Aston Martin AMR-One

The Aston Martin AMR-One was a Le Mans Prototype sports car built by Prodrive's Aston Martin Racing arm as the successor to the Aston Martin DBR1-2. To meet new ACO endurance regulations it used a downsized 2.0 litre turbocharged straight-six petrol engine and had a blade fin behind the cockpit, built around a light carbon fibre monocoque with open-top bodywork, unlike the closed cockpits of the contemporary Peugeot 908 and Audi R18. Its high belt line and broad shapes were designed to develop minimal downforce and to move air through numerous ducts in the bodywork rather than over the top. Six cars were expected to be built for the 2011 season, but the car was slow in testing and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans the two entries retired early. Aston Martin then replaced it with the older Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, and in January 2012 development stopped. One chassis became the base of the DeltaWing and another went to Pescarolo Team for its Pescarolo 03.