Racing Spirit of Leman success in WECs visit to São Paulo
RSL, in its first season racing with Vantage at WEC level, was a factor all weekend thanks in part to home hero Eduardo Barrichello, son of 13-time Formula 1® Grand Prix winner Rubens. The Brazilian claimed the LMGT3 Class pole position in Hyperpole after an exceptional performance from WEC debutant Anthony McIntosh put the #10 Aston Martin they share with works driver Valentin Hasse Clot into the shoot-out session. Barrichello then delivered three outstanding stints in the race, to fight back into the hunt and claim a dramatic third place in the last 10 minutes of the race.
WEC rookie McIntosh, who finished second in the Silver Am class of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa last month, started the race and led initially before holding his own in second place until the first pitstops. Emerging sixth for the second part of his double stint, he stayed in contention near the front of the pack until a small mistake dropped the car out of the top ten before the American handed the car over to Barrichello.
The 23-year-old then put on an outstanding double-stint, racing the car back into the fight for the podium. Another strong double-stint from Hasse Clot followed, meaning that Barrichello found himself in fifth in the final hour of the race. Once again, he went on the attack, passing two cars in the final 15 minutes and claiming third position with just three laps to go.
“It was crazy,” said Barrichello. “I had to put all my faith in the engineers who were telling me how hard to push the tyres at the end of the race because I couldn’t drive them too hard or I would have gone to zero very quickly. But we were able to manage it and thankfully everything worked out and we had enough in the car to take third position at the end.
“It’s an amazing feeling to have finished on the podium in my home race, and it was so incredible to experience that special reception from the fans. I’m not sure I deserved it, but I enjoyed it anyway! It is an honour to race an Aston Martin here at Interlagos, and it has been such an incredible weekend – one of the best of my life.”
The podium marked the first for all three drivers, as well as the best result for RSL in only its fifth WEC start. In the five occasions that Interlagos has appeared on the WEC schedule since 2012, Vantage has now taken three class wins and five further podiums. This was the second time the latest iteration of the Vantage GT3, which was introduced in 2024, has finished on the podium. The Heart of Racing (THOR) finished second in last year’s event. RSL’s pole position was also the second consecutive one for Vantage in WEC, with THOR having claimed the accolade in June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport Adam Carter said: “We congratulate Racing Spirit of Léman on an outstanding performance throughout the weekend. The team maximised the potential of Vantage in qualifying at Interlagos and then delivered with an exceptional podium in the race. Eduardo Barrichello’s performance was highly encouraging in only his fifth WEC start, while Ian McIntosh enjoyed an excellent debut and Valentin Hasse Clot, just like the team, thoroughly enjoyed this podium. The result once again emphasises the versality and competitiveness of Vantage GT3, key components to success in customer racing. The Heart of Racing ran strongly once again in IMSA at CTMP, and, once again is in contention for the title as we move into the final third of the season.”
Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport Adam Carter said: “We congratulate Racing Spirit of Léman on an outstanding performance throughout the weekend. The team maximised the potential of Vantage in qualifying at Interlagos and then delivered with an exceptional podium in the race. Eduardo Barrichello’s performance was highly encouraging in only his fifth WEC start, while Ian McIntosh enjoyed an excellent debut and Valentin Hasse Clot, just like the team, thoroughly enjoyed this podium. The result once again emphasises the versality and competitiveness of Vantage GT3, key components to success in customer racing. The Heart of Racing ran strongly once again in IMSA at CTMP, and, once again is in contention for the title as we move into the final third of the season.”
WEC now takes a summer break before reconvening at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) for 6-hour Lone Star Le Mans on 5-7 September.
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Monday, July 14, 2025 |
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A 'difficult' weekend for both Aston Martins in the heat of Snetterton
Having seen both the Blackthorn AMR and Beechdean AMR teams almost run riot last time out at the three-hour round from Spa Francorchamps last time out, this weekend certainly saw some of that performance hauled back in as the Mercedes AMR and Lamborghini powered entries were certainly controlling the pace in the heat of Snetterton this weekend.
Despite that, Giacomo Petrobelli and his #7 Blackthorn still had a clear view into turn one of race one with his P2 Qualifying position whilst Andrew Howard had to crane his neck to see their silver-Am class rivalling #86 Bridger Motorsport Honda NSX who had qualified two rows ahead of his #97 Beechdean car.
A clean opening lap for all cars saw the #7 car maintain position, as did the #97 until we soon saw them last in class and nearly three seconds behind the car in front for reasons that are unclear but despite that, Howard was soon able to close the gap. Up front meanwhile, the #42 Mercedes and #7 Blackthorn cars were gapping the chasing pack behind as both had success time penalties to serve from their successes in Belgium and for the Blackthorn car – that would be the full ten seconds.
Despite the Bridger Honda looking very fast at times, a spin for Jonny Ip saw their car relegated to last within the GT3 on track with also two or three cars between them and the Beechdean Aston Martin but by the time the pit window had opened, both cars were very close to one another again.
Despite pitting from a comfortable P2 overall, that ten second penalty saw Jonny Adam emerge down in P4 overall as the #7 Blackthorn car emerged from pit lane but there would be worse for Tom Wood in the #97 car as he would spin off at Riches and nudge (fortunately softly) into the tyre wall. Re-runs pf the incident showed that although marginally wide, there appeared to be no obvious reason for him to spin off like he did.
This time lacking the obvious power advantage, neither Aston Martin could recover or improve upon their track position as the race entered its final stages for the #7 Blackthorn car to eventually finish P4 overall and the #97 P13 overall – but more importantly second best in silver-am to the #86 Honda.
Race two had seen the circuit cloud over slightly but ambient and track temperatures remained constant as this time Adam had a third row start in his #7 Pro-Am entry whilst Wood would be starting in front of the #86 car of Jay Bridger.
In theory, that should have helped the #7 car as both Mercedes AMG had pit stop success penalties to serve this time around and Wood is certainly no slouch with the benefit of track position.
Despite some panel bashing, it was another clean opening lap with both Astons able to make up an early place before the race went static as the Pro drivers showed their worth to their paying bronze drivers. The tightness to the Snetterton 300 circuit layout and the parity of the pro driver again showed that the circuit was a difficult place to pace.
With both Adam and Wood handing over to Petrobelli and Howard respectively, the #7 Blackthorn car was maintaining its P6 position as were the #97 with their P1 position in class with little under thirty minutes of this final sprint race remaining. That stayed the case for much of the remaining time before an incident involving the Porsche allowed the #7 to step up to P5 overall whilst the #97 of Howard was also caught and passed by the #86 Honda.
A final lap incident for the #7 Amr saw the Italian enter a last lap battle with two other cars which culminated in the #77 McLaren spinning off after apparent contact from behind by the #7 car. Despite crossing the line in P4, it was a long wait before Race Control confirmed the result.
Despite all the above, the #7 Blackthorn crew remain second within both the overall and GT3 Pro-Am class battles as the Championship moves onto it penultimate round at Brands Hatch in late August – as does the #7 Beechdean crew in Silver-Am but with both teams, they are now in slightly worse position points wise than they were before.
Sunday, July 13, 2025 |
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The temperatures keep rising at Snetterton this weekend
Two exciting races will be in store tomorrow as the British GT Championship hosts only its second sprint weekend of the season, this time from Snetterton in Norfolk for its somewhat lowly GT3 and GT4 entry.
Having already conducted a three-session private test at the circuit yesterday, the crews were welcomed back today to another sun-baked day starting with Free Practice before culminating in individual qualifying sessions to determine the grid for each of Sunday’s two, one-hour races.
This weekend sees just the two full season Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 crews from the Blackthorn AMR and Beechdean AMR teams with Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam chasing the GT3 Pro-Am class within their #7 car and Andrew Howard and Tom Wood doing likewise within the Silver-Am class within their #97 car.
The #7 Blackthorn was slow out within Free Practice with the duo only setting thirteen laps between them within the hour-long session (although Adam did say that this for no significant reason) whilst the Beechdean crew were a little more studious getting some early laps in.
As both the ambient and track temperatures continued to rise, it was soon time for Pre-qualifying and this time both cars were keen to get out early but with the #97 crew showing some great pace to end that hour session seventh overall (and having lost a lap due to track limits) whilst the #7 car would end their preparative work down in tenth overall.
After lunch, it was time for each driver to set their own qualifying times with the amateur’ driver going first but for both Petrobelli and Howard, it would bring a disappointing conclusion as first the Italian lost out on another pole setting time by just 0.151 of a second to their championship rivals but Howard also struggled to eventually come home 0.8 of a second behind their Bridger Motorsport Honda NSX powered class rivals.
The next session saw Adam claim a third row start for tomorrow’s second race whilst Wood beat the #86 Bridger car to claim another class pole position for his efforts.
We will have to wait to see just what the two races will bring.
Saturday, July 12, 2025 |
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Another busy weekend for the Aston Martin Partner teams within both the FIA WEC and IMSA Series
The new Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar enters the second half of its trailblazing maiden season in the FIA World Endurance Championship when it races on South American soil for the first time at Interlagos, for the Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo, this weekend.
Following an encouraging 24 Hours of Le Mans last month where both Valkyrie hypercars completed their maiden twice-around-the-clock event without issue, finishing 12th and 14th, the works Aston Martin Heart of Racing Team registered the cars’, and Aston Martin’s first Manufacturer’s World Championship points in the Hypercar Class. The British brand now seeks to build on this positive momentum with a breakthrough top ten finish on WEC’s return to the six-hour race format, as the championship moves into the ‘flyaway’ event phase of the calendar that shapes the second half of the season.
Following an encouraging 24 Hours of Le Mans last month where both Valkyrie hypercars completed their maiden twice-around-the-clock event without issue, finishing 12th and 14th, the works Aston Martin Heart of Racing Team registered the cars’, and Aston Martin’s first Manufacturer’s World Championship points in the Hypercar Class. The British brand now seeks to build on this positive momentum with a breakthrough top ten finish on WEC’s return to the six-hour race format, as the championship moves into the ‘flyaway’ event phase of the calendar that shapes the second half of the season.
The first ‘Le Mans Hypercar’ to be produced by Aston Martin, and raced by the Aston Martin THOR Team, Valkyrie is the only car in the WEC’s premier category derived from a road-legal hypercar. Valkyrie is also the only LMH to compete in both the FIA WEC and in North America’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and has scored top-10 finishes in every race it has contested in the USA.
Valkyrie made its global debut in the Qatar 1812km in February. The British machine has subsequently demonstrated outstanding reliability, having finished 11 times from 12 starts in all competitions and has solid progression in terms of competitiveness. It has been a consistent points-scorer in all five IMSA races.
The Aston Martin THOR Team will return to its two regular WEC Valkyrie line-ups for the 6 Hours of São Paulo, with the #007 driven by Tom Gamble and Harry Tincknell and the #009 of Alex Riberas and Marco Sørensen.
Aston Martin’s Vantage GT3 returns to the frontline of the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT class action this weekend with race victory very much in the crosshairs.
The FIA World Endurance Championship visits Interlagos for only the fifth time in its history, having been reintroduced to the calendar last year. In that period, Vantage has recorded three class wins and four runner-up finishes – including in 2024. The Heart of Racing team and the Racing Spirit of Léman squad aims to add to that tally with the latest iteration – the Vantage GT3 – in the LMGT3 class of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo on 13 July.
Regular class frontrunners, THOR team principal Ian James, Zach Robichon and Mattia Drudi are looking to at least repeat the performance of the #27 Vantage from last year when it finished second in class. Indeed, so far in 2025, the team has recorded a sixth, a fifth and a fourth from four races and based on its pace, a podium is overdue.
THOR will be joined by Racing Spirit of Léman, which introduces a new driver, Anthony McIntosh to its regular line-up of Eduardo Barrichello and Aston Martin works driver Valentin Hasse-Clot in the #10 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. McIntosh comes fresh off the back of a Pro-Am Class podium in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa with Beechdean AMR, while he also races a Vantage with van der Steur Racing in selected IMSA races in the GTD class. McIntosh steps in for his compatriot Derek De Boer, who is otherwise engaged with external commitments, but will return to the car for the next round – the Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of the Americas on 5-7 September.
THOR is also in action in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship with the latest version of the Vantage GT3 in the all-GT round of the series at Mosport, in Canada. Fresh off a brilliant, last-gasp win at Watkins Glen last month, the team’s fulltime #27 driver Casper Stevenson is currently second in the standings, just 60 points off the GTD class championship lead. His regular teammate Gamble is otherwise engaged with Valkyrie at Interlagos, so THOR has drafted in IMSA Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP driver and 2022 IMSA GTD champion Roman De Angelis; a two-time GTD class winner of the event.
“The Vantage GT3 continues to go from strength to strength,” said Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport Adam Carter. “It proved to be an outstanding choice for our partner teams in the recent 24 Hours of Spa, where it achieved two class win and another class podium. In IMSA it was victorious in the previous round at Watkins Glen. In WEC, the pace has been there, if not the results. Aston Martin has a strong record at Interlagos, and there is every reason for us to head to São Paulo in an optimistic frame of mind, with a podium finish a very clear target for both of our partner teams.”
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Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
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Will the four Aston Martin powered crews be able to impress at the six hours of São Paulo?
With the cars and equipment having been packed and shipped straight almost immediately after the flagship ACO event, this weekend sees the team personnel having already made their way down to Brazil for the six hours of Sao Paulo, the fifth round of the season.
Whilst we (like many) may have thought that full season entries, three Heart of Racing and one Racing Spirit of Leman entries and all was tickety-boo – that is apparently not quite the case within the #59 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3.
Whilst Valentin Hasse-Clot and local hero Eduardo Barrichello remain constant within the car, Derek DeBoer steps aside to allow fellow American Anthony McIntosh his first WEC encounter with the pairing then apparently splitting the remaining races of the season between them.
In the other Vantage LMGT3 from the Heart of Racing team, we will again see the familiar faces of Ian James, Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi behind the wheel of the #27 car.
As the race is also down to its more familiar six-hour time distance, we are also back down to two drivers apiece within each of the #007 and #009 Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars from the Heart of Racing team as Tom Gamble and Harry Tincknell pair up again within the #007 and with Marco Sorenson and Alex Riberas doing likewise within the #009.
Despite early promises of speed and their first elevation into Hyperpole for the #009 Valkyrie of Sorensen, the longevity of the new platform during the race failed to materialise in comparison to their peers BUT both cars did manage to complete the gruelling 24 hours at the first time of asking which was a tremendous achievement. Then within the LMGT3 class, it was a class pole position for the #27 car, but they just missed out on a class podium finish as they finished fourth in class. The #59 Racing Spirit of Leman meanwhile, saw their race hopes disappear early on with technical issues where necessary repairs saw them return many laps down.
With that disappointment behind them, the #59 car will be one to watch with both Hasse-Clot and McIntosh race ready after other recent racing commitments both in Europe and the USA keeping them sharp.
It’s a similar case for the Heart of Racing contingent after many of them participated within the recent Spa 24 and 25-Hour Fun Cup races around Spa Francorchamps.
Off track, there have also been plenty of adjustments within each of the Aston Martin powered classes with the Vantage LMGT3 getting power/energy/base weight adjustments and with the Valkyrie getting the biggest positive adjustment in class which should see it run faster for longer per stint but only time will tell on that one!
Track action begins on Friday with the first of three Free Practice sessions before Qualifying and Hyperpole on Saturday before the six hours of Sao Paulo being waved off at 11:30 hrs local.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2025 |
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Two Aston Martins leading the way as British GT arrives at Snetterton for two more sprint races
With it being a sprint round, it’s no surprise to see just the two Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 crews from each of the Blackthorn AMR and Beechdean AMR teams listed with the #50 MKH Racing Vantage GT4 entry still only part of the GT4 Endurance Cup package.
The last round from Spa Francorchamps at the start of the SRO Speedweek went effectively perfectly for both crews in the end as both the #7 Blackthorn car of Jonny Adam and Giacomo Petrobelli scored their first overall race win togther this year whilst the #97 Beechdean entry of Andre Howard and Tom Wood did what they simply needed to do and take another win within their own two horse silver-am entry.
Those results see the #7 Blackthorn boost their overall and Pro-Am Championship aspirations by climbing up to second place, just two points behind the 2 Seas Mercedes Benz crew in the overall table and 2.5 points behind the same pairing within the Pro-Am table going into the Snetterton round.
Within the silver-am table, the #97 Beechdean crew extend their championship lead over the Bridger Motorsport Honda NSX powered crew to lead Jonny Ip (the only one of the three drivers used within that team on 131 points) by now seventeen and a half points going into this round.
This weekend’s provisional entry list sadly still sees just fourteen GT3 entries and a smaller GT4 entry of just nine cars this time around. Track action will begin on Friday with three private test sessions before Free Practice, Pre-Qualifying and individual Qualifying sessions on Saturday before both races either side of lunch on Sunday.
After the last British GT round at Spa, the Beechdean AMR did stay on at the circuit and did rather well in class at the latter Spa 24 hour too!!
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Tuesday, July 08, 2025 |
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Not what they had hoped for in ELMS as attention now turns to the FIA WEC for the Racing Spirit of Leman team
Being the sole AMR powered team within the ELMS of course, the #59 Vantage LMGT3 of Clement Mateu, Erwan Bastard and Valentin Hasse-Clot had been looking to be well on the GT pace in the preliminary sessions of last weekends visit to Imola in Italy with possibly only the red flag interruption during Qualifying losing Mateu a better chance at class pole position again.
Having had to settle for just a front row starting position this time around, there was still plenty of inter-class contact within the opening laps to readjust that running order with the #59 car taking the early lead in class as minor issues on track finally built up to an incident on track which saw up to six cars involved at the bottom of the first half hour of racing.
Fortunately, not involving the RSLM Aston Martin, it did eliminate three LMGT3 class rivals as the race was red flagged to allow for the clear up operation, but the race soon got back underway after a 15-20minute delay (although the race clock did keep running) but Mateu would have to suffer the consequences of two of his own actions on track.
First starting out of position on track at the start and then his reduction and adherence to the Full Course yellow speed limit on track would earn the Frenchman individual drive through penalties from which there would be no recovery on track from either himself or his co-drivers.
The best that the #59 car could then offer was to attempt to stay on the lead lap in and around seventh in class from the halfway stage but the continued periods of caution without the ability of a wave around would never improve their position as the weather again came into question as the skies darkened again.
Into the final hour of the race, an off-track excursion for the #59 car further delayed them although they didn’t loose any further track position then although they would at their final stop as Hasse-Clot was forced to suffer an additional ten second time penalty for an earlier (unknown by us) incident.
The four hours of Imola would finally end for the all-French driver crew with a distant P29 overall and P7 in class finish for their efforts as both the team and Hasse-Clot refocus their attention to this weekend’s FIA WEC round from Brazil.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2025 |
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IMSA trio of series back in action north of the border at CTMSP this weekend
At the top of the tree is of course the LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD entries making up for a thirty-five-car entry for Sunday’s two hours and forty-minute race.
With there being no top-flight GTP class, there will be no GTP class present and therefore no Aston Martin Valkyrie from the Heart of Racing team and with this being another sprint round we expect to see just the #27 Heart of Racing AMR Vantage GTD present within that class of twelve other cars.
Within that #27 car will be another revised driver line up of car regular Casper Stevenson alongside that of IMSA Valkyrie racer Roman De Angelis as Tom Gamble will be on FIA World Endurance Championship duty this weekend in Brazil.
Next up will be the four AMR Vantage GT4 entries within the Michelin Pilot Challenge Series with the Van Der Steur, Team TGM and Rebel Rock Racing teams fielding their usual full season entries.
Last time out in the series, it was the best collective result to date at Watkins Glen as the #46 Team TGM car of Paul Holton and Matt Plumb finally got in a relatively clean lap, eventually securing a P5 finish alongside a Bronze Cup 1-2 for the #15 VDS entry of Christine and Ben Sloss alongside that of the #64 Team TGM entry of Ted Giovanis and Hugh Plumb. The #71 Rebel Rock Racing AMR of Frank DePew and Robin Liddell again complete the quartet of Aston Martins.
Rounding off the programme of events at Bowmanville, Ontario will be the two races of the fourth round of the VP Racing Sportscar Challenge Series for the now mixed class grid of LMP3, GSX (GT4) and GTDX (GT3) classes.
As with the AMR powered entry into the series so far (except for the season opener from the Roar before the 24 test at Daytona) that will be just the #72 Rebel Rock Racing AMR Vantage GT4 evo of Frank Depew.
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Monday, July 07, 2025 |
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The rough and the smooth of global GT4 racing for two AMR powered teams at the weekend
Whilst there was class success from the Aston Martin Racing powered runners within the Iberian Supercar Series runners at the weekend, it was sadly not the case for the two stablemates from the Prosport Racing team as they battled out what was just the second round of the GT4 Germany Series from the Norisring.
First time out at Oschersleben saw both the #19 car of Hugo Sasse and Roman Fellner-Feldegg make their intentions known with both a P3 and P2 finish whilst the sister #17 car of Marek Bockmann and Anton Abee saw off earlier sickness to come back with a P6 finish in race two, so hopes were high for the challenges of the Norisring.
Unfortunately, that was as good as it got for the two Prosport Racing crews as whilst the #17 crew did qualify for race one upon the front row of the grid, later incident and accident on track saw them forced to retire just before the chequered flag.
The #19 crew would have to make do with a lowly P13 qualifying position with a P13 race result at the end of that hour before moving into a P17 start for Sundays finale but this time both cars failed to finish to end what was a miserable weekend for the team.
The only other light of encouragement was from the sole Aston Martin from the Earl Bamber Motorsport prepared Team NZ crew competing within the Thailand Super Series with drivers Grahame Dowsett and Romain Leroux again behind the wheel.
This time competing at the impromptu street circuit that made up the Bangsaen Grand Prix saw the #7 crew secure another P3 podium at the end of their first GT4/GTC race before backing that up on Sunday with a P4 finish.
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Monday, July 07, 2025 |
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More multi-classed AMR powered success in the Iberian Supercars Series
Originally listed as having up to seven AMR powered crews within the twenty-three strong entry, the Racar Motorsport team was still able to field four crews whilst the Gianfranco Motorsport team entered one of their own.
Pre-event qualifying went well as both Pro class entries, both Am class entries along with the sole Bronze classed entry all secured top five qualifying positions ahead each of the weekend’s two, hour long races.
The opening race however saw rain before the start that obviously complicated the tight street race circuit with the #78 Racar AMR coming off second best after rear quarter contact from another car which saw the Aston impact heavily with the temporary concrete barriers, bring out the red flag.
Back to green with now a much drier track eventually saw the #77 Racar AMR of Mathieu Martin and Roberto Faria secure another P3 Pro podium finish with the #777 Gianfranco entered Vantage GT4 of Ruben Vaquinhas and Pedro Bastos Rezende and the #707 Racar entry of Filipe Videira and Antonio Lopes securing a P1-P2 finish apiece in Am.
Race 2 was a much sunnier affair but with this time the #707 taking contact from another car that would eliminate them from the race as well. Further contact between cars after the restart again saw the race red flagged with the race being called still a few minutes short of their allotted time.
Despite that, the #77 crew secured, this time a P2 finish in Pro with both the #79 Racar crew of Vasco Oliveira and Francisco Carvalho and the #777 Gianfranco entry each securing a P1 finish in both Bronze and Am respectively.
The series now moves on Valencia in mid-September.
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Monday, July 07, 2025 |
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E2P Racing finally get their just reward as the 24H Series completed 12 hours at Paul Ricard
After three prior rounds to their new Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 powered 2025 season where technical issues blighted the opening two rounds at both Mugello and Spa Francorchamps before unavoidable contact whilst passing a slower car took them out of the race with a bang last time out at Misano, put the #90 crew of Pablo Burguera, Antonio Sainero and Oliver Campos firmly in the doldrums with a naught from three average.
This weekend’s fourth round to the Creventic European Series from Paul Ricard in southern France was fortunately different for the crew as they prepared themselves for this straight twelve-hour race.
Competing again within the GT3 Am class, the #90 crew secured a lower than usual P11 start to the race but that was still enough to secure the honour of a class pole position as Burguera took charge of the car again for the opening stint.
Cycling through the morning to night race around the Mistral circuit finally saw the #90 secure what had eluded them so far this season with, not just a P7 overall finish at the end of this twelve-hour event but also a P2 podium in class for their efforts and just three laps down to the eventual winners.
The final race of the season will be the team’s ‘local’ round from the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona towards the end of September.
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Sunday, July 06, 2025 |
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