One V12 Vantage GT3 did us proud in GT3 Revivals visit to the Nurburgring

Monday, August 31, 2026

The SRO lead GT3 Revival Series completed last weekend’s racing line up as their seventeen strong grid raced out their two fifty-minute races that made up their penultimate round of the season from the Nurburgring.

Despite multiple examples running within previous rounds, there was this time only one V12 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 competing – this one the Spiderman liveried Britec Motorsport prepared #16 car of Afshin Fatemi.

Qualifying for race one saw the German based surgeon start from P11 on the grid and a couple of quick places were made up upon the opening lap before the race quickly settled into something of a rhythm ahead of the compulsory pit stop window at the halfway point.

Circulating P9 overall going into the window saw this solo driver have to get out of the car, shut the door before returning to the vehicle to simulate the driver change process as otherwise no fuel and no tyre changes were permitted.

Returning to the track, the #16 was fortunate not to come off worse than it did when it crossed spilt fluid from an earlier contact between others that forced the AMR to take a much wider line on the run-off area around turn 2 before returning to the circuit. There, Fatemi found himself just off the Am class podium going into the final minutes before eventually fading at the end to finish P8 overall / P5 in class.

Race two on Sunday morning was initially clean with the first few opening corners before some got carried away up ahead which saw cars spinning and others making for the grass in avoidance to culminate with one stuck in the gravel.

Fortunately staying clear of any Safety Car intervention, the opening lap saw Fatemi maintain his place relative to his start in P11 as the gaps gradually spread and the race again settled. Just ahead of the pit stop window, rain threatened parts of the circuit but fortunately did not amount to much – or at least nothing that affected the racing still going on.

Just after the stops, a Safety Car was called for a car stranded at the final corner after an innocuous spin where they couldn’t get going again and that saw the #16 car circulating in tenth overall. Getting back to green gave a final ten-minute dash to the flag but the #16 was unable to progress any further for Fatemi to eventually finish P10 overall / P7 in class.