AMR's Class of 2022
Friday, May 27, 2022
Following in the footsteps of previous winners in the likes of Ross Gunn, Tom Canning, Valentin Hasse-Clot and last year’s winner Roman De Angelis, this year’s contenders mainly feature within the GT4 category with just one driver presently competing within the AMR Vantage GT3 for one of AMR’s many Customer and Partner teams.
As reported previously, the 2022 season is by far the busiest season yet with the 2019 AMR Vantage GT4 platform within the global racing scene despite GT3 take up has unfortunately been at the opposing end of the scale.
2022 ASTON MARTIN RACING DRIVER ACADEMY CANDIDATES
Driver | Team | Series | Car |
Josh Miller (GBR) | R-Racing | British GT | GT4 |
Nick Hancke (DEU) | Speed Monkeys | DTM Trophy | GT4 |
Jacob Riegel (DEU) | Speed Monkeys | DTM Trophy | GT4 |
Konstantin Lachenauer (CHE) | Racing Spirit of Leman | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Gus Bowers (GBR) | Racing Spirit of Leman | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Thijmen Nabuurs (NED) | Racing One | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Theo Nouet (FRA) | Beechdean AMR | GTWC Endurance Cup | GT3 |
Tom Wood (GBR) | Racing One | ADAC GT4 | GT4 |
Ben Dorr (DEU) | Doer | ADAC GT4 | GT4 |
Romain Leroux (FRA) | Doer | ADAC GT4 | GT4 |
Emil Heyerdahl (NOR) | Prosport | NLS | GT4 |
Loris Cabirou (FRA) | AGS Events | FFSA GT4 | GT4 |
Ewen Hachez (GBR) | AGS | FFSA GT4 | GT4 |
Hugo Bac (FRA) | AGS | FFSA GT4 | GT4 |
Andy Noah (FRA) | AGS | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Hugo Conde (FRA) | AGS | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Julien Darras (FRA) | Street Art | GT Open GT4 | GT4 |
Clemence Rouceau (FRA) | Street Art | GT Open GT4 | GT4 |
Akhil Rabindra (IND) | Racing Spirt of Lèman | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Jamie Day (GBR) | R-Racing | British GT | GT4 |
Kenton Koch (USA) | Racing One | GT4 European Series | GT4 |
Phil Dorr (DEU) | Doer | ADAC GT4 | GT4 |
Most of these above drivers will require no further introduction from us as all the series/championships listed have already started their 2022 season, with great success to for many. The only name that is new to us is that of Clemence Rouceau – stated as competing with the Street Art Racing team in the GT Open Cup series but was not present at the opening round of the season at Paul Ricard last weekend.
Again, not necessarily dependent upon race results, the AMR Drivers Academy process will again have a judging panel comprising of drivers Darren Turner and Hasse-Clot, AMR Managing Director John Gaw, Head of Customer Racing Hugh Tusker and Head of Performance Engineer Gus Beteli to ‘interrogate’ the seventeen- to twenty-six-year-olds for the lucrative prize of funding towards their 2023 programme as well as the technical and developmental improvements a direct connection with the AMR factory will provide.
“The Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy is an excellent tool for assessing the level of talent within our partner ranks and is the ideal way for the brand to give back to the sport in a constructive and meaningful way. As our former winners have proven, and I’m sure Roman will too, this initiative holds enormous value to us, to the drivers who participate and the wider sport in general. We hope to continue this tradition as we look to support our partners across the GT racing around the world” said Tusker with today’s announcement.
Photo credits - AMR
