Aston Martin to switch focus onto customer racing for 2021
02 Jan 2021|755 views
World Endurance GT Champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans double-class winner Aston Martin will switch the strategic focus of its Vantage GT motorsport programme to concentrate on customer operations from 2021 onwards, bringing an end to a hugely successful nine-year run as a manufacturer team in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Concluding with its double world championship triumph in the Eight Hours of Bahrain in November 2020, where Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim added the WEC GT Drivers' endurance crown to the Manufacturers' title that Aston Martin clinched at Le Mans, the British sportscar manufacturer has achieved every target it set for the Vantage GTE.
Aston Martin will now apply its vast experience and expertise with front-engined GT race cars to drive more success across the international GT racing landscape. In its nine years and seven seasons of WEC, Aston Martin has recorded 47 class wins and 103 podiums, nine class championships and four 24 Hours of Le Mans class victories.
Outside of WEC, Aston Martin's Vantage GT customer race car has achieved breathtaking success in its second full season of competition. Teams recorded 62 victories and 157 podiums from 323 starts in more than 20 series around the world. In total, including Aston Martin Racing's two world championships, Vantage captured 26 GT or endurance titles internationally.
With the brand poised to return to Formula One in 2021 for the first time since 1960, Aston Martin will now strive for more accolades in GT racing with Vantage. It is targeting endurance events with partner teams competing in the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the GT World Challenge, the U.S.A-based IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship, the Super GT Championship as well as other significant high-profile series.
The shift in strategy for Aston Martin's endurance programme comes as a new and revised agreement with Prodrive has been concluded for the Banbury-based organisation to continue exclusively manufacturing and distributing the current generation of front-engine GT race cars in a multi-year deal for Aston Martin Racing.
World Endurance GT Champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans double-class winner Aston Martin will switch the strategic focus of its Vantage GT motorsport programme to concentrate on customer operations from 2021 onwards, bringing an end to a hugely successful nine-year run as a manufacturer team in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Concluding with its double world championship triumph in the Eight Hours of Bahrain in November 2020, where Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim added the WEC GT Drivers' endurance crown to the Manufacturers' title that Aston Martin clinched at Le Mans, the British sportscar manufacturer has achieved every target it set for the Vantage GTE.
Aston Martin will now apply its vast experience and expertise with front-engined GT race cars to drive more success across the international GT racing landscape. In its nine years and seven seasons of WEC, Aston Martin has recorded 47 class wins and 103 podiums, nine class championships and four 24 Hours of Le Mans class victories.
Outside of WEC, Aston Martin's Vantage GT customer race car has achieved breathtaking success in its second full season of competition. Teams recorded 62 victories and 157 podiums from 323 starts in more than 20 series around the world. In total, including Aston Martin Racing's two world championships, Vantage captured 26 GT or endurance titles internationally.
With the brand poised to return to Formula One in 2021 for the first time since 1960, Aston Martin will now strive for more accolades in GT racing with Vantage. It is targeting endurance events with partner teams competing in the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the GT World Challenge, the U.S.A-based IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship, the Super GT Championship as well as other significant high-profile series.
The shift in strategy for Aston Martin's endurance programme comes as a new and revised agreement with Prodrive has been concluded for the Banbury-based organisation to continue exclusively manufacturing and distributing the current generation of front-engine GT race cars in a multi-year deal for Aston Martin Racing.
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