Some serious AMR powered related news released earlier today (UPDATED)
Monday, February 03, 2025
Starting at the top, saw the Heart of Racing today their full driver line up within their #27 Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3 that will compete again within the World Endurance Championship that starts again in just a few weeks’ time.
Having raced so competitively last season with drivers Ian James, Alex Riberas and Daniel Mancinelli behind the wheel sees team manager James return to the car but this time alongside the likes of Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi.
Whilst Robichon has been involved with the team’s varying race programme for a couple of seasons now, Drudi’s team involved only started a few weeks ago where he and Robichon raced together in the opening round of the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship aboard the team’s #27 GTD entry where they finished third in class, but this will be both drivers debut within the WEC.
“I’m super excited to be making my FIA WEC debut with the Heart of Racing Team,” said Drudi. “Zach was one of the best Silver rated drivers in 2024 and Ian has been one of the quickest Bronze rated drivers. I think overall we have a really strong lineup. The Aston Martin Vantage was one of the strongest and most competitive cars last year. I can’t wait to get the season started in Qatar later this month.”
The 2025 World Endurance Championship kicks off again in Qatar at the end of February which will also witness the racing debut of the team’s new Valkyrie Hypercar whose driver line ups will be confirmed in due course.
In other news, there has been a driver change within the Blackthorn AMR Vantage GT3 entry into this weekend’s second round (third and fourth races) of the Asian Le Mans Series from the Dubai Autodrome.
Originally listing their #19 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 of full season entrants of Claude Bovet, David McDonald and Jason Ambrose, a more recent change sees the likes of Jonny Adam originally re-partnering up with his 2024 British GT co-driver Giacomo Petrobelli alongside Charles Bateman but news today confirms that Saudi Arabian lady racer Reema Juffali will now take the place of the Italian.
Originally listing their #19 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 of full season entrants of Claude Bovet, David McDonald and Jason Ambrose, a more recent change sees the likes of Jonny Adam originally re-partnering up with his 2024 British GT co-driver Giacomo Petrobelli alongside Charles Bateman but news today confirms that Saudi Arabian lady racer Reema Juffali will now take the place of the Italian.
Juffali was one of four Saudi racers who competed within the final round of the 2024 GT4 European Series with the Comtoyou Racing team in one of their older 17A variants of the Vantage GT4 and who secured a class podium finish in race 2 alongside co-driver Ahmed Bin-Khanen.
Despite already having at least two season’s worth pf prior GT3 racing experience within the GT World Challenge Europe and International GT Open Series, this will be another step up the racing ladder for the Saudi racer and her gentleman co-driver.
Despite already having at least two season’s worth pf prior GT3 racing experience within the GT World Challenge Europe and International GT Open Series, this will be another step up the racing ladder for the Saudi racer and her gentleman co-driver.
We also see a change in livery design and colour for the #89 Earl Bamber Motorsport AMR entry of Jamie Day, Mattia Drudi and Gabriel Rindone.
Photo credits – Teams / GT4 European / social media
Photo credits – Teams / GT4 European / social media