Alongside the Vantage street automobile reveal, Aston Martin simply revealed its GT3 race automobile model of the two-door coupe. That stated, it’s kind of a post-reveal “reveal” as a result of this new Vantage already took to the monitor finally month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.
At this time, we study all the small print and get to see the brand new Vantage racer in its hometown Aston Martin-designed livery. Just like the street automobile, the brand new Vantage GT3 is sporting a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 beneath its hood. It’s a novel race model of the engine with bespoke turbochargers, a dry sump oiling system and way more. Energy, in fact, will probably be variable relying on Stability of Efficiency restrictions, however Aston says it’ll make “more than” 536 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. It makes use of a six-speed Xtrax sequential transmission and Alcon brakes for stopping.
The design and aero package deal is all new for this next-gen GT3 automobile, as is the suspension. Aston says its earlier automobile had a variety of dive beneath braking, however via a variety of fine-tuning and testing with damper tuning, it believes the issue to be solved. It additionally expects larger stability from the automobile in all situations and extra even tire put on for lengthy stints.
A brand new nostril aids each aero targets and crews in doable restore conditions. It’s all one single piece of carbon fiber now with a quick-release design for fast adjustments in pitlane ought to it develop into broken on monitor. The Vantage has a shorter splitter, giant louvers within the entrance wheel arches and even bigger louvers within the rear arches, all to enhance aero. And naturally, its basic design channels the brand new street model of the Vantage greater than the earlier one to maintain it trying mighty recent out on monitor.
Aston expects there to be as many as 30 Vantage GT3s competing in varied race sequence world wide in 2024. You’ll see it on monitor at some iconic races just like the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours, and an important of all of them, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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