Craft-Bamboo Racing Takes 2015 GT Asia Series in an Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Aston Martin Racing’s
Asian partner team Craft-Bamboo Racing won the 2015 GT Asia Series with its V12
Vantage GT3 and driver Darryl O’Young after a strong season that ended with a
race win in Thailand a few days ago.
Going into the final round of the 12-race
series, at the Buriram International Circuit, the Craft-Bamboo Racing team was
level on points with rivals Absolute Racing. In the nail-biting one-hour long
finale, Daniel Lloyd took the early lead before handing over to O’Young who
defended from the competition to cross the line in first place.
"It feels
strange taking this championship for myself because it was a partnership with
Jonathan Venter and Daniel Lloyd,” commented O’Young. “They deserve it just as
much as I do, so they are both champions. I am really happy with Craft-Bamboo
Racing; everybody has done a phenomenal job, especially at crunch time. It is
such a team effort and so much went into this championship.”
23-year old Lloyd
joined the team mid-season after a cycling accident saw team-regular and fellow
Aston Martin Evolution Academy driver Jonathan Venter signed-off from racing
while recovering from a broken hip.
“Today has been
awesome, I am really grateful for the opportunity Craft-Bamboo Racing has given
me,” added Lloyd. “I am really pleased to work together with Darryl to help
them towards the championship. I had a great start and Darryl had a great stint
so I’m over the moon that it all came together.”
This is the second
major championship title of 2015 for the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, which
won the British GT Championship with Beechdean AMR. In addition, it was
runner-up in the GTD class of the Tudor United Sportscar Championship in
America with TRG-AMR.
“It’s been another
fantastic season for the Vantage GT3 and Aston Martin Racing’s customer teams,”
commented Aston Martin Racing’s team principal John Gaw. “We have some of the
top teams in the world running our cars and this is reflected in the results we
are achieving.
“It’s also clear that
our Evolution Academy program is supporting the top talent in the world. Of our
ten 2015 drivers, five have won international GT titles and that is impressive.
Congratulations to Jonathan [Venter] and Dan [Lloyd] and all at Craft-Bamboo
Racing from everyone at Aston Martin Racing.”
Craft-Bamboo Racing
next races its Vantage GT3s in the GT World Cup at Macau in November. Three
cars will be entered and O’Young will be joined by Richard Lyons (GB) and Aston
Martin Racing works driver Stefan Mücke.
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