Success for Aston Martin at the Spa 24 Hours courtesy of Comtoyou Racing! The British marque hadn't won the Belgian classic since 1948, and hadn't won a 24-hour race outright since 1959, which was the year the legendary Carroll Shelby won Le Mans with Roy Salvadori in a DBR1 (pictured above at Le Mans Classic in 2018).
Aston Martin have had success at Le Mans since, winning the GT class four times with the Prodrive-built DBR9 and Vantage GTE (pictured above at Le Mans in 2013, a tragic event for the team as Aston driver Allan Simonsen driver died in an accident early in the race). But in the races where GT3 cars are the headline, they have typically struggled to beat the powerhouse brands from Germany and Italy. Seen below is a predecessor of the new Spa winner: the 2013 V12 Vantage GT3, raced at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (pictured at Le Mans Classic in 2018).
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Vantage GT3 to make British Racing Debut with Hawkins
Aston Martin Racing aims to extend its phenomenal legacy of success in the British GT Championship as it joins forces with partner teams Beechdean AMR, Blackthorn Racing and the newly-created Forsetti Motorsport, to bring five brand new Vantage GT3 and GT4s to three classes during 2024.
Among the headline acts participating in this formidable line-up will be Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team Head of F1 Academy and Driver Ambassador Jessica Hawkins, who makes her British GT Championship debut when the series begins at Oulton Park (29 March – 1 April). She joins six-time class champion Beechdean AMR alongside team owner and series veteran Andrew Howard as the duo make an assault on the Silver-Am class with a brand-new Aston Martin green Vantage GT3.
Hawkins, who tested an Aston Martin Formula 1 car in Hungary last year, is a W Series podium finisher and a race-winner in the TCR UK series. The 29-year-old was also one of several drivers entrusted with testing the new Vantage GT3 during its development over the winter.
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12h Sebring 2024
Que foi a estreia do Lamborghini SC63 na GTP no IMSA
Na largada o Cadillac V Series R #31 se manteve na frente com Pipo Derani
Na largada na GTD Pró e GTD
E teve uma confusão entre os GTS , envolvendo a Ferrari #62 da Risi Competizone
A rodada do Oreca #88 da AF Corse
A batida do Cadillac #31 com Pipo Derani causada por um toque com a Ferrari da Triarse Competizone , que alias foi no mesmo ponto em que o Argentino José Maria Lopez bateu nas 1000 Milhas de Sebring em 2022 com Toyota Hypercar.
Momento da batida do Acura NSX GT3 da equipe Gradiant Racing , que colocou bandeira amarela na pista inteira.
Momento em que o Acura #40 passava o Cadillac #01 da Cadillac Racing\Chip Ganassi e assumia a liderança no final da corrida.
A vitória ficou o Acura ARX06 #40 da WTTR Andretti , a primeira do segundo carro da equipe
O Lexus RC F GT3 da Vasser Sullivan Racing na GTD Pró , na LMP2, a vencedora foi a Era Motorsport.
GTP
1-40-Jordam Taylor\Colton Herta\Louis Deletraz-Acura ARX06-WTTR Andretti-333 Laps
2-01-Scott Dixon\Range Van Der Zande\Sebastien Bordais-Cadillac V Series R-Cadillac Racing\Chip Ganassi
3-7-Felipe Nasr\Matt Campbell\Dane Cameron-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske Motorsport
4-25-Dris Vanthorn\Connor De Philippe\Maxime Martin-BMW M LMDH V8-BMW Team RLL
5-10-Filipi Albuquerque\Brandon Hartley\Ricky Taylor-Acura ARX06-WTTR Andretti
6- 24-Philip Eng\Augusto Farfus\Jesse Khron-BMW M LMDH V8-BMW Team RLL
7-63-Matteo Cairoli\Romain Grosjean\Andrea Calderelli-Lamborghini SC63-Lamborghini Iron Lynx
8-5-Julian Andlauer \Gian Maria Bruni-Porsche 963-Mustang Simpling Racing-Proton
9-6-Nick Tandy\Frederick Makowickie\Mathieu Jaminet-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske Motorsport +1 Lap
LMP2-TOP 3
1-18-Ryan Dalziel\Connor Zilisch\Dwight Merriman-Oreca 7-Era Motorsport-330 Laps
2-11-Miken Jensen\Steven Thomas\Hunter McElrea-Oreca 7-TDS Racing
3-22-Paul Di Resta\Bijoy Garg\Dan Goldburg-Oreca 7-United Autoesports
GTD PRÓ-Top 5
1-14-Ben Bernicoat\Kyle Kirkwood\Jack Hawkshorth-Lexus RC F GT3-Vasser Sullivan-316 Laps
2-62-David Rigon\James Calado\Daniel Serra-Ferrari 296 GT3-Risi Competizone
3-19-Mirko Bortolotti\Jordan Pepper\Franck Pereira-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-Iron Lynx
4-1-Bryan Sellers\Madison Snow\Neil Verghagen-BMW M4 GT3-Paul Miller Racing
5-23-Alex Riberas\Ross Gun\Mario Farnbacher-Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo-Heart Of Racing
GTD-Top 5
1-57-Russel Ward\Phillip Ellis\Indy Dontje-Mercedes-AMG GT3-Winward Racing-314 Laps
2-47-Antonio Fuoco\Roberto Lacorte\Giorgio Sergionatto-Ferrari 296 GT3-Cetilar Racing
3-120-Adam Adelson\Jan Haylen\Eliott Skeer-Porsche 992 GT3 R-Wright Motorsport
4-27-Roman de Angelis\Ian James\Zacharie Robichon-Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo-Heart Of Racing
5- 78-Loris Spinelli\Devlin Defrancesco\Misha Goikhberg-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-Forte Racing
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