After evaluating their new car, AMattheis have decided to debut their V12 Vantage GT3 in the next round of the Brazilian Top Series in Sao Paulo.

"The Aston has a much stronger engine and although the Lamborghini has an aerodynamic and mechanical advantage, overall, the Aston is much better on the tires and delivers a quicker lap time," explains Xandinho Negrao. For Team Manager, Andreas Mattheis, the new car meets all requirements of an endurance racer. "The good surprise is that it uses 10% less fuel than a Lamborghini," says Andreas."The concept is different from the Lambo. It is a front engined car, but the engine is behind the axle, while the transmission, clutch and differential is in the rear of the car. This ensures an optimal 50/50 weight distribution. In the Lamborghini, which is mid engined, the front is lighter, it’s faster through faster the corner, but at the same time had higher tire wear" adds Andreas.

The lap times of the Aston Martin Vantage also surprised Xandy and Xandinho, with the car lapping in the region of 1 minuet 09 seconds during testing in Rio de Janeiro.

"The car was difficult to start with, but slowly we adapted the settings to the circuit and improved the set-up until we had the car quite competitive: the more we drive, the more we’ll learn about it - and that goes for us, racers, and also to Andreas, "said Xandinho.

The Farther and son duo currently hold second place in the Top Series Championship after the first two rounds. The champion will resume at Sao Paulo July 22nd.

AMattheis have completed their first test with the new V12 Vantage GT3 at Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian team received their chassis at the end of June and have wasted no time in getting to know the V12 powered racer.

Xandy Negrao and Xandinho Negrao tested the car for the first time on Monday (02/07) during private testing at the Circuit de Jacarepagua, "We're still in the process of learning the car, but from what we saw in testing, the car met our expectations and showed a positive result," commented Team Manager, Andreas Mattheis.

"The Vantage is totally different from Lamborghini, we need more tests to develop and learn the Aston" said Xandinho. "I had good impressions of the car, which behaved well. I believe that Aston has the potential to be at the front," added Xandy. The team are yet to decide whether they will enter the new car in the next round of the championship, or if they’ll continue with the Lamborghini whilst they develop the new car.

The Farther and son duo currently hold second place in the Top Series Championship after the first two rounds. The champion will resume at Sao Paulo July 22nd.

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After winning the opening round of the Brazilian Top Series endurance championship in their AMattheis Motorsport Lamborghini  LP600, Xandinho and Xandi Negrão await delivery of their Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 which is expected before the third round of the championship.

"We haven’t had the opportunity to see the car going, but the main advantage over the Lamborghini  is the engine, although we must wait for the first practice to make a real comparison” said Xandinho. The Lamborghini is excellent in the early laps of the tyre, but has much weight concentrated in the rear which causes high tyre wear. We don't know how they will react to the Aston, but the car is first class and the expectation is very high.”

The Top Series championship resumes June 10th at Curitiba with AMattheis Motorsport fielding their V12 Vantage from the round three at São Paulo July 22nd.