Driving the 500bhp Aston Martin Vantage GTE race car
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2017
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Forget GT3 cars, this is a full-on 500bhp GTE racer, and the very Aston Martin Vantage that won the GT title in the 2016 World Endurance Championship. DRIVETRIBE's Editor-at-Large Jethro Bovingdon straps himself in for some fast laps of the Portimao race circuit in Portugal
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Aston makes the best front-engined GT race cars in the modern age. The GT1 and GT3 cars all delivered and were always well-rounded & competitive. Assetto needs one of these ASAP.
That has to be the best noise I've ever heard come out of anything...
That sounded even better than hearing "I'm not pregnant"..
or when she says “i lost it”
That V8 sound is simply glorious in a Savage way
As long as Aston is giving away drives... I'm available
Damn DRIVETRIBE is killing it. Has definitely emerged as the best free car channel on youtube and its really not even that close. Keep up the good work guys!
I would say MotorTrend does some things a lot better, but they only have a few uploads a month and a much bigger budget. I would say DT is definitely killing because they have great editors, great cars, good reviewers, and most of all, a generous amount of uploads.
Eric Hamm can't hurt to have the bankrolling (and industry contacts) of Clarkson, May, Hammond and Andy Wilman! (oh, and five million apiece from 21st Century Fox and venture capitalists... ;)
Christopher Woods nope it was salomondrin
wooow just look at that rear defuser. absolute work of art
It sounds like armageddon! And also you don't need to apologize 10000 times for not saying anything, that car going around that track said it all :)
Man i fucking love this channel. The variations are insane!
RIP that sound
My first ever experience of Le Mans was in 2017, watching the Aston's being hammered round the track and the noise they produced I instantly fell in love with the AMR team and the Le Mans spirit/ atmosphere. I then returned in 2018 when Aston had a disappointing race with their new car which is a shame. Let's hope they can turn it around, bring on the 2019 season.
Yesterday was good though! ha
Fascinating high quality video. What a great experience for you, and taking us the viewers too!
Just a note - Many of us sim racers out here know exactly how Portimao goes. Maybe a quick stint in a similar would have helped?
Keep the great vids coming.. What a car!!!!
Amazing. Keep up the amazing work here guys
up until this, my favourite engine sound was from m3 e46 gtr. cause you know most wanted fanboy. but fucking hell, the exhaust crackle and the revs from this beast is otherworldly.
I love this channel so much
It puts all the prototypes to shame with that sound
Great video, even though there wasn't much in car audio, it still coveys a very clear message about the car and its emotions.
Wow, I mean WOW, great looking car, and that exhaust note, reminds me of the Aston Martin Nimrod Le Mans racer with that super hard edge to each pulse, almost like a succession of grenades going off!
Absolute beast. I would drag my balls through a mile of broken glass to get a lap in that weapon. Your one lucky guy Jethro 👏👏👏🖒
Matt Brown 😂😂😭
Imagine Aston Martin taking you up on that challenge: "Okay mate, here you go: 1 mile of broken glass to go!"
I wouldn't
One of my favourites was the TopGear Britcar 24h feature. You may arrange a similar adventure. You choose the venue, yet I would rather like the Ring. Well done.
that exact engine and gearbox is in the Vantage AMR Pro! awesome.
The AMR Vantage Pro has a GT4 engine.
Unreal motor. love it
Everyone seems to love Portimao... Hey Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, bring F1 back to Portugal, this time to Portimao!
Great job! 🎩👌👍
that rear diffuser is insane!!!
Beautiful, it's a shame to see her go.
I can't wait to see what they bring next, I really want them to take a BiTurbo V6 and V8 Hybrid *Valkyrie* prototype to the LeMans Prototype.
Man i miss this
Is that Head cam ? i can't even see the front road when going up and going down that slope .
Portimão is the best.
The Aston GTE is a great car for this track.
I wish Aston Martin made more cars like this, instead of just luxury grand tourers.
W-James I believe they're introducing a performance trim called AMR (could be wrong on the acronym). It's basically the gofast Aston. Like a Merc AMG or a BMW M car
yep, AMR uncrate.com/article/aston-martin-vantage-amr-pro/
W-James they make the Vulcan (made), Valkyrie, and now the AMR line up. I think they're doing pretty good
it's called GT8
They should stay with their elegant GT cars. Astons are mainly DBs, Zagatos and One-77s. The race cars are also cool. But the GT12 and GT8 are a joke. They are no where near as good as track-focused cars like 675LT, Speciale, GT3 RS or any other normal super car like 650S, Turbo S or Huracan. Yes, they sound cool with the titanium exhaust and the bodywork looks good, but they are just a end-of-production special and not what AM is good at. The Vantage V12 S/V8 S with the mild bodywork, color contrast and exhaust suits AM better
No worries Jethro, sometimes talking is overrated! The VO said it all and the footage and soundtrack was smashing! Good work.
It's OK if you didn't talk during the drive. That's what dubbing/ADR is for, lol.
Driving this looks so demanding, great work though!
The wing mirrors are so big!
Please post the whole POV onboards.
Just one question for anyone that has been watching WEC for a long time.If the RSR has a flat six and the aston has a v8, wouldn't mpg be a lot different. Does that mean the aston martin needs to add oil more often than the porsche during races?
literally first view right here, also will you guys drive the McLaren 570S ?
that sound
I saw 1:55 on the timing dashboard. Indeed he was barely scratching the performance that was available in this car. He was cornering like how he would in a very well mannered road car and not really taking advantage of the aero. Chris Harris was getting 1:55 lap times in road cars on road tires.
Honfy Lam 1:53 seems like a reasonably quick pace for considerably less than half a hp/per tonne
The GT3's a few year ago were in the low 1:40's and the touringcar cars are in the 1:50-1:51.
There's a video of an amateur in a Honda S2000 on slicks running something like 1:55.
Yes of course, if we take you and drop you at a circuit you didnt know, in a car you have never driven, with a history like that AMR GTE championship winning chassis has, with 1 of the drivers who won that same championship watching on.....you would be so good ?
True, yet he's done pretty well at driving a Mclaren P1 GTR. I'm not blaming him. I'm just saying he left a lot of time on the table because I do believe the car has a lot more to give, which is also a compliment on the car.
Hey, your driving did all the talking for you :)
Dayum
excellent job @ Lemans. ( guessing Aston''s budget maybe half the big factories, Porsche, GM, Ford.) and not a cherry picked design like Ford. of course the 'moving adjusted regulations' seem to make the cars pretty much equal and thus the cars themselves irrelevant. heck, maybe enter a modded accord !
That rear diffuser is bigger than my life's potential
That rear diffuser...... uhuhuhuh I have crisis just looking at it
More helmet cam jethro MORE! 👍👍
Definitely best V8 muscle engine ever existed
Secondly, I chose the sound of Aussie V8 Supercars
Drive tribe fucking rocks. Aston? What's not to love, sex on wheels!! Hate Aston? Clearly love cock. There hasn't been a shit one this century! They're dropping, I might get a vantage one day, maybe a db9 if I'm mega lucky! Db7s are getting close now so I just gotta be patient lol
The last footage of him doing first person view should be in the intro of FORZA 7
You don't need talk mate!!
all the pub for the ford and ferrari and aston quietly take the title
what's the difference between these cars and cars like the p1, 911. would these be quicker around the track because of all the tunes and stuff?
ESPN Jeds Just the tires make the difference
ESPN Jeds So this Aston here is a track only racing car. Its not road legal. A Basic Porsche 911 is a capable sports car but wouldn't see wich way this Aston had gone on Track. A McLaren P1 is an incredibly capable HyperCar, but still a road car... and over all would still be slower on almost all race circuits, (Save for La Sarth wich has incredibly long straights). And dispite another commenter saying only the tires are different.... That couldn't be further from the truth.
Ian Enciso keep explaining
ESPN Jeds Your kidding right?
Ian Enciso no i wanna know why a mclaren with almost double the horsepower would be slower
how about vulkan? more interesting
The same chassis did NOT win GTE AM, and GTE PRO. The GTE AM is a one year old car, the PRO is a current car.
The Ford GT 40 has been so detuned it gives larger cubic inch cars an advantage
Great video, but tf is that telephone pole on the hood?
Lark Swaim transmitter and receiver for communication
Pretty sure that's a pitot tube used to measure airflow. Not sure why it needs to be so high above the hood though.
6:18 Gopro is going to fall
Why is this being uploaded at 5am GMT lol
So the new Ford GT couldn't beat two older cars in the Vantage GTE and 488 in only 3/10 races yet its being hyped like crazy?
Collins T Well it did win Le Mans, and most people only care about that.
Don't get me wrong, Le Mans was a great win for them, but this was a series of race circuits and more rounded for me
Yeah, I was just trying to point out the cause of the hype.
Personally, I'm glad Ford won Le Mans as I greatly appreciate Ford using racing prowess to promote cars compared to using unregulated 'lap times' for every promotional material like every other manufacturer (looks in the general direction of VAG).
On the other hand, I'm also glad Aston got the championship as the Vantage will probably be replaced in a few years and such a beautiful car deserves a few more trophies during its lifetime.
Collins T the series uses performance balancing. You could enter a kia picanto and get the same results.
The aston has been around since the dark ages but gets massive allowances on weight and air restrictors for power.
Well to the Ford GT's credit Race cars don't necessarily get "older" they get more developed. So the GT was beaten by 2 more developed cars, and even then it put up a valiant fight
ive driven this track in an aston on raceroom
only 66000 views on videos like this?? What is wrong with people??
Oddly enough, he looks like Toto
Someone said Porsche?
Gesundheit
didn't some guy die at LeMans in one of these?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Simonsen_(racing_driver)
Roel de Meulder that was his name, thx
Portimao just doesn't seem fun to me in cars. I've tried several different cars in pcars and AC and nothing feels fun at this track. Seems way more tailored to motorcycles.
"slightly cynical Ford" - care to elaborate?
Essentially Ford are in the WEC as a publicity stunt. The road car was only released so they meet the rules and race. They are outspending everyone else in a 4-year period to win, but aside from Le Mans, where they sandbagged, they haven't done all that well, beaten by Aston in the WEC and Corvette in the American IMSA series.
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