Aston Martin Vantage GTE (2018)

The Aston Martin Vantage GTE, also called the Vantage AMR, is an endurance racing grand tourer developed by Aston Martin Racing, the motorsport arm of the British maker Aston Martin. It is based on the 2018 Vantage road car and succeeds the Vantage GT2 and its later derivatives. The car was launched on 22 November 2017 in London together with the road car, and can be converted from Group GTE specification to Group GT3 specification. It was developed in house with the road car between Aston Martin Racing and the company headquarters at Gaydon, first shaken down at Rockingham Motor Speedway, then put through two 30 hour endurance tests in Spain at Circuito de Andalucia and Circuito de Navarra in October 2017, plus tests at Sebring in Florida. Before its World Endurance Championship debut it had covered over 20,000 km in pre-season testing. At the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans test day the team debuted a low downforce kit, tested at Monza, to reduce drag.