Despite some racing hardships for some of the other Aston Martin Racing powered entries within various series around the world last weekend, there was something to cheer about for the two Vantage GT4 crews racing in last weekend’s Campeonato de Portugal de Velocidade visit to Vila Real.

As bespoke event around the improvised street circuit layout saw twenty-five entries being ran for the two fifty-minute races including the #28 Racar Motorsport AMR entry of Vasco Oliviera/Manuel Giao within GT4 bronze and the #777 RV7 Am class entry for Ruben Vaquinhas.

 

Race one on Saturday proved the perfect end to the days proceedings as the #28 car finished P4 overall and P1 in class with the #777 car P13 overall and P1 in class as well. That was nearly replicated in Sundays finale as the #777 car this time finished P9 overall/ P1 in class but for the #28 car – a mistake over a high kerb launching the bright orange Aston Martin around nose on to into the armco barrier.

 

Eyes now look towards the next round of the mainstay Iberian Supercars Series from Valencia towards the end of September.

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Our last round of weekend previews comes in the form of GT4 powered racing as both the Iberian Racing Festival and Britcar Series deliver us some more Aston Martin Racing powered entries to go alongside those already mentioned.

Running this time as a solo, bespoke event for the Campeonato De Portugal de Velocidade Series at the street circuit of Vila Real this time sees just two AMR Vantage GT4 powered crews as listed within the twenty-five strong entry. More used to seeing these names and teams running within the Iberian Supercars Series, this weekend will see just #28 Racar Motorsport AMR of Vasco Oliveira with Manuel Giao compete alongside stablemate Rubens Vaquinhas within his #777 RV7 Team Aston Martin.

 

Last year saw double that AMR powered entry within a smaller overall entry and also proved productive for Vaquinhas who secured two Am class race wins over the weekend to help him on his way to an overall Am Class championship win.

Back within the UK, the Britcar Endurance Series will be running their fourth round of their six-round season with another ninety-minute race at Snetterton on Saturday.

 

Father and son pairing Bill and Martin Addison compete again together within their 17A variant of the Vantage GT4 platform. The pair did also compete together last time out at Spa Francorchamps where one of them did survive a multi-rotation spin at the bottom of Eau Rouge during the heavy rain of Free Practice.

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There was a more than a healthy haul of class podiums won at the weekend by the many Aston Martin Racing powered teams and crews after they completed the opening round to the Iberian Supercars Series from Portimao.

With six such AMR Vantage GT4 crews competing amongst the twenty-eight runners within last weekends Iberian Racing Festival, there was however not all cheer for some of those six as technical issues bit hard for some.

 

One of those crews who only saw the private testing sessions was the new #722 Pro classed Gianfranco Motorsport crew of Roberto Faria and Joel Bergstrom who unfortunately had to sit out the entire Qualifying and race double header after issues within their former Racing Spirit of Leman AMR Vantage GT4 Evo could not be fixed trackside.

Another casualty within the racing was the Pro classed entered AMR from the #77 Racar Motorsport for reigning champion Mathieu Martins with Anton Morsing after they failed to finish within the opening hour-long race, but they did recover to a P8 overall/P5 in class finish as both Pro class entered Astons got off to a poor start to this six-round season.

 

Success did come the way of the #777 RV7 team Am class entry of reigning champion Ruben Vaquinhas alongside his new co-driver, Mico Mineiro as they secured both a P1 and P2 finishes in class for their efforts.

The #28 Bronze class entered Racar Motorsport AMR Vantage GT4 Evo of Vasco Oliveira and new co-driver Ivan Velasco also scored a class double after they secured a similar great start to the new season with their P1 and P2 finishes respectively.

The #700 NGT crew of Fernando Soares and Miguel Ferreira also enjoyed early success within their new 17A variant of the Vantage GT4 after securing a race win P3 finish in Am before dropping back to P5 in class for race two. The #52 Monterios Competicoes AMR of Henrique Oliveira and Louis Leveau suffered a difficult introduction to the Pro class with their P7 and P9 finishes.

The next round of the season will be from Jarama in three weeks’ time.

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Another diverse and undoubtedly colourful grid of nearly thirty cars will take the start to the opening round of the Iberian Supercars Series this weekend from Portimao as the series again features another healthy input of entries from the Aston Martin Racing powered family.

In another mixture of consistency but with a dousing of new, this weekend’s powered entry list sees six AMR Vantage GT4 powered crews enter this weekend’s two one-hour races with the reigning Pro class champion Mathieu Martins back for some more with the Racar Motorsport team.

 

For this season, however, he will be joined by Anton Morsing with their #28 Racar Pro class entry alongside that of his former teammate last season (Roberto Faria) now pairing up with Joel Bergstrom within the #722 Gianfranco Motorsport prepared car.

They, in turn will be joined in class by the new for 2026 AMR powered entry of Henrique Oliveria and Louis Leveau within the #52 Monterios Competicoes AMR entry.

 

The NGT team make the switch this season to GT4 having secured one of the former Araujo Competicao Aston Martins for drivers Fernando Soares and Miguel Ferrareira whilst Am class champion Ruben Vaquinhas also returns with both a new team and co-driver in the RV7 Team with Mico Mineiro respectively. Another new pairing of Vasco Oliveira and Ivan Velasco complete the AMR powered line up with their #28 Racar Motorsport Bronze entry.

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