- Vantage scores European Le Mans Series victory in four-hour race at Spa
- Racing Spirit of Leman trio heads ELMS points with two rounds remaining
- The Heart of Racing Team achieves IMSA GTD podium at VIR to continue close championship battle
- British GT class win for Beechdean Motorsport as multiple championship-winning team closes on Silver-Am title
25 August, 2025, Gaydon, Great Britain: Vantage, Aston Martin’s most successful racing car, enjoyed a winning weekend with significant victories in Europe and a crucial podium finish in North America’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA) that has intensified the battle for the GTD crown as the series nears its climax.
Fresh from achieving its maiden FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) LMGT3 podium finish with the Vantage GT3 at the Rolex 6 hours of Sao Paulo last month, the Racing Spirit of Leman team continued its magnificent recent form with a maiden European Le Mans Series (ELMS) class win at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
After Clement Mateu qualified third in the LMGT3 category in challenging wet conditions, he joined Erwan Bastard and Aston Martin works driver Valentin Hasse Clot across the four-hour race to finish on the top step of the podium. The victory moved the French trio into the lead of the championship with just two races to go.
In IMSA, Seattle-based partner team The Heart of Racing (THOR) team finished third in the GTD class with its #27 Vantage GT3 after a stirring fightback in the opening third of the race. Having qualified fourth, Casper Stevenson (GBR) was shuffled back to 11th by the second corner after suffering contact from behind.
But he recovered to sixth by the end of the opening stint and his team-mate, Aston Martin works driver Tom Gamble, continued the car’s progress through the following two hours as the pair finished third, less than three seconds away from victory.
The results, achieved in the final IMSA sprint race of the year before the endurance events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Petit Le Mans, moved Stevenson up to second place in the Drivers’ points and THOR team to second in the Teams’ rankings.
Beechdean Motorsport was victorious in the GT3 Silver-Am category of the British GT Championship at Brands Hatch as drivers Andrew Howard (GBR) and Tom Wood (GBR) increased their lead in the standings with just one race remaining in the 2025 season.
It was the second year in a row in which Beechdean has won the Silver-Am category at Brands Hatch with the Vantage GT3, which shares the mechanical architecture of the ultra-luxury Vantage road car and is built around Aston Martin’s proven bonded aluminium chassis and powered by its fearsome twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine.
The Beechdean Vantage finished fifth outright and was the second of two Vantage GT3s to finish in the top five. The other was Blackthorn’s #7 example, which qualified second overall thanks to the combined efforts of Giacomo Petrobelli (ITA) and Aston Martin works driver Jonny Adam (GBR) and finished fourth as the pair moved into second place in the overall standings while Adam continues his quest to win an unprecedented fifth series title.
Adam Carter, Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport, said: “It’s been a very good weekend for Vantage with wins and podiums in three series that are extremely important to Aston Martin; the ELMS and IMSA, which are leading championships in their respective continents, and in British GT, which has a special place for Aston Martin as an iconic British brand and has been one of our most successful domestic series. These results continue to prove the adaptability and performance of the Vantage GT3 on a variety of circuits and highlight the fantastic job being done by our partner teams. We congratulate them all and will give them – and all AMR partner teams – our full support as they push for title success in their respective championships.”