It appears that those in Copenhagen this weekend had a right feast of motor sport activity at their annual Historic Grand Prix event.

Including racing and displays from a whole range of race cars and series of various ages, it appears that they were also given a spectacle of everything old and new from Aston Martin Racing including the form of the older Young Driver AMR DB9 and the newer AMR Vantage Pro and Rapide with various things in between.



With not only Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorensen being on hand, they were also joined by Jan Struve and Jac Nellemann from Young Driver AMR (amongst others) to put on a display including a run in the YD AMR 2016 WEC GTE Pro winning car (or on every much like it). Danish squad, Massive Motorsport were also there but only in the Danish Touring Car running guise.


Thanks for all who posted photos and video of the event on-line

Photo credits - Social Media / Copenhagen Historic GP

Thank you R-Motorsport for posting these incredible photos of their Aston Martin Vantage GT8 and their Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4 taken at the Liqui-Moly 12Hours of Bathurst earlier this month.

















Thank you for sharing them.

A bizarre looking but none the less very heavy impact into the concrete barrier for Jan Struve in the #62 R-Motorsport Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4 has sadly left the car in an unrepairable condition for Sundays race.

Struve was had just completed a lap in the final Free Practice session before Qualifying when he was accelerating hard up the hill on the Mountain Straight when cameras showed the car suddenly spearing to drivers right into the wall before traversing across track for another significant secondary impact into the opposing wall but on the same front right quarter.

Thankfully Struve was seen to remove himself, unaided from the car before being taken to the circuit medical centre for checks.

The team have since confirmed to race officials that the car is not repairable in time but more importantly that Struve has suffered no significant injury as per the Press Release from Aston Martin Racing below.

Aston Martin’s Vantage GT8 will make its second competitive outing this weekend, as the marque’s special edition takes on Australia’s famous Bathurst 12-hours GT race at Mount Panorama.

Having competed in last year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours in Europe, the close-to-production specification Vantage GT8 will be operated by Aston Martin customer team R-Motorsport this weekend in the event’s invitational class.

With R-Motorsport’s regular drivers Florian Kamelger (I) and Markus Lungstrass (D) on-board, Aston Martin Racing works driver Darren Turner (GB) completes the line-up.

Turner said ahead of being unleashed down under, “Finally, I’ve made it to one of the most exciting racing circuits in the world! Mount Panorama has been on my bucket list forever and I just can’t wait for the race. It’s such a challenging circuit, especially over the top of the mountain. Whenever I speak to other drivers who have competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour their eyes light up when they tell me how exciting and challenging the circuit is so I’m looking forward to experiencing it for myself.

Some of you may have noticed that over the last few days a few of next months Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12hrs Aston Martin runners have been testing prior to the big event.

Miedecke Stone Motorsport tested last week at the Queensland Raceway circuit with drivers George Miedecke and Ashley Walsh reuniting and Tony Bates in the teams spare V12 Vantage GT3 chassis for the first time.


Yesterday, we learned that Young Driver AMR boss, Jan Struve is quietly getting up to speed at a two day test at the exclusive Ascari circuit near Malaga in southern Spain.

What has he been driving? Only his Aston Martin Zagato we last saw out at the Aston Martin Racing Festival at the Le Mans 24 in 2015!!


Try this link to see /hear more HERE

Today, we find that Darren Turner has been putting his Base Performance simulator facility to good use as he and fellow R-Motorsport Vantage GT8 driver Florian Kamelger get to grips with the virtual Bathurst circuit - least they had a nice sunny day by the looks!!


First track action of the 2017 event takes place on the morning of Friday 3rd February (local) with the start of the race itself in the early hours of Sunday 5th (local)

Unfortunately, not that one………!

RacecarsDirect.com  have listed the Young Driver AMR Aston Martin Racing DBR9 that we last saw out at a circuit at the Aston Martin Racing Festival at Le Mans 2015 when team boss Jan Struve was supposed to race it in the 24H support event.

It unfortunately didn't as the fuel cell was beyond its homologation hence it ended the weekend acting as an awning support for the teams Zagato!!


Jan Struve himself is to be seen racing next at the 12Hours of Bathurst as he joins the R-Motorsport team in their V8 Vantage GT4 (see previous listings).

Further details of the car can be found HERE

Only last week we were speculating that the final seat within R-Motorsport's Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GT4 would be for Aston Martin Lagonda's CEO, Andy Palmer - before he dashed on those matches soon after at least!

Instead, the team have announced that that seat goes to an equally nice guy and fan favourite in Jan Struve, boss of the Danish Young Driver racing team that clinched both the Drivers and GTE Pro teams Championships in the 2016 World Endurance Championship with Marco Sorensen, Nicki Thiim and Aston Martin Racing.

He joins the team for the first time alongside those already announced in the GT4 - Andreas Baenziger and Peter Leemhuis

With two weeks after having elapsed since the #95 Aston Martin Racing V8 Vantage GTE crossed the finishing line in Bahrain to claim not just the race but also the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers, the Young Driver AMR crew were in Vienna last night to claim their spoils.

Within the grand setting of the Imperial Hofburg Palace for the 2016 FIA Prize Giving Ceremony drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sorenson were again joined by team principle Jan Struve as they collected their awards from Jean Todt.


Photo credits - FIA