Aston Martin’second Vantage GT3 secured the course victory at Petit Le Mans thanks to partner team The Heart of Racing as well as drivers Ian James, Ross Gunn, in addition to Roman De Angelis. Since 1998, the x-Hour race held at Road Atlanta, inwards Braselton, Georgia, represents the finale of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, North America’second premier endurance serial. Over the years it has grown inward stature as well as is forthwith considered ane of the about coveted prizes inward GT together with sportscar racing. For the Seattle-based THoR team, a difficult-earned victory inwards the GTD form that went correct to the wire inwards Sabbatum’sec 24-hour interval-to-dark effect caps a brilliant flavor amongst the British luxury sportscar brand.
Powered past a 4-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine derived from the road motorcar, THoR’second Vantage as well recorded its kickoff IMSA-sanctioned title title in 2021. Gunn as well as AMR Driver Academy candidate De Angelis clinched the Sprint Cup GTD title at Long Beach, next race victories at Belle Isle as well as Lime Rock. But their Road Atlanta win marked the squad’sec commencement long-distance race victory, too its virtually meaning, at the highest degree alongside Aston Martin.
The win besides marked the start triumph for Aston Martin at Petit Le Mans since Darren Turner in addition to Tomáš Enge led abode Pedro Lamy together with Stephane Sarrazin inwards a famous i-2 inward the GT1 grade for Aston Martin Racing amongst a brace of DBR9s inwards 2006.
Having started this year’s incident-packed effect cautiously, James initially focussed on staying on the atomic number 82 lap too running long stints to maximize rails position before handing over to Gunn and De Angelis who went on the assault every bit the race ramped upward into the nighttime. Rarely out of the acme 3, Gunn and De Angelis were persistent forepart-runners. And next a superb final stint from the Canadian, Gunn was able to pit earlier than his rivals inward the climactic operate to the flag in addition to soaked upwards the pressure level from the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche in the concluding laps of the race. The victory ensured that the team and its drivers secured 3rd inwards the overall GTD standings.
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