Aston Martin earlier in February unveiled the closely up to date 2025 Vantage sports activities automotive, and on Tuesday the brand new Vantage GT4 racing model made its debut.
The client race automotive is eligible for the 2024 motorsports season, along with a Vantage GT3 that was unveiled along with the up to date highway automotive.
Some early examples of the Vantage GT4 already took half within the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem coinciding with final month’s final month’s 24 Hours of Daytona, the opening spherical of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Examples of the Vantage GT3 had been run within the 24-hour race.
In comparison with the earlier Vantage GT4 launched for the 2019 season, the brand new automotive advantages primarily from improved aerodynamics and cooling, the latter helped largely because of bigger mouth on the newest Vantage. There are additionally enhancements within the areas of chassis, drivetrain, effectivity, and ease of use, Aston Martin stated.
2024 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race automotive
As a result of FIA’s strict GT4 laws, the Vantage GT4 may be very near the highway automotive on which it’s primarily based. Round 80% of the central bonded aluminum construction is frequent to each automobiles, with the race automotive gaining a roll cage to satisfy security laws. An air jack system can also be included.
Each automobiles additionally share the acquainted twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, although within the race automotive the engine is paired with a 6-speed sequential transmission whereas within the highway automotive there’s an 8-speed computerized. The race automotive’s energy may be adjusted relying on race guidelines, however as a base case delivers round 470 hp. Within the highway automotive the engine pumps out 656 hp.
The chassis is closely upgraded to deal with the rigours of racing. This included altering the geometry of the double wishbone suspension at each ends, and including KW two-way adjustable dampers plus a set of adjustable anti-roll bars. The brake package deal is from Alcon and consists of six-piston calipers up entrance and four-piston calipers on the rear. They clamp down on ventilated rotors, additionally from Alcon. The brakes sit inside a set of Braid cast aluminum wheels measuring 18×11 inches in any respect 4 corners.
2024 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race automotive
Impressively, many of the physique panels are shared with the highway automotive. The one main exception is the brand new vented hood which makes use of natural-fiber composites as a substitute of the highway automotive’s aluminum. The pure fiber can also be used for extra aerodynamic parts just like the entrance splitter and rear wing that are strengthened with a core constructed from cork.
The dry weight of the automotive is roughly 3,230 kilos.
Aston Martin is presently constructing the automobiles for buyer groups and stated round 40 items will probably be inbuilt 2024. Pricing hasn’t been revealed.
