Aston Martin concludes FIA WEC factory effort, renews Prodrive multi-year deal for customer racing from 2021
30 December 2020 1:22 pm / 0 comments
Aston Martin has confirmed the withdrawal of its factory Vantage GT motorsport programme, and will instead ‘switch the strategic focus’ to customer operations from 2021 onwards. This marks the end of the British sports car maker’s run as a manufacturer team, which has contested the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) since the series’ inception in 2012.
The shift in focus towards its customer racing programme has seen Aston Martin renew its ties with long-time partner Prodrive in a ‘multi-year deal’, where the Banbury, UK-based motorsport preparation outfit will continue to manufacture and distribute the current-generation Vantage race cars.