BSEM AMR show off their AMR wares at Zhuhai corporate day
In interesting event at the Zhuhai International Circuit last week as the Chinese BSEM AMR team held a multi-vehicle corporate day at the circuit with its fleet of Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 cars.
With many Chinese provinces still locked down to motor racing events, this has been one of the few showings within the country for a team that hasn’t now competed on track since the end of 2019.
Obviously a highly professionally run event, at least the desire to drive an Aston Martin around a racetrack within China remains high so future prospects for the team remain optimistic!
Photo credits – BSEM AMR
Saturday, June 18, 2022 |
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Adderly Fong joins up with AMR Asia as team continue to champion the brand in the region
Aston Martin Racing Asia is pleased to announce that Adderly Fong joins the team as Ambassador and AMR Asia - driver. Adderly is currently based in China and will be responsible for supporting Aston Martin Racing customer teams, driver coaching as well as racing in this region. The ex-Lotus F1 Team Development Driver has multiple years of experience in GT racing, most notably being crowned the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup Champion. Aston Martin Racing Asia presents a warm welcome to Adderly to join the family and look forward to working with him.
Adderly Fong, Aston Martin Racing Asia Ambassador and AMR Asia - driver:
"Coming to 2022, it is my privilege to become an ambassador with such an exclusive mark as Aston Martin Racing Asia. Our aim is to broaden the reception of the brand in Asia and hope to go racing as soon as things return to normal. Having driven both the AMR Vantage GT3 & GT4, I have confidence that great things can happen!"
Weiron Tan, Director, Aston Martin Racing Asia:
"We are very excited to have Adderly join the AMR Asia family! He’s one of the most reputable drivers we know who not only has vast knowledge & experience in motorsports but also a very likeable character by many. We’re certain he will work well with our customers and grow the AMR brand presence together in Asia. In addition, Adderly would be setting the benchmark for many more young up-and-coming drivers we hope to recruit in the future."
Source material – AMR Asia
Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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Two new Aston Martin Vantage GT3's to race at Macau Grand Prix
Racing back then with the venerable V12 variant of the Vantage GT3, the Craft Bamboo Racing team entered three such cars into the first running of what was then the FIA GT World Cup for drivers Stefan Mucke, Darryl O’Young and Richard Lyons for which Mucke claimed pole position for the weekend’s first race before eventually finishing P3 in both races.
This time in 2021 however, it is the turn of the Uno Racing Team with the assistance of the AMR appointed Motorsport Services Asia AMR crew to bring two of the latest V8 turbo charged Aston Martin Vantage GT3’s to the peninsula to race in the Sands China Macau GT Cup over the weekend of 19th-21st November.
Recently appointed GT Super Sprint Challenge Series runner up David Pun will be the driver of one of the cars with experienced GT racer Marchy Lee aboard the other.
Neither no stranger to the Macau street circuit, Pun last raced at the event in 2019 behind the wheel of an AMR Vantage GT4 from the Chinese based BSEM team (under his clothing firm’s Evisu Racing banner) where a last lap incident ruled out a podium finish for him but gained one for his then team mate.
Lee also comes with a long line of recent GT experience, racing before in single seaters and then in GT series such as Blancpain GT Asia, Asian Le Mans Series and the Japanese Super GT Series – mainly in an Audi R8 GT3 chassis.
These two Aston’s are due to compete in a provisional grid size of nineteen cars including a Mercedes AMG GT3 with O’Young aboard. The Uno Racing team have also had Adderly Fong driver coach Pun during the GTSSC season, and he was another driver who raced against the three Aston’s back in 2015!
Race one on Saturday afternoon is due to run over eight laps of the 3.8-mile street circuit with a further twelve lap race on Sunday.
Photo credits – Craft Bamboo / Uno Racing / China GT
Thursday, November 11, 2021 |
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David Pun secures runners up position in GTSSC in first season of GT3 racing
Belated congratulations to David Pun for securing the runners up position at the weekend in the inaugural running of the GT Super Sprint Challenge after another visit to the Shanghai International Circuit.
Racing in an Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT3 for the first time this season (and indeed in the first AMR Vantage GT3 to be exported into the Chinese racing arena before later extending to a two AMR car team after the enforced break), both COVID and an incident later during testing threw ‘many spanners’ into the works for the Evisu fashion empire boss as the season was first delayed just after the opening round before he (and team co-driver Riokonig) swapped to an Audi R8 GT3 chassis at the last minute after an incident during testing left the Uno Racing team left them with only a single AMR serviceable chassis.
Wanting to finish the season out in an Aston, Pun returned to his fashionably liveried AMR for last weekend's event where he eventually claimed an overall P7 and P4 finishes during Saturday's wet finale - enough to conclude his runners up position in his AM+ class.
Working under the driver coaching of former British F3 racer Adderly Fong, the team now look to this months Macau Grand Prix event for their next action.
Photo credits – Uno Racing
Tuesday, November 09, 2021 |
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