Heading into this weekend’s penultimate round of the French FFSA GT4 Series from Magny-Cours sees another change within the sole Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered entry from the Mirage Racing team.

For the opening two rounds of the season, the #5 Mirage Racing Am classed entry was again piloted by both David Levy and Jodie Sloss where the pairing had rekindled some of last years successes together with a pair of class podium finishes at Nogaro before winning the class in both races at Dijon-Prenois.

 

At the next round from Spa Francorchamps in June, Levy suddenly transferred over to the #24 JSB Competition Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 leaving Sloss to see what quickly become a thorough forgettable event alongside Nicolas Siebenschuh. Following an unseen incident with another car within the pit lane for Sloss, that sadly saw the #5 car sidelined for the remainder of the event with Siebenschuh never getting a competitive run out in the car.

 

The entry list for this weekend’s trip to Magny-Cours is now out and we again see a return of the Sloss/Levy combination but not within the Mirage Racing AMR Vantage GT4. Whilst they will race within the team’s #5 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 for the first time, the team’s #7 Aston Martin Racing powered entry will be driven by the series debuting crew of Grant West and Alex Bachoura – again within the Am class.

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It was a near perfect return to the French FFSA GT4 Series for the #5 Mirage Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 driving partnership of David Levy and Jodie Sloss.

Racing this weekend at Dijon-Prenois, the #5 crew looked to improve upon their race finishes first time this season from Nogaro where the Am classed crew finished both races upon the class podium, but in P2 and P3 respectively at the end of each one-hour race.

 

Competing again within a combined grid of thirty-two cars, the #5 crew started the weekend better than last time out as each driver qualified their car within the top three in class before taking to the track for the first race later on Saturday afternoon.

Another typically hectic start to another GT4 powered race saw one car knocked into a spin at turn one first time around before the race settled into something of a rhythm. Only a later Safety Car for a car fire spoilt a clean run to the end where Levy finished off Sloss’s start to claim a P9 overall finish – P1 in class.

 

Sunday’s finale was something along a similar vein with dry and bright track conditions only being hampered by cooler temperatures. Whilst others felt it necessary to make contact with others, something that again brought out the Safety Car after the pit window, the #5 car kept things clean again for Sloss to eventually cross the line P9 overall – P1 in class.

 

Rounding off our racing excitement for the weekend will be the (sadly) sole Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered crew competing within the second round of the French national FFSA-GT4 Series from Dijon.

Having done so well together as a package last season, David Levy and Jodie Sloss again fly the AMR powered flag together with the French based Mirage Racing team ahead of this weekend’s two one-hour races.

 

At the traditional seasonal opener from Nogaro, the #5 powered crew enjoyed two quick trips to the podium after they secured themselves both a P2 and P3 Pro-Am class finish for their efforts.

This weekend sees a repeat of that two-race format over the weekend with track action starting on Thursday with private testing.

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There may only be one Vantage GT4 crew within this full season’s French FFSA GT4 Series, but it was still a podium double straight out of the box for the Aston Martin Racing powered crew at this weekend’s opening round from Nogaro.

With the #5 Mirage Racing team again fielding the Am classed pairing of young Scot Jodie Sloss alongside the more mature Frenchman David Levy, this weekend’s opening round commitment first took them into downtown Nogaro for the series annual pilgrimage through the town with a meet and greet between the drivers, teams, race fans and local residents.

 

Delaying the race programme to include races over Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, the #5 pairing basically took off from where they had left off together last season to pedal identical qualification positions to one another – P13 overall out of a grid of twenty-seven cars and P3 in class.

Sometimes notoriously cold and wet at Nogaro for the Easter opener, this time around it was clear blue skies and sunshine on Sunday for the season opening one hour race where the race start passed off relatively quietly until two spinning Alpines brought out the Safety Car for the first time after early gains for Sloss.

 

Swapping over at the halfway mark, apart from one short Full Course Yellow for another car in the gravel, it was a relatively clean run in to the flag for Levy as they and Mirage Racing clocked up a season opening P2 in class finish – P7 overall.

Race two on Monday ran under identical conditions but with starting drivers reversed for all this time around and again, early contact between cars would bring out the Safety Car with another incident just before the pit stop window hampering the progress for Levy.

Sloss would eventually get her turn behind the wheel again and unable to progress himself up the order, she (and Levy) had to make do with an Overall P19 finish but still a P3 podium finish in class.

The next round to the season will be from Dijon-Prenois in mid-May.

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Supporting the start of Speedweek alongside the British GT Championship from Spa Francorchamps this weekend will be the French based FFSA GT4 Series and their modest twenty car entry for their third round of the season.

Since scaling back from including a silver graded class within their otherwise Pro-Am and Am classes at the end of last season, entry numbers have obviously fallen slightly as the faster grade of driver was forced to look elsewhere in Europe.

 

It proved itself to be a good weekend for the solo Aston Martin Racing powered team competing within the second round of the FFSA GT4 Series from Dijon-Prenois.

This time competing under clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine, both the French based Mirage Racing team’s two Vantage GT4 crews went onto secure further class success with a double class podium visit for their #5 Am class entry of FFSA Academy entrants David Levy and Jodie Sloss at the end of the weekend’s two, hour long races.

 

No surprises with the Aston Martin Racing powered entries for the second round of the French FFSA GT4 Series this weekend with two Mirage Racing Vantage GT4 Evo entries confirmed for Dijon-Prenois.

It was a similar case for the opening round of the season from Nogaro that saw the previous announced Pro-Am #7 entry of Stanislav Safronov and Alexandr Vaintrub return for another attempt at their class alongside the later announced #5 Am pairing of David Levy and Jodie Sloss.

 

Two GT4 based series rounded off a compact but perfectly formed quartet of motor racing activity this weekend for the many Aston Martin Racing powered contingents within them.

Over at Nogaro, the French FFSA GT4 Series opened its 2025 account with another pair of hour-long races for what will be this year a reduced entry with the series this time only allowing both Pro-Am and Am class entries.

 

An Aston Martin Racing powered crew may have won one of the available classes within the FFSA GT4 Series last time out at Dijon-Prenois but the French series is again back in action for one last time this season as the grid competes at Paul Ricard for the annual SRO Festival.

Last time racing with the sole two remaining AMR powered crews from both the Mirage Racing and Championship winning Racing Spirit of Leman team, this weekend’s provisional entry list a least shows five such Vantage GT4 crews for an hour-long night race on Saturday before their season finale later on Sunday afternoon.

 

One podium finish and another just off were enough for the #74 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered crew of Victor Weyrich and Mateo Villagomez this weekend to secure the 2024 FFSA GT4 Silver Drivers Championship from Dijon-Prenois.

Already entering this penultimate round of the French national series with a large lead, this weekend’s results have confirmed maintain a now unassailable lead for the crew going into the final round of the season at Paul Ricard in early October meaning that they have now been declared champions.

 

Just eighteen cars will roll out at Dijon-Prenois for the penultimate round of the French national FFSA GT4 series this weekend with another reduced Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered headcount of just two cars.

With just this round and the season finale of the SRO Racing festival from Paul Ricard in early October still to go, we have just the #7 Mirage Racing car of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub still competing within the Pro-Am class as well as the #74 Racing Spirit of Leman Silver class entry of Victor Weyrich and Mateo Villagomez to cheer.

 

The Racing Spirit of Leman crew of Victor Weyrich and Mateo Villagomez did their own and team championship aspirations no harm at all over the weekend at the latest round of the FFSA GT4 Series from Magny-Cours.

This time running with no teammates with the #92 Am class entry of Clement Dub and Ronald Basso being absent from the event, the silver pairing went on to dominate their class again although the #74 car never had things all their own way from an overall race result perspective.

 

We are not too sure what’s happened in the FFSA GT4 Series recently, but this weekend’s fourth round headcount shows a noticeable downward turn in entries, including those from Aston Martin Racing powered teams as just thirty-two cars make the provisional entry list.

This weekend competing at the Vale de Vienne GT Festival, we will see just the pair of AMR Vantage GT4’s from both the AGS Events Racing and Racing Spirit of Lemans teams where ordinarily we would have expected entries from both Mirage Racing and GPA Racing too.

 

The third running of the French FFSA GT4 Series saw a dramatic improvement with the fortunes of many of the seven Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered teams with one crew almost recording a near perfect set of results across its two races.

Competing this time from the Circuit Dijon-Prenois to the east of the country saw the Mirage Racing, AGS Events Racing and Spirit of Leman team each enter a pair of such cars together with a solo entry from the GPA Racing squad.