Aston Martin Targets GTD Glory With Vantage GT3
Aston Martin intensifies its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign as Valkyrie races in GTP at the Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks and The Heart of Racing fields the latest Vantage GT3 to fight for GTD honours. The team targets class victory while showcasing the Vantage GT3’s pedigree in the IMSA GTD field.
Engineers base the Vantage GT3 on the ultra-luxury Vantage road car, and the racer shares its mechanical architecture for performance and reliability. The car that won last year’s 24 Hours of Spa, the world’s most prestigious GT3-only event, uses Aston Martin’s bonded aluminium chassis and a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 that delivers fierce power and crisp throttle response.
Drivers and teams now focus on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.4-mile road course for Sunday’s six-hour race, with the season-ending Michelin Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta to follow. These events will shape the 2025 IMSA GTD title fight and determine the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup standings, ensuring that every lap counts.
THOR led the IMEC Teams’ title, and Casper Stevenson, Aston Martin works driver Tom Gamble, and Zacharie Robichon head the IMEC Drivers’ battle after an outstanding win in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen at Watkins Glen in July. The trio aims to extend that momentum at Indianapolis.
Former IMSA GTD champion Robichon, who contests only the IMEC rounds this year, returns alongside full-season racers Stevenson and Gamble for Indianapolis. Stevenson sits second in the overall IMSA GTD Drivers’ table after finishing third with Gamble at Virginia International Raceway last time out, and he plans to keep the pressure on the championship leaders.
Van der Steur Racing resumes its five-round 2025 IMEC programme with the Vantage GT3 and welcomes an exciting additions lineup. Eduardo Barrichello joins for Indianapolis in place of Rory van der Steur, who recovers from a mountain-biking injury sustained last week. The 19-year-old Brazilian thrilled home fans at last month’s FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of São Paulo at Interlagos, where he took a maiden LMGT3 pole and then scored his first series podium with team-mates Anthony McIntosh and Aston Martin works driver Valentin Hasse-Clot. His arrival reunites a proven partnership, with McIntosh and Hasse-Clot also part of Van der Steur’s IMEC effort this year.
