ASTON MARTIN TAKES CLASS VICTORY AT SILVERSTONE

Aston Martin Racing won the GTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Silverstone on April 12, narrowly missing out on a podium position in GTE Pro.

“Congratulations to the #98 team, it’s the perfect start to their Championship campaign,” said AMR Team Principal John Gaw. “We have some work to do to achieve our objectives in the Pro class - our focus will remain undiminished and we’ll be ready for Spa in three weeks’ time.”

The #98 Vantage GTE of Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda stormed to class victory after qualifying on pole for the Championship’s season-opener.

"Paul did a great job in qualifying - he was the best bronze, and this gave us a great start,” said Lamy. “It was a tough race but we all pushed hard and I’m very happy to take the win.”

The #95 finished in fourth, the #97 in fifth and the #99 in sixth in GTE Pro.  The WEC Six Hours of Spa takes place on May 2^nd at the world-famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. 

The cars fielded by the team are based on those on the Late European sales floor.  Contact Late European today at 512.335.1007 or sales@lateeuro.com.