermark for Aston Martin, as well as for the 2018 Spa 24 Hours-winning German team; since neither has previously finished on the overall podium in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.
Aston Martin has enjoyed a winning tradition at the Nurburgring for more than 60 years. Sir Stirling Moss recorded a hat-trick of 1,000km victories with Aston Martin in the 1950s, including the 1959 edition that helped to secure the World Sportscar Championship crown.
That was also in the same year that Aston Martin's DBR1 claimed its famous overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Since returning to sportscar racing in the mid-2000s, Aston Martin has been an ever-present at the Nurburgring 24 Hours, whether through works-entered cars or with its most trusted partner teams. From 2006, through each iteration of Vantage, the Wings have claimed 10 class victories and more than 30 podium finishes.
Sharing the mechanical architecture of the ultra-luxury Vantage road car, the Vantage GT3, which triumphed at the 2024 24 Hours of Spa, is built around Aston Martin's proven bonded aluminium chassis and powered by its fearsome twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine.
