Akhil Rabindra inches closer to Aston Martin contract
ANI
19 May 2021, 21:18 GMT+10
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 19 (ANI): Bengaluru-based 24-year-old GT4 racer Akhil Rabindra, on Wednesday made it to the coveted list of the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy third time in a row for the 2021 class.
Akhil who is currently competing for the AGS Events Racing team at the European GT4 Championships is the only Asian to have made it to the prestigious AMR driving academy along with 14 others from across the world.
The British luxury sports car manufacturer made this important announcement on Wednesday. Aston Martin through their driver academy aims to search for the next generation of GT4 endurance superstars and the 2021 class has only 15 elite drivers ( all between 17-26 years) from around the world competing with the hope to land up with an Aston Martin Junior drivers contract a year later. Akhil currently drives an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 for the AGS Events Racing team.
Indian racer Akhil Rabindra is returning to the GT4 European Series, and this time around, he’s targeting bringing the title home. Click here to read the full interview.
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An ever-expanding number of partner Vantage GT3 and GT4 teams are poised to contest more than 20 major international series globally this season, and they do so with access to an unprecedented level of support from the British luxury sportscar manufacturers’ racing factory. A significant number of engineers and technicians responsible for winning the 2019/20 GT FIA World Endurance Manufac