Nick Daman heads to Aston Martin at Silverstone for the launch of their Hypercar programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship and WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.
Aston Martin
Paul Tarsey talks to Jim Roller and Joe Bradley about the heritage that brought Aston Martin back to F1 racing, covering everything from their last foray into F1 in 1959, through DB4 lightweights right up to date. Peter Snowdon talks about the Aston Martin Owners Club races and Paul Jurd will bring in all the news from the historic racing scene. A comprehensive book review of all the latest titles will make sure you are up to date on the best reading matter too.
Nick Daman reports on testing of Aston Martin’s new Valkyrie road car at Silverstone, with test driver Chris Goodwin. F1 driver Alex Albon gets behind the wheel for his first taste of the car.
John Hindhaugh talks to Maxime Martin, unveiled today as a works driver for Aston Martin Racing.
For this special show, RSL have been given exclusive behind the scenes access to the all-new Aston Martin Vantage ahead of the world debut. John Hindhaugh examines the finished car and discusses the design and technical philosophy with the principal team members, including President and CEO Andy Palmer who also gives an insight into future road car projects and the Aston Martin Racing Programmes. Part 1: Part 2: The new Aston Martin Vantage GTE has been developed in parallel with the new Road car. Race Team Technical Director Dan Sayers tells John Hindhaugh how the project is progressing, and how the many new elements have come together. Part 3: New Aston Martin Vantage racer Alex Lynn gives John Hindhaugh his early impressions of the 2018 Aston Martin Vantage GTE
John Hindhaugh introduces the week’s motor sport news. Andy Palmer from Aston Martin talks about the car manufacturer’s tie up wth the Red Bull Racing F1 team, plus Graham Goodwin on playing your joker in LMP2, Nick Daman rhapsodises over Copenhagen and Michelin’s Chris Baker on their new IMSA partnership.
John Hindhaugh is in Peterborough, and looks back on a weekend of F1 in Austria with Nick Daman. There’s also sportscar news and a Formula E review with Graham Goodwin and Tim Gray.
John Hindhaugh goes behind the scenes at the Aston Martin Racing launch at the team’s base at Gaydon.
Behind the scenes of the Aston Martin Evolution Academy, including interviews with Aston Martin’s Andrew Palmer and John Gaw.