Aston Martin brings us a new video with some six minutes of colour and movement from the 2012 Nürburgring 24 hour race. It’s great to see a company like Aston embrace endurance events such as the Nürburgring 24 hour. They say they’ll be back chasing the main prize again in 2013.
This year represented Aston Martin’s most serious effort at the Nürburgring 24 hour race since their debut in 2006. Yet things didn,t quite go according to plan for the #006 and #007 V12 Vantage GT3s. Both cars encountered trouble early in the race and from then on it was pretty much a test session. The [...]
This video is the perfect way to get yourself in the mood for a weekend of endurance racing. It was produced after the 2011 24 hour race and features Mal Rose at the wheel of his Holden Commodore V8 Supercar and Darren Turner in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. You’re taken for a full [...]
Aston Martin returns to the Ring for the seventh successive year and will field four factory cars this weekend. That will be matched by a further four customer cars, meaning a total of eight Astons will be tested to the limit for 24 hours. Of course, the coolest thing about Aston Martin’s involvement at the [...]
Mal Rose, best known for being a hard working privateer, will be enjoying a factory drive with Aston Martin Racing in the Nürburgring 24 hour race later this month. It’s a great reward for effort for Mal who already has eight N24 races behind him—this year will be his ninth consecutive appearance—as well as many [...]
In the build up to last weekend’s VLN 4 hour race at the Nürburgring Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin CEO, and Akio Toyoda, Toyota President, shared a drive in each other’s cars. The machines in question were ‘Zig’ the Aston Martin V12 Zagato and the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA. Dr Bez explains, “When I learned [...]
Apologies for such a long break between drinks as far as Nürburgring 24 hour race post mortems go. Sister site AUSmotive has been demanding our attention during the Australian International Motor Show. To help get us back on track here’s a short highlights clip from Aston Martin. Incidentally, they have just announced they will be [...]
This weekend at the Ring you will see ‘Zig’ and ‘Zag’ out there flying the flag for Aston Martin. No, this is not some circus trick, but the latest nicknames Aston has come up with for its Nürburgring 24 hour racecars. The car you see above is otherwise known as the Aston Martin V12 Zagato. [...]
Despite a strong rumour that Aston Martin had pulled out of the Nürburgring industry test pool we can reveal this is not the case. Speaking to AUSringers, Kim Palmer, Aston Martin Product and Motorsport, said, “It’s not the case that Aston Martin has pulled out of the industry test pool days. “Aston Martin is currently [...]
Unconfirmed reports suggest that at least two manufacturers and one tyre company have opted out of the industry pool that use the Nürburgring as a test facility. If true, this would be the first tangible sign that concerns over the controversial plans by the Nürburgring’s private managers to increase costs have come to fruition. In [...]
