Say hello to the Aston Martin Vantage DTM car
Aston Martin DTM car breaks cover for first week of 2019 testing
After Mercedes-AMG announced they would be leaving the DTM series at the end of the 2018 season after 30 years, there was a huge void left in the field as it was reduced to BMW and Audi.
With rumours of customer-run Mercedes cars quashed, Iinitially it looked bleak for the 2019 season.
That was until R-Motorsport announced that it had secured the rights to run the Vantage DTM under licence from Aston Martin.
R-Motorsport will run four cars in 2019 as they take on the might of BMW and Audi, former champion Paul di Resta heads up the squad with the experienced Daniel Juncadella being joined by DTM rookies Ferdinand Habsburg and Jake Dennis.
“There is still a lot of development work to be done, as the Aston Martin Vantage DTM car was developed and built in the record time of only 90 days,” said Team Principal Dr Florian Kamelger following the first day of testing.
“Consequently, the main target of our test today was to learn more about our car and especially about the behaviour of its turbo engine.”
Basic technical specifications of the Aston Martin Vantage DTM
Chassis
Carbon fibre monocoque with steel roll cage, front, lateral and rear crash structures, bonnet, doors, side panels and wings in carbon fibre
Length: 4,730 mm
Width: 1,950 mm
Height: 1,280 mm
Minimum weight: 981 kg
Engine
4-cylinder in-line turbo engine
Capacity: 2.0 litres
Max. rpm: 9,500 rpm (according to regulations)
Fuel flow: max. 95 kg/h (according to regulations)
Transmission
Standard gearbox
Standard 6-speed transverse-mounted gearbox,
rear-wheel drive, pneumatically operated sequential gear shift on steering wheel,
mechanical differential lock without traction control,
carbon fibre cardan shaft,
4-plate carbon fibre clutch operated by foot pedal
Suspension
Standard double wishbones with spring/damper units to front and rear axles, actuated via pushrods
Brakes
Standard carbon braking system without ABS
Wheels / tyres
Standard aluminium wheels, control tyres from Hankook
The first round of the 2019 DTM series gets underway on the first weekend of May at the Hockenheimring.
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Comments (7)
Say hello to a rebodied C63 Dtm
Gorgeous
This is no Aston. Astons don’t have 4 cylinders
I thought DTM was for German cars only
mostly is but it is not a rule. the same as BTCC or STCC is not for british or swedish cars only
In the 90s Alfas ran in DTM