Aston Martin earlier in February unveiled the closely up to date 2025 Vantage sports activities automotive, and on Tuesday the brand new Vantage GT4 racing model made its debut.

The client race automotive is eligible for the 2024 motorsports season, along with a Vantage GT3 that was unveiled along with the up to date highway automotive.

Some early examples of the Vantage GT4 already took half within the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem coinciding with final month’s final month’s 24 Hours of Daytona, the opening spherical of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Examples of the Vantage GT3 ran within the 24-hour race.

In comparison with the earlier Vantage GT4 launched for the 2019 season, the brand new automotive advantages primarily from improved aerodynamics and cooling, the latter helped principally by the bigger mouth on the most recent Vantage. Aston Martin additionally made enhancements to the chassis, drivetrain, effectivity, and ease of use, the corporate mentioned.

2024 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race automotive

As a result of FIA’s strict GT4 laws, the Vantage GT4 could be very near the highway automotive on which it’s primarily based. Round 80% of the central bonded aluminum construction is widespread to each automobiles, with the race automotive gaining a roll cage to satisfy security laws. An air jack system can be included.

Each automobiles additionally share the acquainted Mercedes-Benz-sourced twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, although within the race automotive the engine is paired with a 6-speed sequential transmission whereas the highway automotive has an 8-speed computerized. The race automotive’s energy could be adjusted relying on race guidelines, however as a base case delivers round 470 hp. Within the highway automotive the engine pumps out 656 hp.

The chassis has been closely upgraded to deal with the trials of racing. This included altering the geometry of the double-wishbone suspension at each ends, and including KW 2-way adjustable dampers plus a set of adjustable anti-roll bars. The brake bundle is from Alcon and contains 6-piston calipers up entrance and 4-piston calipers on the rear. They clamp down on ventilated rotors, additionally from Alcon. The brakes sit inside a set of Braid cast aluminum wheels measuring 18×11 inches in any respect 4 corners.

2024 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race automotive

Impressively, many of the physique panels are shared with the highway automotive. The one main exception is the brand new vented hood, which makes use of natural-fiber composites as an alternative of the highway automotive’s aluminum. The pure fiber can be used for added aerodynamic parts, together with the entrance splitter and rear wing, that are strengthened with a core made out of cork.

The dry weight of the automotive is roughly 3,230 kilos.

Aston Martin is presently constructing the automobiles for buyer groups and mentioned round 40 items will probably be in-built 2024. Pricing hasn’t been revealed.