Great things can happen when Aston Martin and Red
Bull come together. Just take a look at the Valkyrie project, or this latest
undertaking by Aston Martin Racing. The team will be on hand today to take part
in the Red Bull Soapbox Race at Alexandra Place in London with the miniature
Vantage racer.
A scaled-down, gravity-powered version of the V8
Vantage GTE that won its class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, the
littlest Aston Martin racer is quite the opposite of the early vehicles the
company made over a century ago for hill-climb racing.
It'll be driven by the automaker's senior prototype
engineer Alex Summers, but the Le Mans-winning drivers Darren Turner and Jonny
Adam will be there to help him out before heading to the next round of the FIA
World Endurance Championship, set to take place next weekend at the
Nürburgring.
Despite the Le Mans win, which stands on its own,
Aston currently sits third out of four in the standings behind Ford and
Ferrari, each of which has also won a race in the championship this year but
has also scored additional podium finishes. We're not even halfway through the
season, though, with six more rounds to go on the nine-race calendar. This
weekend, though, it's all about the soapbox challenge, where all eyes will be
on the team from Gaydon with the little Vantage.
