There was a debut podium finish in class for the American pairing who took over the Mirage Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 within the FFSA GT4 Series penultimate round of the season from Magny-Cours.

Racing the car previously completed with by both Daid Levy and Jodie Sloss (as they move across the Mirage team garage to their new Porsche entry), that left the renumbered #7 car entry assigned to both Grant West and Alex Bachoura.

 

Previously scheduled to race the Aston Martin at Spa, West and Bachoura (two previous Mazda MX5 racers) had to wait until this weekend before making that dream come true.

Race one on Sunday had seen the #7 car fail to finish but at the end of the second hour long race, the pairing had managed to secure a P3 finish within their Am class.

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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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The #5 Mirage Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 of David Levy and Jodie Sloss will apparently be flying the AMR flag solo after all this weekend as they have just been confirmed as the sole Vantage GT4 entry within this weekend’s FFSA GT4 opener from Nogaro.

Gone has their sister Pro-Am winning car of last season for drivers Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandre Vaintrub but still leaving a twenty-seven multi-classed entry across all classes (except for silver again) across six manufacturers.

 

Levy and Sloss were only recently confirmed as giving the French national GT4 series another go over the five round, ten one-hour long race season starting this Bank Holiday weekend in Nogaro.

 

Track action will begin on Saturday with two Free Practice session before moving onto both Qualifying and Race 1 on Sunday and Race 2 on Monday.

If the recent testing shots were also anything to go by – we expect a change to the previous livery colour scheme too.

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Great to see the first Aston Martin Racing powered entry confirmed today within the French national FFSA GT4 Series as both David Levy and Jodie Sloss return for a second season together within their #5 Vantage GT4.

Having debuted last season, the young Scot came with limited GT4 racing knowledge having only competed with a part GT Cup Championship season with the then Forsetti Motorsport team before turning her attention to France.

 

Good news coming out of the USA this evening as the Van Der Steur Aston Martin Racing team confirm another driver line up for the team within the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series.

Debuting next time around from Sebring in just a couple of weeks, sees established racers Trenton Estep and Allen Patten join forces for the first time within the teams #66 AMR Vantage GT4 Evo – presumably alongside their more established husband and wife racing duo of Christine and Ben Sloss.

Estep’s racing history has mainly been Porsche related within, most recently the GT World Challenge America Series whist Patten’s career to date has been a little bit more cosmopolitan. To find out whether this is a full season as just a Sebring only entry remains to be seen or learned as Patten has already announced an entry within the GT4 America Series.

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Another Aston Martin Racing powered crew raced onto to the growing list of 2025 Championship winning achievements as the French based Mirage Racing team celebrated secured the Pro-Am class championship at the final round of the FFSA GT4 Series yesterday.

Featuring another Vantage GT4 double entry within the French series, their #7 crew of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandre Vaintrub made the best of their slight championship lead going into last weekend’s fifth and final round of the season from Paul Ricard to end their 2025 account in the best way possible with a P4 finish in race one before their season clinching race win in Sunday’s second and final race.

 

It’s the final round of the FFSA GT4 Series this weekend from the home of the organising SRO body at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France.

Like most of the season, 2025 has seen a more modest entry level compared to previous years with only the Am and Pro-Am class being available this time around.

 

A trio of third placed class finishes was the reward for the two Mirage Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 Evo crews at the end of last weekend’s fourth round of the French FFSA GT4 Serie from Magny-Cours.

Racing with a car apiece within both the Pro-Am and Am classes saw the #7 Pro-Am entry of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub slightly stall on their championship aspirations after they struggled to recover from their lower-than-expected P7 overall qualifying position ahead of Saturdays into the night opening race.

 

Supporting the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Series from Magny-Cours this weekend will be the small but perfectly formed grid of the French based FFSA GT4 Series and their expected fourteen strong Am and Pro-Am runners.

Racing what will be their fourth round of a six-round season, both Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 Evo entries from the French based Mirage Racing team will again be in action as Pro-Am runners Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub go again within their #7 car whilst Am class runners David Levy and Jodie Sloss do likewise within their #5 car.

 

Like the British GT Championship Aston Martin Racing powered runners before it, it was a near mirror image of their earlier results for the two Mirage Racing AMR Vantage GT4 runners today as the French series saw out its third round of the season from Spa Francorchamps.

Saturday’s hour-long opener has seen the #7 Mirage Racing AMR of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub snatch the overall race win after the #10 car that finished before it had been blacked flagged earlier in the race.

 

Double pole positions gained earlier at Spa Francorchamps were more than equalled within the days later opening race of the FFSA GT4 Series after the Mirage Racing Aston Martin Racing pair of Vantage GT4’s scored class wins in both Pro-Am and Am classes.

Racing what is the first half of their third round to the season today saw the #7 crew of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub better their front row start to this evenings hour long race to grab an overall race win at the end.

 

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.

 

Just four Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4s are expected for next weekend’s third round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series from the aptly named Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca circuit in California.

After the usual two opening rounds from both Daytona and Sebring, the style of racetrack for this second two-hour race of the season changes from that of just speed to one where a little more balance would be required.