{"id":46325,"date":"2011-11-22T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=46325"},"modified":"2011-11-24T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T20:23:02","slug":"aston-martin-racing-starts-testing-v12-vantage-gt3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2011\/11\/22\/aston-martin-racing-starts-testing-v12-vantage-gt3\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Racing Starts Testing V12 Vantage GT3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aston-Martin-V12-Vantage-GT3.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" title=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aston-Martin-V12-Vantage-GT3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aston-Martin-V12-Vantage-GT3-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aston Martin Racing began testing its new <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2011\/08\/24\/official-aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/\">V12 Vantage GT3<\/a> at Brands Hatch in Kent this week, covering almost 1000 kilometers in just two days. The majority of the mileage was conducted by factory driver Darren Turner. After two days behind the wheel, Turner said: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The car ran like clockwork throughout and we\u2019ve managed really good mileage already. The feeling of the V12 Vantage GT3 is a massive step forward from the DBRS9. Being based on the smaller Vantage it is more responsive and feels more nimble, giving the driver plenty of confidence to extract all the performance from the V12 engine while also being light on its tyres. It isn\u2019t too physical to drive and I didn\u2019t even break into a sweat during the test!<br \/>\nWith the clean styling and the amazing sounding V12, it\u2019s closer to the core values of Aston Martin\u2019s road cars than any of the racing cars we\u2019ve ever built. I\u2019m certain it\u2019ll become a favourite among motorsport fans in no time at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-2990-46325\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-33681\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/image00001.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_2990\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" alt=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/thumbs\/thumbs_image00001.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-33682\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/image00002.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_2990\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" alt=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/thumbs\/thumbs_image00002.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-33683\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/image00003.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_2990\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" alt=\"Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/thumbs\/thumbs_image00003.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t \t\r\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\r\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div> \t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2011\/08\/24\/official-aston-martin-v12-vantage-gt3\/\">V12 Vantage GT3<\/a> is a direct replacement for the Aston Martin DBRS9, which first competed in 2006 and went on to score many race and championship wins including the 2007 British GT Championship and the 2009 FIA GT3 Teams\u2019 Championship. The V12 Vantage GT3 will be eligible to run in all FIA GT3 and national GT3 championships; the Blancpain Endurance Series; VLN and the Nurburgring 24 Hour endurance race.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aodrDyM6y8w?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aodrDyM6y8w?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Martin Racing began testing its new V12 Vantage GT3 at Brands Hatch in Kent this week, covering almost 1000 kilometers in just two days. The majority of the mileage was conducted by factory driver Darren Turner. After two days behind the wheel, Turner said: The car ran like clockwork throughout and we\u2019ve managed really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[19670,17638,10,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}