ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT2 ASTON MARTIN RACING HAS DRAWN ON YEARS OF COMPETITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL TO PRODUCE THE VANTAGE GT2 A RACING PEDIGREE On 20 March 2005 the number competition in national and Martin Racing driver, Darren bio-ethanol specification for 58 Aston Martin DBR9 of international race series. Turner. It is hand-built by racing in championships, Darren Turner, David Brabham In 2007 the Vantage N24, the Aston Martin Racing, a including the American Le and Stephane Ortelli, took the first competition car based on partnership formed between Mans Series. chequered flag at the 12 Hours Aston Martin’s new V8 Aston Martin and world-leading of Sebring in Florida. It was a Vantage, joined the racing motorsport specialist, Prodrive, The car conforms to the latest famous victory for the Aston stable. Now Aston Martin and is finished to Aston Martin’s FIA and ACO GT2 regulations Martin Racing team and the Racing has used all its exacting standards. and is available for private DBR9 on their competition experience in developing the teams to compete in debuts and heralded the GT1, GT3 and GT4 cars to The Vantage GT2 is also the international race series beginning of a new era for produce the Vantage GT2, first car Aston Martin Racing including: FIA GT Championship; Aston Martin in motorsport. making it the only manufacturer has designed specifically with 24 Hours of Le Mans; to offer cars in every class of bio-fuels in mind. Using the European Le Mans Series; The GT1 specification DBR9 GT racing. experience gained in converting American Le Mans Series; was soon accompanied by the a DBRS9 to run on bio-ethanol Japanese Le Mans Series; GT3 DBRS9, both based on The Vantage GT2 has for competition in the British GT International GT Open Series; the acclaimed Aston Martin undergone extensive test and Championship, the Vantage French GT Championship; DB9 road car, but designed to development by the works GT2 is the first GT car Italian GT Championship; and FIA GT3 regulations for team in the hands of Aston designed specifically to a the Spanish GT Championship. THE VANTAGE GT2 IS A V8 VANTAGE AT ITS CORE A GREAT FOUNDATION At the heart of the Vantage GT2 cold weather testing at -30oCin Vantage GT2, with the addition while a dry sump lubrication is the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Sweden; and 60,000 kilometres of an Aston Martin Racing system contributes to a low This critically acclaimed road of maximum speed testing at designed steel roll cage to centre of gravity, making the car was launched in 2005, Italy’s Nardo track. further enhance the torsional V8 Vantage the perfect having undergone the most rigidity of the platform. foundation for a successful extensive test programme of Aston Martin’s unique bonded GT car. any Aston Martin, with more aluminium structure gives the The front mid-mounted V8 than 1.5 million kilometres, road car class leading strength engine and rear mid-mounted including 18,000 kilometres of and rigidity. This exact same transmission create optimum desert driving at 50oC in Dubai; chassis is retained in the front to rear weight distribution, Like in the road car, the integrates an aerospace These and other weight Brembo six-piston racing DESIGNED FOR INTERNATIONAL RACING transmission is mid rear specification steel roll cage, reductions ensure the car brakes are fitted front and rear. mounted, but with a six-speed built to FIA standards. meets its minimum weight of sequential transmission with a 1,150 kg (FIA regulations), The Vantage GT2 is the latest first GT car to be designed at but it also had to be competitively including cylinder heads, ‘flat shift’ and competition With the exception of the roof, 1,175 kg (ACO regulations). addition to the range of Aston the outset in a bio-ethanol priced and cost-effective to run. connecting rods, valves, clutch. The transmission also the bodywork is manufactured Martin Racing cars. fuelled specification. camshafts and a racing exhaust has a dedicated oil cooling from lightweight carbon fibre The Vantage GT2 retains the Under the bonnet, the engine system. The engine capacity is system and air ventilation. and features an advanced road car’s double wishbone The Vantage GT2 has been Aston Martin Racing engineers is based on the standard 4.3 increased to 4.5 litres and uses aerodynamic package with suspension layout at the front specifically designed to designed the Vantage GT2 litre Aston Martin V8 retaining a dry sump lubrication system The bonded aluminium carbon fibre splitter, flat floor and rear, but with bespoke compete in championships with two principles in mind. the road car’s cylinder block, allowing the engine to be structure is taken directly from and diffuser, and a carbon fibre wishbones and coil springs running to either FIA or ACO First and foremost, the car had heads and crankshaft, but positioned low in the chassis, the V8 Vantage road car. Into rear wing designed using over Koni adjustable aluminium GT2 regulations and is the very to be competitive on the track, using competition components, for an optimised centre of gravity. this Aston Martin Racing computational fluid dynamics. bodied dampers. COMPETITIVE ON TRACK COST EFFECTIVE TO RUN VANTAGE GT2 SPECIFICATION BODY & CHASSIS SUSPENSION · Bonded aluminium chassis from the V8 Vantage road car · Double wishbones front and rear · Aston Martin Racing manufactured aerospace specification steel · Coil springs over Koni adjustable dampers roll cage built to FIA regulations · Front and rear suspension adjustable for corner weights, · Carbon fibre bodywork: bonnet, wings, doors, tailgate, ride heights, toe and camber settings front and rear bumpers, sills, rear quarters · Aerodynamic package: carbon fibre front splitter, flat floor, rear diffuser, CFD designed rear wing ENGINE TRANSMISSION · 4.5 litre V8 in 90 degree configuration with all aluminium · Mid rear mounted trans axle cylinder block and heads. Mid front-mounted · Six speed sequential transmission with straight cut dog · Four valves per cylinder engagement gears and a flat shift · Dry sump lubrication · Air and oil cooled · Racing exhaust system · Competition clutch · Pectel SQ6 engine management · Limited slip differential ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BRAKES · Full military specification loom manufactured by · Six piston Brembo calipers front and rear Aston Martin Racing · Pi data system WEIGHT WHEELS & TYRES · FIA regulations - 1,150 kg · ACO regulations - 1,175 kg · Forged aluminium centre lock BBS wheels Front - 10.75” x 18” Rear - 11” x 18” A CENTURY OF HERITAGE GIVES ASTON MARTIN AN UNRIVALLED CHARACTER ASTON MARTIN HERITAGE Aston Martin is one of the The founders of the company, In 1947, Aston Martin was Aston Martin would not mount world’s most distinguished Lionel Martin and Robert acquired by industrialist, the top step of the podium at sports car manufacturers. Bamford, had a clear vision: to David Brown, and soon after this classic 24 hour race again For nearly a century it has create sports cars with a he launched the first in a series until 2007, this time with the been producing exclusive, distinctive character; cars built of new DB-badged classics. DBR9. hand-crafted cars. In that time to a high standard that were only some 40,000 Aston Martins exhilarating to drive and own; His period of ownership saw have been built and 80 per cars with power, beauty and Aston Martin win Le Mans in cent are still in use; cherished, soul. These values remain true 1959 with the DBR1 and secure driven and raced by enthusiastic today and can been found in victory in that year’s World owners around the world. the Vantage GT2. Sportscar championship. From the 1960s Aston Martin Today Aston Martin builds became intrinsically linked with some of the most evocative James Bond, as first the DB5, sports cars in the world at its then the Vantage, the Vanquish state of the art facility in the and, most recently, the DBS in UK, which uses the latest ‘Casino Royale’, became the design and manufacturing British special agent’s car of processes to create the V8 choice. Vantage, the DB9 and the DBS. SEPARATED BY 50 YEARS, UNITED IN VICTORY ASTON MARTIN RACING PEDIGREE Aston Martin’s international As well as winning the 1957 Aston Martin and Prodrive Championships with BMW, over two years after the car’s In 2005, Aston Martin Racing Le Mans Series and the British racing debut was at the 1923 Belgian Grand Prix and 1958 formed Aston Martin Racing to Alfa Romeo and Ford, and the winning debut at the 12 Hours developed the DBRS9, also GT3 Championship, giving French Grand Prix, but it was Goodwood Tourist Trophy, the lead the marque in a successful GTS class at the 24 Hours of of Sebring in 2005. based on the DB9 road car, but Barwell the teams’ cup in 2007. not until industrialist David team clinched the Le Mans 24 return to sports car racing. Le Mans in 2003 with a built to FIA GT3 regulations. Brown acquired the company Hours in 1959 with Roy privately entered Ferrari 550. Aston Martin Racing has also Like the DBR9, this car The Vantage GT2 is the latest in 1947 that a new era of racing Salvadori and Carroll Shelby. Prodrive is one of the most supplied the DBR9 to private competed in the hands of car to join the Aston Martin was ushered in, with a series Following that famous victory, successful motorsport In 2007, the Aston Martin teams who have won sports car private teams in international Racing stable. of high-powered DB-badged there was no factory Aston businesses in the world, winning Racing partnership would bring series including the FIA GT and national sports car series sports and racing cars.