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Revised line-ups headline Vantage GT3 assault on the Americas as WEC and IMSA fire back into action

Itumeleng Garebatshabe
Last updated: July 8, 2025 18:48
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  • Aston Martin Vantage in premier GT action across North and South America this weekend
  • The Heart of Racing chasing first victory of FIA WEC season at Interlagos
  • Racing Spirit of Léman introduce Anthony McIntosh to Vantage GT3 line-up for the 6 Hours of São Paulo
  • Roman De Angelis goes backs to his roots for home Mosport race alongside Casper Stevenson as IMSA GTD heads to Canada

Aston Martin’s Vantage GT3 returns to the frontline of the FIA World Endurance (WEC) Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA) GT class action this weekend with race victory very much in the crosshairs.

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The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) visits Interlagos for only the fifth time in its history, having been reintroduced to the calendar last year. In that period, Vantage has recorded three class wins and four runner-up finishes – including in 2024. The Heart of Racing (THOR) team and the Racing Spirit of Léman squad aims to add to that tally with the latest iteration – the Vantage GT3 – in the LMGT3 class of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo on 13 July.

Regular class frontrunners, THOR team principal Ian James (GBR), Zach Robichon (CDN) and Mattia Drudi (ITA) are looking to at least repeat the performance of the #27 Vantage from last year when it finished second in class. Indeed, so far in 2025, the team has recorded a sixth, a fifth and a fourth from four races and based on its pace, a podium is overdue.

THOR will be joined by Racing Spirit of Léman, which introduces a new driver, Anthony McIntosh (USA) to its regular line-up of Eduardo Barrichello (BRA) and Aston Martin works driver Valentin Hasse-Clot (FRA) in the #10 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. McIntosh comes fresh off the back of a Pro-Am Class podium in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa with Beechdean AMR, while he also races a Vantage with van der Steur Racing in selected IMSA races in the GTD class. McIntosh steps in for his compatriot Derek De Boer, who is otherwise engaged with external commitments, but will return to the car for the next round – the Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of the Americas on 5-7 September.

THOR is also in action in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA) with the latest version of the Vantage GT3 in the all-GT round of the series at Mosport, in Canada. Fresh off a brilliant, last-gasp win at Watkins Glen last month, the team’s fulltime #27 driver Casper Stevenson (GBR) is currently second in the standings, just 60 points off the GTD class championship lead. His regular teammate Gamble is otherwise engaged with Valkyrie at Interlagos, so THOR has drafted in IMSA Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP driver and 2022 IMSA GTD champion Roman De Angelis (CAN); a two-time GTD class winner of the event.

“Vantage GT3 continues to go from strength to strength,” said Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport Adam Carter. “It proved to be an outstanding choice for our partner teams in the recent 24 Hours of Spa, where it achieved two class win and another class podium. In IMSA it was victorious in the previous round at Watkins Glen. In WEC, the pace has been there, if not the results. Aston Martin has a strong record at Interlagos, and there is every reason for us to head to São Paulo in an optimistic frame of mind, with a podium finish a very clear target for both of our partner teams.”

Sharing the mechanical architecture of the ultra-luxury performance brand’s most focused sportscar, the Vantage GT3, is built around Aston Martin’s proven bonded aluminium chassis and powered by its fearsome twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine. As well as victory in IMSA at Watkins Glen, the car recorded multiple class victories in the 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as well as a class podium in the ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring, last month.

TAGGED:Aston Martin VantageFIA World Endurance ChampionshipIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ChampionshipVantage GT3

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