Darren Turner’s European Le Mans Series season took a strong turn this weekend when he finished on the podium at the 4 Hours of Spa. He and his Beechdean AMR team mates, Andrew Howard and Ross Gunn, started the season with two good podium finishes at Silverstone and Monza but fell just short at the last two races so it was good to taste the Champagne again. “Although it was an eventful and frustrating race it was very rewarding to take a podium finish after a couple of tough

Sunday’s ‘4 Hours of Le Castellet’ delivered a large dose of frustration for Aston Martin Racing driver Darren Turner and the Beechdean AMR team. Early race pace in Round 4 of the European Le Mans Series signaled the opportunity for a podium finish but a mid-race mishap damaged performance and the #99 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE came home in fifth place. The team had great pace at Paul Ricard last year, demonstrated by Darren’s pole position qualifying lap. However, with the

Round 3 of the 2017 European Le Mans Series was a difficult test for Aston Martin works driver, Darren Turner, and the Beechdean AMR team. Although they were podium finishers in the first two rounds, the crew of the #99 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE had to settle for sixth place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. They remain in third place in the championship. Despite the result on Sunday, the Red Bull Ring is one of Turner’s favourite circuits on the European Le Mans Series cal