Aston Martin wins the WEC drivers' and manufacturers' championship

Aston Martin has won the 2019-20 GT FIA World Endurance Drivers' Championship (WEC) with Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen, in the season finale - the 8 Hours of Bahrain - on 14 November 2020.

The Aston Martin Vantage GTE had already clinched the GT Manufacturers world championship with a victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both the GTE Pro and Am classes in September, before Thiim and Sorensen became GT World champions for the second time having previously won it in 2016.

This marks the most successful racing season for Aston Martin since 1959, and the first time that its cars have won two world titles and both classes at Le Mans in the same campaign, in a season that saw it beat arch-rivals Porsche and Ferrari in all the major Pro competitions.

In only its second WEC season - and the longest in the sport's history due to the COVID-19 pandemic - the Vantage GTE earned eight class victories and four in Pro, three of which were secured by Thiim and Sorensen in the 6 Hours of Fuji, the first 8 Hours of Bahrain and the Lone Star 6 Hours at Circuit of the Americas.

Those wins, coupled with their second place in the 6 Hours of Spa, third at Le Mans and a fifth place in China where they set the pace before misfortune struck, allowed them to fend-off a resurgence from their team-mates in the #97 Vantage. Martin and Lynn recorded a string of four podiums before their brilliant win at Le Mans.