Aston Martin completes a successful 2011 Nurburgring VLN endurance championship
By Andrew, 01 Nov, 2011. 0 Comments
Nürburgring VLN Endurance
The Nürburgring Test Centre Team of Aston Martin bagged second and third spots in the SP8 class for GT cars over 4.0 litres during the tenth and final round of the Nürburgring VLN endurance championship, rounding off a most successful 2011 season. The number 122 Aston Martin V12 Vantage garnered second in class and 28th overall finish from a field of 160 starters. It was driven by British trio Andy Meyrick, James Appleby and Ant Scragg.
Aston Martin Racing factory driver Meyrick had led the class in a consistent and fast opening stint prior to handing over to Scragg and Appleby. On the other hand, the number 118 V8 Vantage driven bagged the third place in the same class. It was driven by Aston Martin’s Nürburgring Test Centre Director Wolfgang Schuhbauer, 2011 newcomer Beat Loretz as well as experienced Nürburgring pilot Jurgen Stumpf. In the highly competitive SP10 class for GT4 cars, Mathol Racing continued their season-long dominance of the class, with Wolfgang Weber, Rickard Nilsson and Norbert Bermes taking their V8 Vantage to its seventh class win of the year.
Reflecting on the season, Aston Martin’s Head of Motorsport, David King said: “Since we first raced a factory-entered V8 Vantage at the Nürburgring in 2006, we have carefully grown our presence at the circuit. Not only have we taken engineering cars from our UK headquarters to race there every year as part of our engineering programme, but we also opened our own permanent test centre (in 2008) and commenced our customer racing programme under the leadership of Wolfgang Schuhbauer in 2009.”
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