Darren Turner ended his 2018 season with a hard-charging performance in the Gulf 12 Hour race at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit on Saturday, recording the best finish yet for the brand new Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Racing alongside his 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours co-winning Aston Martin Racing team-mate Jonny Adam, as well as Ahmad al Harthy for the Oman Racing by TF Sport team, the Briton finished fourth overall in the unique event, split into two six-hour races and finishing unde

The 2018 British GT season finale at Donington Park provided plenty of fireworks for all of the protagonists on Sunday and a great show for the spectators of the two-hour championship-deciding race. For Darren Turner and the Beechdean AMR team it was a yo-yo race but they grabbed fifth at the finish, concluding Turner’s first full season in the British GT Championship. The Donington race was also the swansong for the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3, which will be replaced by the

An early retirement from the British GT race at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday meant that Darren Turner and his Beechdean AMR team mate Andrew Howard were unable to show the improvements made to the race pace of the #99 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3. “From the moment we hit the track in Free Practice the car felt good,” said Turner. “We had actually missed out on testing as the other Aston Martin runners had tested at Spa for one or two days prior to this event so we were a littl

Along with his Aston Martin Racing team mates, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen, Darren Turner finished the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours in the #95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE in ninth position in the 17-car GTE Pro class. It was a positive Le Mans debut for the new Vantage GTE. “It’s hard to know where you’re going to be with a new car,” said Turner. “We finished on such a high with the old car last year by winning this race so everyone had expectations of us turning up and being the pa

Darren Turner’s 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign kicks off today with Scrutineering in Le Mans town. As a three-time winner of Le Mans, Turner knows what a tough event it is and he will be pushing as hard as ever to repeat last year’s incredible victory for Aston Martin Racing. “I’m so excited to be going to Le Mans this year with the new Vantage GTE,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed the extensive test programme that we began last August and the whole development process. At

The British GT Championship rolled into Snetterton in Norfolk on the Bank Holiday Weekend for a double-header of one-hour sprint races. The goal for the Beechdean AMR team was to continue to grab podium finishes in order to store up important championship points. After finishing out of the points in Race 1, Darren Turner and his Beechdean AMR team-mate, Andrew Howard, stormed to second place, taking a good haul of points for their championship challenge. The duo now sit in th

Aston Martin Racing works driver, Darren Turner, declared himself happy with the international race debut of the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE at the WEC ‘6 Hours of Spa’ on Saturday. After eight months of intensive testing, the new car debuted at the first round of the 2018-19 WEC Super Season. The name of the game was to have a strong run in a competitive environment ahead of the second race of the season, which is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. “As with any new endurance racing c

As Aston Martin Racing prepares to embark on a new era with the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE, here are Darren Turner's thoughts ahead of the first race: "Since testing of the new Vantage GTE began in August last year, everyone in the team has been looking forward to this moment. We have completed many miles in testing and already feel confident with the performance of the new car. I’m so excited about Spa where we finally get the chance to go up against the competition." "Fr

Darren Turner competed in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE for the final time in the World Endurance Championship’s GTE Pro class yesterday. The 6 Hours of Bahrain brought the curtain down on six years of fantastic racing in the Vantage GTE, which have seen Turner take numerous wins, most notably at Le Mans just a few months ago. A strong performance from both Turner and his Aston Martin Racing team mate, Jonny Adam, put the #97 Vantage GTE on the front row of the grid for Sa