Were celebrating the endurance racing history of aston martin with their charismatic group c racer as a free download for our players. The successor to the nimrod was amr1, a joint venture announced in august 1987 between aston martin and ecurie ecosse and built to fisa group c regulations. The aston martin amr1 was a group c formula racing car developed in 1989 for car manufacturer aston martin. This magnificent model is gutzs second version of the famous 2009 lola aston martin lmp1. Aston martin open cockpit carbon fibre monocoque with load bearing engine and a steel frame to enhance rigidity engine in line 6 cylinder, direct injected, turbocharged and intercooled dohc petrol engine, 4 valves per cylinder gearbox bespoke semiautomatic 6 speed, transverse mounted. The one you see here is chassis 05, final development of. Aston martin iconic luxury british sports cars usa. Penned by canadian max boxstrom, the amr1 sported a carbonkevlar central tub but with a wide aerofoil under the nose which created ground effect at the front of the car, making it then unique amongst group c machines. At the very last minute literally chassis 03 was completed in the teams pit box at the french track. Amr1 04 was the first amr1 to reach auction, selling at a brooks now bonhams aston martin lagonda auction in 2000. Throughout its 106year history, british sporting brand aston martin has maintained a strong link to sportscar racing and its crown jewel. Aston martin s two car entry for the 24 hours of le mans race came into jeopardy when the first chassis was destroyed during testing. The skin is based on the nurburgring race, where the three engaged lola aston martin.
Amr2 1989 1990 the amr2 was to be a significant evolution of the amr1, still based on the amr1 body tub and powered by the version 2 v8 6. Cover wheel mods drivingitalia simulatori di guida. Amr1 05 chassis 05 is the final development of amr1, weighing in at just 906 kg, packing the generation ii 700 bhp engine and sporting carbon ceramic disc brakes. Textures have the shadow layer as this was from a gtr2 conversion. Debuting in 2008 the gt2 is designed to meet fia and aco gt2 class regulations, the vantage will become a customer car for use in the fia gt championship, american le mans series, le mans series, and 24 hours of le mans the aston martin vantage gt2s engine is a modified version of the standard 4. The most significant change was to the body better aerodynamics which would have. Home history media contact home history media contact aston martin amr1 05. Following on from the evolution nimrod, the amr1 was constructed by ray mallock ltd. As always with aston martin, le mans was the ultimate goal and a state of the art design was essential. Here is the aston martin amr1 group c from 1989 driven by paul whight at the qualifing practice from the spa classic at spa francorchamps. Here you are a short video i made of the 1989 aston martin amr1 group c race car. Group c aston martin amr1 1989 soundcheck at spa youtube. Chassis amr105 the last, the lightest and most powerful of just 4 works built cars engine aston.
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