2010 Aston Martin Vantage GT2-006

Chassis 006 is one of 10 Vantage V8 GT2 chassis made by Prodrive Motorsport Limited under the Aston Martin Racing banner (including the test car, X2).  It was purchased new by JMW Motorsport in the closed season of 2009 / 2010 and the programme, with sponsorship by Dunlop, was announced at the Autosport International Show at the Birmingham NEC in January 2010 (albeit using chassis 003 for photos).

JMW ran the car on the following occasions with the following results:  
‍8 March
Le Mans Series tests Paul Ricard
Sugden / Bell / Turner

11 April
Le Castellet 8 Hours (LMS)
Bell / Turner
qualified 31st (P5 GT2) / DNF (fuel pump)

9 May
Spa 1,000 Kilometres (LMS)
Bell / Turner
qualified 40th (P10 GT2) / race 40th (P15 GT2)

13 June
Le Mans 24 Hours
Sugden / Bell / Miller
qualified 52nd (P10 GT2) / race DNF (accident)

17 July
Algarve 1,000 Kilometres (LMS)
Bell / Turner
qualified 27th (P6 GT2) / race 11th (P4 GT2)

22 August
Hungaroring 1,000 Kilometres (LMS)
Bell / Turner
qualified 28th (P5 GT2) / race 15th (P6 GT2)

12 September
Silverstone 1,000 Kilometres (LMS / ILMC)
Bell / Turner
qualified 29th (P1 GT2) / race 25th (P3 GT2)

After finishing on a high note with pole position and a podium at the very competitive Intercontinental Le Mans Cup round at Silverstone, JMW were classified 10th in the GT2 class of the 2010 Le Mans Series.  The team reverted to a Ferrari in 2011, finishing 2nd in the GTE category in the Le Mans Series, before winning the GTE-Pro category in 2012.

The car is still in its unique Dunlop Racing livery from 2010.  JMW had a tradition of holding a competition with Dunlop for a member of the public to win the rights to design the livery – a practice that continued for several years afterwards and resulted in some famous liveries, of which this is one.

The car was sold to the current collector owner directly by JMW in 2017, and he immediately commissioned a full engine and gearbox rebuild from Aston Martin Racing, at a total cost of £80,000.  The car has done limited, but reliable, running since.

The owner used the car in the Global Endurance Legends demonstration at Spa in 2018 and then in the Aston Martin Racing Festival, qualifying 10th out of 41 cars and finishing 6th in the race, with a lap time of 4.09 (fifth fastest lap overall).

The car is ready to go and ‘on the button’.  As you would expect from a car with this provenance, the car is supplied with copious spares (an extensive list is available) and all the operating manuals to run the car.