RAC TT, FIA GT, Silverstone - 15th May 2005


The RAC Tourist Trophy race, round 3 of the FIA GT championship was the first opportunity to see an Aston Martin Works team competing on UK soil since 1989.

The pair of Aston Martin DBR9's started from the front row of the grid and never lost the lead of the 3 hour race despite strong opposition from a trio of Maserati MC12 GT1's. Car 28 (David Brabham, Darren Turner), with the yellow nose band led for most of the race but with just 15 minutes to go, red nosed car 29 (Peter Cox, Pedro Lamy) was slightly quicker and took the lead to win the race with a gap of just 1.9 seconds. The third place Maserati was only 9 seconds behind after 134 laps.

pit crew await the next pit stop parked in formation before the race Pedro Lamy's helmet awaits it's owner dbr9's in the aston martin pits
car 29, the eventual winner car 28, the leader for almost all the race dbr9's in action
pit board for car 29 for the final lap Dr Bez and Dave Richards study the race from the pit garage Peter Cox & Pedro Lamy on the winners podium</font></font>

Since the FIA GT championship is only open to private non-works teams, AMR did not score points within the championship despite winning the race

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