Aston Martin Racing
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Paul Howarth |
| Current series | FIA World Endurance Championship IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| Former series | American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series GT4 European Cup |
| Current drivers | World Endurance Championship 007: Tom Gamble Ross Gunn Harry Tincknell 009: Roman De Angelis Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen IMSA SportsCar Championship 23: Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn Alex Riberas |
Aston Martin Racing also known simply as AMR is the name given to Aston Martin Lagonda's sports car racing interests, originally established in 2004 as a partnership between automobile manufacturer Aston Martin and engineering group Prodrive. The partnership was initially created for the purpose of returning Aston Martin to sports car racing with the DBR9, a heavily modified variant of the Aston Martin DB9. Since the DBR9's racing debut in 2005, Aston Martin Racing has expanded to build a variety of cars available to customers, as well as development of Aston Martin's V12 engine for Le Mans Prototype use. Aston Martin Racing's program has earned several successes over the years.
Although all cars are built by Prodrive at their factory, Aston Martin plays an integral part in designing the race cars, as well as integrating elements of the race cars back into Aston Martin's road cars.
On 23 April 2009, Aston Martin chairman and Prodrive founder David Richards announced his intent to return to Formula One in 2010 with the possibility of using the Aston Martin name, however this never materialised. Aston Martin had previously raced in the 1959 and 1960 Formula One seasons but failed to score points in either year.
In 2023, Aston Martin announced its intention to join the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship grids in 2025 with the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH. The team currently runs two cars in the WEC hypercar class and one car in the IMSA GTP class in partnership with The Heart of Racing.