Van Der Steur complete their Rolex 24 driver line up

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Festivities finally over for another year and its back to business this week as the first racing action of 2025 is about to take place in Dubai and the final pieces of the Van Der Steur Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTD team ahead of their Rolex 24 debut are confirmed.

Announced by the team back in mid-September of last year, sees the Van Der Steur add an IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship Endurance Cup racing commitment to their plans for 2025 with what was then a step up to the GTD class for Rory Van Der Steur and his part 2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge GT4 season co-driver Valentin Hasse-Clot.

Fellow Frenchman, Maxime Robin was later added to the driver roster for of this season’s Rolex 24 opener from Daytona and today’s news also confirms that American racer Anthony McIntosh will join the #19 crew for this prestigious event as well as the other endurance rounds this season.

The Rolex 24 will be run over the weekend of 25th and 26th of January, but before that we will of course have the Roar before the 24 official test and Qualifying weekend the weekend before the main event for the extended IMSA grid which will also have three further Aston Martin’s from both the Heart of Racing and Magnus Racing teams amongst the sixty-one strong grid.

Having already tested at the Daytona circuit either side of the new year in a gorgeous bare carbon format, the #19 car will eventually be out in its more familiar GT4 based livery.

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