Cirtek Motorsport announced in May 2005 that they will be the first private team to compete with the Aston Martin DBR9 in the FIA GT Championship. The car, chassis DBR9/101, was first seen in public on the Aston Martin Racing stand in the paddock at Le Mans, June 2005. It is not a secret that the car is owned by supercar enthusiast, AMOC member and prolific AM collector, Rik Bryan.

Whilst the car was initially prepared by Cirtek Motorsport in the UK it was initially being raced under the Russian Age Racing banner. First time out at Zhuhai, the car failed to finish but then finished 15th in Dubai and then victory in the last race of the season in the 11th round of the FIA GT series in Bahrain in the hands of Christophe Bouchut and Antonio Garcia.

For the 2006 season, the chassis 101 transferred to running under the Team Modena banner based in High Wycombe run by Graham Schultz. First outing of the season was at the Silverstone round of the FIA GT championship for the RAC Tourist Trophy where, in the hands of David Brabham, Christophe Bouchut, the car came home 4th.

During Le Mans 2006, the team had a brilliant result narrowly missing a podium with 4th in class and 9th overall being driven by David Brabham, Nelson Piquet Jnr. and  Antonio Garcia

Following Le Mans, the team switched to running in selected races in the European Le Mans Series with two cars at Spa and Istanbul (chassis number of the second car unknown). Best result was 1st in class and 4th overall at Donnington park in the hands of Antonio Garcia and Peter Hardman.

For the 2007 season, as well as Le Mans in June, the team appears to be concentrating on the Le Mans European Series (LMES). In March 2007, 101 also took 3rd in class at the Sebring 12 hours, a round of the American Le Mans Series. For Le Mans 2007, 101 achieved 18th overall and 10th in class. DBR9/101 is now considered the most successful DBR9 and the most successful privately-owned Aston Martin racing car in the marque’s history.