Volante Rosso brings Aston Martin assault to Australia

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 23 July 2024

Volante Rosso Motorsport is the offical Aston Martin Racing partner in Australasia and will bring the famous British brand to the GT World Challenge.

A near-new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will be raced by a to-be-announced driver lineup at the third round of the GT World Challenge Australia season at Queensland Raceway at the start of August.

It will make its on-track debut on Australian soil at a shakedown at Sydney Motorsport Park this Friday.

The Vantage GT3 has competed “only a handful” of IMSA races in 2023 and is currently on its way to Volante Rosso headquarters in Marrickville, NSW.

Currently the car is in previous generation, but it will be upgraded to the latest spec aerodynamics and body later this year.

Volante Rosso Motorsport Director Chris Papadopoulos is honoured by the partnership.

“To join Aston Martin Racing as a Partner Team is the most exciting thing we’ve done in our time in GT racing,” said Papadopoulos.

“The Vantage GT3 is everything you want in a racing car. Not only has AMR done a fantastic job with everything they’ve added to make it a great race car, but they’ve started from a pretty sensational road car!

“Aston Martin is as serious about racing performance as we are so it’s been a great fit for us and they’ve really welcomed us into the fold from a car ownership and technical perspective.

“I think it’s fair to say every race fan has missed seeing an Aston Martin in the outright fight in Australia, so we couldn’t be more proud to be the team taking Aston Martin back to the top flight here.”

The Aston Martin Vantage’s Aussie debut will be at Queensland Raceway on August 2-4.

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Volante Rosso brings Aston Martin assault to Australia

The Vantage GT3 has competed “only a handful” of IMSA races in 2023 and is currently on its way to Volante Rosso headquarters in Marrickville, NSW.

“The Vantage GT3 is everything you want in a racing car. Not only has AMR done a fantastic job with everything they’ve added to make it a great race car, but they’ve started from a pretty sensational road car!

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