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Aston Martin is aiming for the podium in its class at the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking place next week - June 16 and 17. Two Vantage GTEs will be racing for glory in both the GRE Pro and GTE Amateur classes.
The Pro car will be driven by Darren Turner (GB), Stefan Mücke (D) and Adrian Fernandez (MX), while Aston Martin Racing partner team Young Driver AMR will use another car in the Am class.
“Qualifying isn’t critical in a 24-hour race as it is in a sprint race, but at Le Mans there’s lot of prestige associated with being fastest, so we’ll certainly push hard for pole position in both the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes. Given our track record in the GT category at Le Mans and the potential we have seen in the Vantage GTE so far this year we expect to be strong contenders for a podium finish in each GTE class come Sunday afternoon.”
“We know from the first two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship that the Vantage GTE is inherently a competitive car. We got a couple of test sessions ahead of us in the days leading up to the race and we’ll use these to continue dialling the car into the circuit having already made encouraging progress in the pre-event test.”
“Qualifying isn’t critical in a 24-hour race as it is in a sprint race, but at Le Mans there’s lot of prestige associated with being fastest, so we’ll certainly push hard for pole position in both the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes. Given our track record in the GT category at Le Mans and the potential we have seen in the Vantage GTE so far this year we expect to be strong contenders for a podium finish in each GTE class come Sunday afternoon.”
“We know from the first two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship that the Vantage GTE is inherently a competitive car. We got a couple of test sessions ahead of us in the days leading up to the race and we’ll use these to continue dialling the car into the circuit having already made encouraging progress in the pre-event test.”
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