Aston martin DBR9 by Prodrive !

[amenasce]

Aston Martin Racing has unveiled the DBR9, which will spearhead the British marque’s return to international motor racing in 2005.

The car was shown to a selected audience for the first time on 4th November 2004 at Aston Martin’s headquarters at Gaydon in the UK. An intensive testing programme now follows for Aston Martin Racing prior to the DBR9’s debut race scheduled for the 12 hours of Sebring, Florida, in March 2005.

Aston Martin Racing will run two cars at Sebring and then move to Europe to prepare for the Le Mans 24 hours in June 2005. This will mark Aston Martin’s return to the race which was won outright in 1959 with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby. In recognition of this, the DBR9 will follow the Le Mans-winning DBR1 and Works DB3S and carry the same green and yellow livery as the cars which dominated sports car racing in the late 1950s.

Aston Martin Racing will build 12 Works cars, which will be run by three Works teams in the major international GT series. A limited run of only 20 racing cars, prepared to the same specification, will also be built and made available to selected customers to race or keep in private collections.

The DBR9 GT racing car is based on the latest Aston Martin production sports car - the DB9 - but is significantly modified for competition use. The DB9’s bonded-aluminium body architecture is shared with the DBR9 and provides both with a lightweight rigid chassis. The race engine uses the same aluminium cylinder block and head as the DB9’s 450bhp 6-litre V12 unit, but with racing modification it is expected to produce in the region of 600bhp.

The DB9’s double wishbone suspension configuration is retained on the DBR9, but features uprated components and a revised geometry for racing purposes. Formula One style carbon brakes are fitted front and rear and a competition, six-speed sequential gearbox is mounted at the rear axle.

The DBR9 was styled by Aston Martin Racing’s own design team who made extensive use of Computational Fluid Dynamics to optimise the aerodynamics before producing the final body surface. The panels are hand made from carbon-fibre composite, helping the car to meet its 1,100kg minimum weight and giving it a power to weight ratio of 550bhp per tonne - more than double that of the road car.

Dr Ulrich Bez, Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin, said: "We need to create heightened awareness for Aston Martin around the world and motor sport will allow us to do this.

"We took four years to find the ideal partner in David Richards and Prodrive and together have created Aston Martin Racing. The DBR9 is the first step in our return to motor sport and I know that our customers and enthusiasts alike are looking forward to seeing Aston Martin racing again at an international level in 2005."



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[TT]

Please, either use imageshack.us or just post direct links. These pics are way too wide :)

[sndr]

NICEEEEEEEE !!!!!!! :D :D :shock: :shock:

[tigerx]

god dam it, the school filter out SC.net for me :( lol. can't even get into JW without some trick.

i'll see them at home :(

[adamwich]

Thanks for the pics! nice car

[TT]

god dam it, the school filter out SC.net for me :( lol. can't even get into JW without some trick.

i'll see them at home :(

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:)

[ferrari550]

The first pic looks like a Jaguar XKR, anyone else see that?

[Vansquish]

Damn that's a good looking car...nice find man, and thanks to you and TT for the pics 'n previews!

[possessed_beaver]

The first pic looks like a Jaguar XKR, anyone else see that?

yeh i noticed that, maybee cuz we usualy associate that colour (british racing green) with jags..

[Vansquish]

I didn't notice them until just now, but look how gorgeously shaped the wing mirrors are...it's a shame that there's a just a little too much aero-addenda to make it as pure and aggressive as it could be...maybe there'll be a road version.......

[topgeartom]

drooooooool................

[Wutputt]

The car looks awesome. I really like the colour combo. That orange mouth will just suck up everything that comes in its path :D

[JiggaStyles09]

really nice but i dont really care for the orange yellowish mouth, it looks like its waring lipstick or something lol.

otherwise its beautiful.

[DUNKiNUTS]

very nice sig addtion topgeartom, i like the green lights, I would love to see that thing race on our shores

[Vansquish]

really nice but i dont really care for the orange yellowish mouth, it looks like its waring lipstick or something lol.

otherwise its beautiful.

The orange/yellow lip around the intake is reminiscent of days of yore...BRM used to do that to their race cars, and Rover did it to the 25 and 45 a few years ago with BRM specials...Aston also did it to the DB7 it had racing in 1995, I guess it's kind of a British traditional color combination and styling flair.

[budagboy2]

Very nice to see aston in the racing game, thanks for the pictures

[skituner]

looks awesome
i hope they can take down the mighty ferraris with that

[budagboy2]

Here are some more pictures
http://www.classicdriver.com/upload/images/_uk/12234/img03pop.jpg
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[SilviaEvo]

wow looks beautiful! :P

[HeilSvenska]

Yes!!!!!!!!! finally it's here! it makes 360 GT look modest

[Vansquish]

If you guys want some really high-res pics, i.e. 1920x1440 and 1600x1200 etc...then go here: http://seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Aston-Martin-DBR9.htm

[Anonymous]

How did I miss this topic :? Anyway fantastic looking car in general, my only complaint is the piece sticking out from the front bumper looks a bit fast and the furious, but it would be almost impossible to make this car look ugly :D 8)

[DeMoN]

WOW That interior door is sick... dont like the color that much or the bodykits, but damn it looks aggressive!

[mrpushrod]

That is one of the most fantastic looking racing cars I've seen in a very long time. I love it!

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Simply one of the most beautiful GT cars ever, and once the car is prepared in Prodrive, the cars chassis will be excellently balanced in terms of lightness and rigidity.....and the transmission, suspension,...will be good and well properly set up as well......it will be a big problem for the ferrari 550 and the vette to be beaten

[TT]

Some more pics

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[scaglietti612]

Is that carbon fibre

[Fleischmann]

It's lost a l0ot of it's looks compared to the standard model IMO. But it was meant for track racing...and I bet that's what it does really well with that power to weight ratio. Amazing how the managed to chop off nearly 700kilograms!!

[mk2 fan]

looks awesome
i hope they can take down the mighty ferraris with that

they will destroy the ferraris its the best GT car in the world !!!!!!!!!

[noliebro]

looks like some kind of wierd bug, too much aero work if you ask me

[KaBlookie]

wow...i love it. plain and simple, i love it.

amazing proportions, and it just looks beautiful

hope it does well in competition, that's something i'd like to see.

[sau_mathur]

Wht the hell is BAR boss David Richards doing there in the photos give by budagboy2 on page 1 ? Is he gonna be associated with the team at all ?

[RAMAN]

WOW, this is one amazing, badass looking race car...:shock: Only if the rear diffuser doesn't stick out THAT much, it would be perfect.

[stradale]

Wht the hell is BAR boss David Richards doing there in the photos give by budagboy2 on page 1 ? Is he gonna be associated with the team at all ?

Dave Richards was or (more likely since he is in the pictures) is boss of Prodrive, who developed the car.

[mindgam3]

funny how prodrive make the 550 GTS too.

This is definately the most beautiful GT car though, n hopefully with brundel n blundell behind the wheels, a fair few victories shouldnt be out of the question either ;)

[tata1234]

What a beautiful car, just hope it does well on the tracks too, anyway an awesome job by Aston Martin.

Does anybody know if road version is coming?

[testdrivem3]

yeah,but it is not driveble on the street