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

Darren Turner and his Aston Martin Racing team mate, Jonny Adam, finished Round 8 of the FIA World Endurance Championship in seventh place on Sunday, despite battling hard throughout the six-hour race. It was decided early on in the weekend that the drivers of the #97 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE would focus their attention on their race strategy, which meant taking a hit in qualifying. “If you’re honest to yourself and know you don’t have the outright pace for pole position y

Darren Turner and his Aston Martin Racing team mate, Jonny Adam, finished the 6 Hours of Fuji in sixth place in the GTE Pro class on Sunday. Held at Fuji Speedway in Japan, Round 7 of the FIA World Endurance Championship was stopped after 4.5 hours due to bad weather and peppered with safety cars, red flags and slow zones. “We knew before we arrived that it was going to be a difficult weekend when we saw the weather forecast,” said Turner. “The Fuji circuit is always a chall

Aston Martin Racing driver Darren Turner finished Round 6 of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in fifth place on Saturday after a gruelling race under the intense glare of the Texan sun. Held in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas, the six-hour race produced a positive result for Turner and his team mates, Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra, after the disappointment of their last outing in Mexico. “After Mexico it was good to get to the finish and bag some points,” said T

The fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship – the 6 Hours of Mexico – turned into a test session for Aston Martin Racing driver Darren Turner on Sunday. In stark contrast to Turner’s victory in Mexico last year, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE the British racer shares with Jonny Adam (UK) and Daniel Serra (BRA) was beset with braking issues from the start of the race. The squad struggled with a minor brake issue during the practice sessions and in qualifying, wher

The Le Mans winning Aston Martin Racing squad of Darren Turner, Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra, finished Round 4 of the FIA World Endurance Championship in seventh place at Germany’s Nürburgring on Sunday. The #97 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE is the only car in the GTE Pro class running with a three-driver crew post-Le Mans after it was decided that the all-conquering team should stay together for the remainder of the season. As Darren was behind the wheel for qualifying at Silve

Aston Martin Racing works driver, Darren Turner, became a three-time winner of the world’s greatest race yesterday when, along with his team-mates Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra, he took GTE Pro class victory in the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours. The 2017 race was particularly gruelling, with five strong manufacturers in the GTE Pro class and soaring temperatures throughout the 24-hour race. Already a double Le Mans winner for Aston Martin Racing, in 2007 and 2008, Turner enjoyed the 20