ASTON MARTIN DBR9

In 1959 Aston Martin won for the Le Mans 24 hours. But the make's most beautiful win was in 1963, at the Monza 1000-kms, when Roy Salvadori could beat for the first time the army of before never beaten Ferraris 250 GTO. We had to wait 2005 to see again an Aston Martin race car, the DBR9. At its maiden race at the Sebring 12 hours the car won from the works Corvettes. But as well in 2005 as in 2006 the car failed to win the Spa 24 hours and its class at the Le Mans 24 hours. At Spa 2006 the car was leading until the very last laps and at Le Mans, as well in 2005 as in 2006, the car was dominating the works Corvettes until less than two hours before the end of the race. At the 2006 ALMS the works Astons won five times from Corvette and lost five times from it. In 2007 the works cars were not seen in competition before the Le Mans Test Day where the works cars were second and fifth in their class. At the LMS one of the two Larbre Compétition Astons won its class at the Monza 1000-kms. At the 2007 Sebring 12 hours the privately entered Modena Aston finished eleventh overall, preceded by the two works Corvettes. At the 2005 FIA GT Aston won the Tourist Trophy. In 2006 a private Aston (Racing Alliance) won one round of the FIA GT series. At the 2006 LMS Aston won four of the six rounds its class. 

LMGT1
engine: AMR 60 degree V12, 5,935cc, 600 bhp (torque 650 Nm)
engine mount: front longitudinally
turbochargers: no turbos, naturally aspired
Valvetrain: 4 valves per cylinder DOHC
gearbox: XTrack 6 speed sequential
weight: 1,100 kg 
tyres: Michelin on #006 to #009 - Pirelli on the BMS Astons
Raced by: AMR (#007, 009), Larbre (#006, 008), Modena (#59) and BMS (#100); in FIA GT Barwell (#17), BMS (#22/23) and Jetalliance (#32/33) enter also the Aston Martin DBR9

#006 Larbre Compétition Aston Martin DBR9

#007 works Aston Martin DBR9

#008 Larbre Compétition Aston Martin DBR9

#009 works Aston Martin DBR9

#59 Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 as seen at the 2007 LMS & 2007 Le Mans 24 hours

#63 Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 as seen at the 2007 Sebring 12 hours

Rear of the #63 Team Modena Aston Martin DBR9 as seen at the 2007 Sebring 12 hours

#100 BMS Scuderia Italia Aston Martin DBR9 as seen at the 2007 Le Mans 24 hours

The two Aston Martins DBR9 as raced by BMS Scuderia Italia in the 2007 FIA GT Series

The #17 Barwell Racing DB9 and the two Jetalliance Astons as raced in the 2007 FIA GT Series