Two Aston Martin Racing powered entries confirmed in this weeks Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans races
Saturday, June 07, 2025
Having seen the usual six round race calendar extended in race duration this year, their Road to Le Mans event sees the expected fifty-eight strong LMP3 and GT3 entry revert to their usual two race – one on Thursday and the other on Saturday morning format.
Amongst the expected fifteen strong GT3 field will be the full season Le Mans Cup entry from the Code Racing Development team and their rather successful (so far) #11 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 car of Rory Van Der Stuer and Philipp Sager.
With two rounds having passed so far (Barcelona and Paul Ricard), the #11 crew lead the GT3 Drivers Championship table by eight points after their P2 class finish in Spain and their class win in France.
The second car is an ad-hoc Road to Le Mans only entry from the Racing Spirit of Leman team who (despite preparing their #10 AMR Vantage LMGT3 within the 24 Hours) will field a GT3 version of that car for drivers Anthony McIntosh and Parker Thompson.
Whilst we have seen McIntosh out within the Van Der Steur AMR Vantage GTD within the longer IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship rounds earlier this year, Thompson is a more familiar face behind one of the Vasser Sullivan Lexus IMSA entries this year. We were originally told that at least one half of the RTLM driver combo’ would have been former FFSA GT4 Am Champion and GT4 European Series racer Florent Grizaud but he hopes to be involved again at next year’s event.
Whilst we have seen McIntosh out within the Van Der Steur AMR Vantage GTD within the longer IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship rounds earlier this year, Thompson is a more familiar face behind one of the Vasser Sullivan Lexus IMSA entries this year. We were originally told that at least one half of the RTLM driver combo’ would have been former FFSA GT4 Am Champion and GT4 European Series racer Florent Grizaud but he hopes to be involved again at next year’s event.
We have yet to see this RSLM entry in the flesh - we wouldn't be surprised if it is just their European Le Mans Series LMGT3 entry reconfigured into GT3 format with a few decal adjustments?
Photo credit – Team / ACO
