Will the four Aston Martin powered crews be able to impress at the six hours of São Paulo?
With the cars and equipment having been packed and shipped straight almost immediately after the flagship ACO event, this weekend sees the team personnel having already made their way down to Brazil for the six hours of Sao Paulo, the fifth round of the season.
Whilst we (like many) may have thought that full season entries, three Heart of Racing and one Racing Spirit of Leman entries and all was tickety-boo – that is apparently not quite the case within the #59 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3.
Whilst Valentin Hasse-Clot and local hero Eduardo Barrichello remain constant within the car, Derek DeBoer steps aside to allow fellow American Anthony McIntosh his first WEC encounter with the pairing then apparently splitting the remaining races of the season between them.
In the other Vantage LMGT3 from the Heart of Racing team, we will again see the familiar faces of Ian James, Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi behind the wheel of the #27 car.
As the race is also down to its more familiar six-hour time distance, we are also back down to two drivers apiece within each of the #007 and #009 Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars from the Heart of Racing team as Tom Gamble and Harry Tincknell pair up again within the #007 and with Marco Sorenson and Alex Riberas doing likewise within the #009.
Despite early promises of speed and their first elevation into Hyperpole for the #009 Valkyrie of Sorensen, the longevity of the new platform during the race failed to materialise in comparison to their peers BUT both cars did manage to complete the gruelling 24 hours at the first time of asking which was a tremendous achievement. Then within the LMGT3 class, it was a class pole position for the #27 car, but they just missed out on a class podium finish as they finished fourth in class. The #59 Racing Spirit of Leman meanwhile, saw their race hopes disappear early on with technical issues where necessary repairs saw them return many laps down.
With that disappointment behind them, the #59 car will be one to watch with both Hasse-Clot and McIntosh race ready after other recent racing commitments both in Europe and the USA keeping them sharp.
It’s a similar case for the Heart of Racing contingent after many of them participated within the recent Spa 24 and 25-Hour Fun Cup races around Spa Francorchamps.
Off track, there have also been plenty of adjustments within each of the Aston Martin powered classes with the Vantage LMGT3 getting power/energy/base weight adjustments and with the Valkyrie getting the biggest positive adjustment in class which should see it run faster for longer per stint but only time will tell on that one!
Track action begins on Friday with the first of three Free Practice sessions before Qualifying and Hyperpole on Saturday before the six hours of Sao Paulo being waved off at 11:30 hrs local.
Photo credits – Kelvin Pope (Red Firecracker)
ELMS back in action from Imola this weekend for the Racing Spirit of Leman AMR crew
With many teams and drivers having figured within the Le Mans racing programme, we get to see the return of the #59 Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3 of Clement Mateu, Erwan Bastard and Valentin Hasse-Clot for the first time together since the previous ELMS round togther at Le Castellet (France) at the beginning of May where their first pole position within class sadly dropped to a P6 finish in class by the end of that four hour race.
That results lifted the crew up to eleventh within the LMGT3 Drivers Championship table and with both Mateu and Hasse-Clot getting valuable seat time within other series, the crew will certainly be looking for an improvement upon their race pace to date.
No Le Mans Cup Series support this time around (as they will return at the Spa Francorchamps round later in August) but track action will begin with Free Practice 1 on Friday before Free Practice 2 and Qualifying on Saturday before the start to this four-hour race later on Sunday at 12:00hrs local.
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Chasing that illusive top class win as well as class wins again this weekend at the Nurburgring 24
Aston Martin continues its long and successful association with the fearsome Nürburgring Nordschleife this weekend as the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 goes for overall glory in the ADAC Ravenol 24H Nürburgring with partner teams Walkenhorst Motorsport, PROsport and Dörr Motorsport.
Just days after Vantage finished fourth with the Heart of Racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGT3 class, the legendary German venue hosts the second of three consecutive world-renowned ‘twice around the clock’ endurance races, with Aston Martin chasing a second-straight overall victory at the Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa just a week later.
Nine Vantages, of GT3 and GT4 specifications, will carry the hopes of the British sportscar manufacturer at the 15.8-mile circuit, known throughout motorsport as the ‘Green Hell’. Renowned for pushing machinery to its limit over its hundreds of bumps, crests and blind curves, the Nordschleife punishes even the smallest errors thanks to the track’s unique microclimate, narrow, tree-lined straights and huge entry of almost 150 cars.
Aston Martin has enjoyed a winning tradition at the Nürburgring for more than 60 years. Sir Stirling Moss recorded a hat-trick of 1000km victories with Aston Martin in the 1950s, including the 1959 edition that helped to secure the World Sports Car championship crown. That was in the same year that Aston Martin’s DBR1 claimed its famous overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Since returning to sportscar racing in the mid-2000s, Aston Martin has been an ever-present at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, whether through works-entered cars or with its most trusted partner teams. From 2006, through each iteration of Vantage, the Wings have claimed 10 class victories and more than 25 podium finishes.
Aston Martin has once again partnered with an ultra-successful team – Walkenhorst Motorsport – as it strives to become the first British manufacturer to win the race outright. The German outfit, which won the 2018 Spa 24 hours and the 2023 Asian Le Mans Series, will run three Vantage GT3s, which share the mechanical architecture of the ultra-luxury performance brand’s most focused sportscar, and which are built around Aston Martin’s proven bonded aluminium chassis and powered by its fearsome twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine, in the SP9 Pro, Pro-Am and Am classes.
The #34 SP9 Pro-class Vantage features an all-star line-up of Aston Martin works drivers, who boast seven overall or class wins from Europe’s three premier 24-hour races between them. Renowned Nordschleife specialist David Pittard (GBR) took victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2023 and is joined by another overall winner of the race; two-time FIA WEC GT champion Nicki Thiim (DEN), who triumphed in 2013. The Dane’s Spa 24 hours-winning team-mate from 2024, Mattia Drudi, (ITA) makes his event debut and is the only Aston Martin driver taking on the Le Mans-Nürburgring-Spa treble. Completing the line-up is 2018 Spa 24 hours winner Christian Krognes (NOR), the overall champion in the Nordschleife-based Nürburgring Langstrecken Series (NLS) in 2012 and lap record-holder on the track’s NLS layout.
Another Vantage GT3 tackles the SP9 Pro-Am class with Oliver Söderström (SWE) partnered by Anders Buchardt (NOR), who scored a class podium at the recent Qualifying Races for the event, and Nico Hantke (DEU). Krognes is an additional named driver in the #35 Vantage, meaning he will be on double duty.
Walkenhorst’s #30 Vantage, which will contest the SP9 Am category, features four Nurburgring 24 Hours class winners behind the wheel. Team founder Henry Walkenhorst (DEU) and Jörg Breuer (DEU) – the latter scoring his first category victory in 1993 – share with Stefan Aust (DEU) and US-born Christian Bollrath (DEU). Walkenhorst will also field a Vantage GT4 in the SP10 category. The drivers will be Aris Balanian (BEL), Hermann Vortkamp (DEU), Jean-Christophe David (FRA) and Josh Hansen (USA).
PROSport Racing have entered three cars in three different classes for this weekend’s event, including a Vantage GT3 in SP9 Pro-Am car that is anchored by two-time GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup Champion and two-time Nürburgring 24 Hours overall podium finisher Nico Bastian (DEU). Sharing the #37 entry with him are multiple class winner Marek Böckmann (DEU) and Steven Palette (FRA), a category victor on his only previous appearance in 2012.
The team’s Vantage #175 GT4, which has been a multiple podium-finisher in the NLS this year, will be driven in the SP10 class by Yannik Himmels (DEU) and Michel Albers (DEU), who were part of the line-up than won the category in both of the recent Qualifying Races, plus Nurburgring 24 Hours class winner Jörg Viebahn (DEU) and Benjamin Hites (CHL), the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver champion.
A third entry, the #140 Vantage GT4, will contest the SP8T category and will be raced by regular NLS podium finishers, the father-and-son duo Guido and Maxime Dumarey (BEL) – the latter finishing third in SP9 Pro-Am last year in a Vantage GT3 – plus Raphael Rennhofer (AUT) and Marcel Marchewicz (DEU).
Dörr Motorsport, who claimed the most recent class win for Vantage at the 2022 race, have added two Vantage GT4s in SP10. The #169 car features Peter Posavac (DEU) and Michael Funke (DEU) while Sven Schädler (DEU) and Frank Weishar (DEU) will be in #179. Further drivers for both cars will be announced before the event gets underway.
Adam Carter, Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport, said: “For fans of endurance racing, 2025 is a particularly special year as three of the world’s most prestigious 24-hour races, at Le Mans, the Nürburgring and Spa, are held on successive weekends. Aston Martin has a special connection with each of the three events, with the Vantage platform placing our partner teams as contenders in each. The Nürburgring 24 Hours has a unique atmosphere and the sheer challenge of its 15.7-mile track, bordered by its unforgiving barriers – not to mention the size of the entry list – are just two factors that make winning here such a huge challenge. Vantage has been ultra-competitive in both GT3 and GT4 series this year so naturally our target is to see our partner teams challenge for victory. Aston Martin is globally-renowned but proud of its roots, and to potentially become the first British manufacturer to win this race outright is an important landmark to chase. In Walkenhorst Motorsport, PROsport Racing and Dörr Motorsport we have three partner teams who know how to succeed on-track and we wait to see what they can achieve.”
Aston Martin made its Nürburgring 24 Hours debut in 2006, with an almost standard V8 Vantage that provided the springboard for the ultra-successful GT4 version. Since then, the marque has enjoyed notable class successes, including victory in the SP9T class in 2018, when Maxime Martin (BEL), Thiim, Darren Turner (GBR) and Marco Sørensen (DEN) finished fourth overall, having led into the final hours amid heavy rain in the last competitive outing for the V12 Vantage GT3. The result stands as the marque’s best finish in the race.
In recent years the Vantage GT4 has flourished. The previous generation won the SP8T class in 2019 with Jamie Chadwick (GBR), Alex Brundle (GBR) and Peter Cate (GBR). In 2020, Garage 59 finished third in the same class with an upgraded GT8R driven by works driver Jonny Adam (GBR), Alexander West (SWE), Chris Goodwin (GBR) and Turner.
The most recent class win for the brand came in 2022, when Dörr Motorsport clinched a one-two victory in SP8T on its Aston Martin debut with a Vantage GT4. The team also finished third in SP10 behind the second-placed PROsport Vantage GT4, the best result yet for the Nürburgring-based team.
First qualifying for the ADAC Ravenol 24H Nürburgring begins on Thursday, 19 June at 1300 local time (1200 BST) with the race beginning at 1600 (1500) on Saturday.
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From Le Mans to Watkins Glen for many an Aston Martin driver this weekend
This weekend coming sees the sixth round of the North American series take place with another six-hour running from Watkins Glen for the whole IMSA class structure which for Aston Martin fans will mean the return of the both the IMSA Valkyrie GTP car as well as three AMR Vantage GTD’s this time around.
Having raced in opposite Valkyries this weekend at Le Mans, Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis pair up again within the blue liveried #23 car for this six-hour race on Sunday amongst a GTP entry of twelve other cars.
Being another Endurance round within the IMSA season, this will mean the return of the #19 Van Der Stuer Racing AMR Vantage GTD of Rory Van Der Stuer, Valentin Hasse-Clot and Anthony McIntosh alongside that of the #27 Heart of Racing AMR Vantage GTD entry of Zacharie Robichon, Tom Gamble and Casper Stevenson.
Again, all six drivers listed featured somewhere with last week’s proceedings at Le Mans with Van Der Steur competing within the two Road to Le Mans series with his Code Racing Development AMR Vantage GT3 team whilst Stevenson raced within a Ferrari LMGT3.
This time around, however, also sees the welcome return of the Magnus Racing team and their #44 AMR Vantage GTD of John Potter and Spencer Pumpelly. Since their last showing within the series at the Rolex 24 at the start of the year, third man Andy Lally has since retired from competitive motor racing in favour of series management elsewhere with his place now being taken (at Watkins Glen at least) by Marco Sorensen.
This weekend’s event features a healthy combined GTP, LMP2, GTP Pro and GTD entry of fifty six cars with their first session on track starting on Friday with Free Practice 1 with Free Practice 2 and Qualifying on Saturday. The six Hours of the Glen race starts at 12:10Hrs local on Sunday.
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Four Aston Martins finish another gruelling at Le Mans 24
The new #007 and #007 Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars were of course a new phenomenon at the Circuit de La Sarthe this year and although the differences between the ACO LM24 and direct FIA World Endurance Championship Balance of Performance parameters allowed the #009 car to feature within the Hyperpole process for the first time this season, the cars ultimate race pace was still behind where it could have been to have allowed both cars to feature more prominently in the race.
That being said, the old adage of ‘being able to finish first – first you have to finish’ was where the two cars of Harry Tincknell/Tom Gamble/ Rogg Gunn within the #007 alongside that of the #009 car of Marco Sorensen/Alex Riberas/Roman De Angelis managed to do just that as the #009 completed the years gruelling edition P13 overall with the #007 just two places behind out of the twenty strong class entry.
Being the cars first live twenty-four-hour race, that will go down as a great achievement on the grounds of longevity for the more vital race components within the engine and drivetrain as well as the suspension and serviceability of the overall package although their race results today still fall short of those illusive first FIA WEC Championship points.
Within the LMGT3 class, it was a similar case for both the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3 of Ian James/Mattia Drudi/Zacharie Robichon and the #10 Racing Spirit of Leman AMR Vantage of Derek DeBoer/Valentin Hasse-Clot and Eduardo Barrichello.
With the #27 car taking Pole Position after Hyperpole 2 earlier in the week, the car also broke with traditional as pole setting driver Drudi was allowed to take the start to the race (as opposed to James) as did Hasse-Clot aboard the #10 as opposed to DeBoer.
During the opening hours, both Aston Martins enjoyed time at the head of the class before technical issues aboard the #10 car consigned them to the garage for repairs – something that would cost the crew three racing laps and that proved itself to be a gap that was just too big to cross during the many hours left within the race.
As the hours passed and the rate of attrition increased (particularly during the hours of darkness, the #27 remained well placed somewhere within the top ten whilst all the #10 car could do was to climb its way off from the bottom of the timing screen as with just one hour remaining, the #10 car now sat P13 out of the remaining seventeen LMGT3 entries still running.
Double points on offer at Le Mans and a bonus point for Pole Position see the #27 crew raise up to fourth within the LMGT3 Drivers Championship with the #10 crew down in P16 as the FIA WEC now heads to Brazil for its next round in just three weeks’ time.
Photo credits – Kelvin Pope (Red Firecracker)
A very encouraging day today from Le Mans
Unlike what was previously reported from yesterday evening’s Qualifying session where we though that the #009 Valkyrie of Marco Sorensen (Alex Riberas and Roman De Angelis) had missed out on progressing through to at least Hyperpole 1 thanks to them being baulked upon one flying lap to be pipped at the post at the end of his final flying lap – a post session disqualification for the #6 Penske Porsche for being underweight suddenly threw the #009 Aston Martin back into the equation.
That was a lap time with a decreasing gap between him and the rest of the field as Sorensen finally came home fifteenth at the tail end of the fifteen strong Hyperpole running with a best lap time just over two seconds off the lead pace but still a motivationally quicker than one of the Toyotas and both Peugeots that didn’t make it through last night.
That means that the #009 will start the race on Saturday from P15 whilst the #007 sister car of Harry Tincknell/Tom Gamble and Ross Gunn start from P20 with that disqualified Porsche bringing up the rear of the Hypercar class.
If that was good (which is was for the still new race car programme), the results from the combined LMP2/LMGT3 Hyperpole 1 and 2 session were even better as both Zacharie Robichon and later Mattia Drudi thrust their Heart of Racing AMR Vantage up to class pole position at the end.
It was all plain sailing though as Hyperpole 1 was interrupted with a midway point red flag for a Ferrari beached in the gravel at the Porsche Curves and by then, the #27 car of Robichon hadn’t posted a notable lap time. Quickly out of pit lane at the restart saw the #27 place a better P3 placed ‘banker’ lap – position which elevated down to P6 before going back up to P4 by the end of the first session.
Before that, however, they have just one more Free Practice session to run tonight before a track free day tomorrow. Congratulations to all so far – and we still have a 24-hour race still to go!
Photo Credits – Kelvin Pope (Red Firecracker)
Valkyrie Hypercar Qualifying torment today from Le Mans
After Sunday’s two pre-event test sessions, this afternoon saw the first Free Practice session run for the full sixty-two car entry, something that gave the teams a final three hours of track time before they were launched into the first of the Qualifying sessions later in the day and tomorrow.
Early indications appeared to be favourable for both Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercars from the Heart of Racing team as well as their and the Racing Spirit of Leman Aston Martin Racing Vantage LMGT3’s.
Having been bolstered with a favourable power to weight ratio (amongst other power related parameters), both Valkyries finished that session off the bottom of the Hypercar class as the #007 outgunned the #009 sister with its British driver line up of Harry Tincknell, Tom Gamble and Ross Gunn with a best lap time of just 1.920 seconds off that of the frontrunning cars.
Within the LMGT3, it was the #10 Racing Spirit of Leman car that stole the stable honours from the #23 Heart of Racing entry as Valentin Hasse-Clot, Derek DeBoer and Eduardo Barichello finished third in the timing screen nearly three tenths faster than that of Ian James, Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi.
That lead the proceedings into Qualifying Practice with the LMGT3’s sharing the track with the guesting LMP2 classes for what was supposed to be a thirty-minute session, however, with a car stopping on track near the Dunlop Bridge saw the session red flagged. That thrust strategy for most into a two fifteen-minute dashes and allowed everyone to take fresh tyres for the restart. Whilst James was already comfortably placed to make his way through to tomorrows Hyperpole again, DeBoer was on the cusp to start the second bout of hot laps that sadly saw the American drop to P18 in class at the end.
His initial charge was badly hampered with at least two or three other Hypercars dawdling for track position up to and within the final chicane onto the start straight. The presence of those cars effectively lost the Dane his best lap and in F1 would he seen one or more of those cars handed a penalty for impeding.
Thinking that the Valkyries turn was already over, a lap last lap dash from the #009 saw it leap-frog those above and into the final Hyperpole position only for the last struggling Porsche to come through to spoil the fairytale. The results from that session would mean that the #009 would start the 24 hour from P16 with the sister #007 from P21.
That does not complete the track action for the day, and the drivers now look forward to their first nighttime running around the circuit with the two-hour Free Practice 2 session before Free Practice 3 tomorrow alongside the new Hyperpole 1 and 2 sessions.
Photo credits – Teams / DPPI / ACO / social media / Kelvin Pope (Red Firecracker Media)
Aston Martins latest Le Mans Hypercar based play thing!!
Surely just a strange coincidence that Aston Martin today release news of their most exclusive car package yet in the Valkyrie LM!!
Further cementing the link between this new model and the Aston Martin Valkyrie that the Heart of Racing team will be racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time since its inception this week, today’s news sees a more than exclusive road going version of that Valkyrie Hypercar in it’s Le Mans version.
Not as powerful as the Valkyrie AMR Pro and (again) coincidentally limited to the FIA WEC limiting 697bhp from the 1000bhp plus of the Pro variant, this run of cars will of course be limited with just ten such models being made available globally.
Aston Martin CEO, Adrian Hallmark said: “In all its forms, there is nothing on Earth that compares to Valkyrie. The Le Mans contender is unique amongst its peers, not least the breathtaking 6.5-litre V12 engine that provides the beating heart for the only competitive hypercar bred from a road car.
“Valkyrie LM is an exquisite opportunity to be part of the most exclusive Aston Martin owners club in the world; a group who can immerse themselves in the purest and most comparable endurance driving experience, one that would otherwise only be available to our works drivers operating at the very limit of sportscar racing’s highest echelon. Through the decades, Aston Martin has striven to give its owners the truest sense of the performance bred from its racing cars. With Valkyrie LM, there has never been an opportunity to get closer to the raw dynamic forces and state of the art technology deployed by the hypercar currently competing in WEC and IMSA.”
The Valkyrie LM truly represents a driving experience directly comparable to the elite performance levels of sportscar racing’s pinnacle Hypercar class. Its differentiation is minimal to the cars competing in WEC and IMSA and focusses on ensuring the Valkyrie LM is fully accessible to amateur drivers. Race series specific items such as ballast and FIA-regulation electronics will be removed, with a bespoke cockpit interface tailored for track day usage. User-friendly open-loop torque control (rather than closed-loop which exists for competition regulation and homologation), torque sensors that manage power delivery on the race car are removed, optimising the driving experience for customers. The V12 engine will be recalibrated to accept readily available fuel.
The rear-wheel-drive Valkyrie LM is driven through a seven-speed sequential transmission operated by semi-automatic paddle shift gear change, just like the competitive version. The racing suspension configuration features double wishbones front and rear, with pushrod actuated torsion bar springs with adjustable side and central dampers. The Valkyrie LM will run on bespoke performance tyres from F1® tyre supplier Pirelli.
The cockpit is optimised for driver safety, access and visibility, with a custom carbon-fibre race seat with shoulder support and headrest padding surround. It features a six-point FIA 8853 safety harness and fire suppression system, while the steering wheel has an integrated driver display and shift lights.
These cars will become available in Q2 next year but if (like us) you’re wondering how much these beasts might be – then we probably cannot afford it!!
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Le Mans 24 Test Day completed by the four Aston Martin (Racing) powered runners today
Having already taken to the streets of Le Mans old town yesterday evening for the now traditional car parade, today saw the two new Valkyrie Hypercars from the Heart of Racing team tick off another first to finally realise that initial hope and desire of racing a true road to racetrack hypercar at the hallowed circuit.
Two, three-hour sessions were again available to all the Hypercar/LMP2 and LMGT3 crews – split either side of an hour lunch break but as usual, there was little to no time to do anything other than prepare both the car and the crews for the start of the officially timed sessions which begin on Wednesday.
For the rookie drivers, that included attaining their minimum ten laps to advance into night qualifying and from what we can make out from the timing results is that both Derek DeBoer and Eduardo Barrichello aboard their #10 Racing Spirit of Leman Vantage LMGT3 as well as Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi did as well aboard their #23 Heart of Racing Vantage LMGT3 across the two sessions.
Track activity didn’t exactly get off to the best of starts, however, as the #007 Valkyrie of Tom Gamble was pinged for speeding within the pit lane at the start of the session 1 which saw him and the team get a fine as well as the loss of all his lap times up until that point. Fortunately, that was the only transgression (other than track limits) that any of the four crews suffered within the test although the #009 car of Marco Sorensen did have an off at Indianapolis which did reduce its overall lap count in session 2.
Between the four cars, we calculated that they covered just over two thousand miles between them with two hundred and forty-two laps of the 8.467-mile circuit being ticked off with their early setups and systems checks and preparatory works.
Like usual to any FIA World Endurance Championship round, pushing the envelope of performance is never on the agenda for Aston Martin powered teams but all cars sat comfortably within the time spread between all cars in each class – 4.8 seconds in hypercar and 4.3 seconds for LMGT3 in session one and 3.1 seconds and 4.9 seconds respectively in session 2.
Whilst this was the first time that anyone could see the new Valkyrie perform at Le Mans within its LM24 specific Balance of Performance, the old tradition with all classes with ‘sandbagging’ is a usual point of caution. Only with the start of Free Practice 1 will we start to see and understand the true situation with performance across all classes.
Tomorrow sees no track or paddock activity before rolling into the autograph/pit walk and pit stop challenge sessions on Tuesday before the cars get back on the track later on Wednesday.
Photo credits – Kelvin Pope (Red Firecracker)
Le Pesage done for the Aston Martin powered squad - next the car parade before tomorrows LM24 Test Day
Now within the picturesque backdrop of the older sections of Le Mans within the Place de La Republique saw the four cars pass through the more visible technical inspections upon the cars prior to tomorrows test day as well as the collective interviews for the drivers on the stage in front of the (again) large crowd.
For many within the two Aston Martin (Racing) camps, this is nothing new having been in that position many times before but for many within the Vantage LMGT3 crews – this was a new experience which they all seemed to be revelling within.
With those technical inspections and driver interviews that make up the Le Pesage process within the square due to continue until about lunchtime, emphasis then moves onto other parts of the town as both the #27 Heart of Racing Vantage LMGT3 and its sister #009 Valkyrie cars are due to form part of the car parade this afternoon.
Photo credits – Teams / ACO / social media
