Aston Martin Vantage GTE takes another step forward in Japan

While still only four races old, the new Aston Martin comfortably led the early stages of the 6 Hours of Fuji and went on to secure another double-points finish.

Having registered its first pole position for the GTE Pro class, Nicki Thiim dominated the start of the race in wet conditions driving the #95 'DaneTrain' he shares with Marco Sorensen. Not only was Thiim the fastest in the rain, his teammate Maxime Martin - making his Fuji Speedway debut - quickly moved to second in the #97 co-driven by Alex Lynn.

Then following a lengthy safety car period, the team made an aggressive strategy call to remain on wet tyres. However a combination of bad fortune as the track dried out and another incident that extended the FCY meant that when the cars switched to dry weather tyres, they were unable to maintain that class-leading pace and eventually finished the race sixth (#95) and ninth (#97).