Since the DBR9's racing debut at the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring, Aston Martin Racing has earned several important victories. Their very first race produced their first victory, defeating the Corvette Racing squad at Sebring. The RAC Tourist Trophy was won later that same year.
For 2006, Aston Martin Racing entered the full American Le Mans Series season, earning five victories including the Petit Le Mans, and finishing second in the GT1 championship, three points shy of Corvette Racing.
In 2007, Aston Martin earned its first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the company's overall win in 1959, overcoming the Corvette squad. That feat was repeated in 2008 in the GT1 class.
In 2008, Aston Martin Racing entered the Le Mans Prototype category with the aid of Charouz Racing System, installing a DBR9 V12 into a Lola B08/60 LMP1 prototype.
On 27 January 2009, the team announced a full works entry in the LMP1 category for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60, marking the 50th anniversary of the marque's last outright Le Mans win. The 2009 programme suffered an early setback when Tomáš Enge destroyed the 007 car in an accident at the pre-season Paul Ricard test on 8 March. The team took delivery of a replacement Lola chassis. The two LMP1 cars raced with the iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil, aiming to emulate the 1959 race victory with the DBR1 driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori.
At the 2009 Le Mans, the AMR Eastern Europe 007 car of Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke finished fourth, the highest-finishing petrol-fuelled car. The 008 car ran as high as third overall until Anthony Davidson collided with a GT1 Aston Martin; subsequent repairs and a five-minute stop-and-go penalty dropped it out of contention. The 009 car retired after 252 laps.
The 2009 Le Mans Series season was more successful: the team won the 1000 km de Catalunya outright, swept the podium at the ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring, and secured a podium at the Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone, claiming the 2009 drivers' title for the 007 car crew of Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke, the constructors' title for Aston Martin-Lola, and the team title for Aston Martin Racing.
Three cars were entered for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, though the 008 car was run by French team Signature-Plus. Both the 008 and 009 cars suffered problems and retired, leaving only the 007 to finish sixth overall, completing 365 laps — fewer than in 2009.
In 2011, the B09/60 was succeeded by the Aston Martin AMR-One, powered by a downsized 2.0-litre turbocharged straight-six petrol engine. The car performed poorly from the outset; at the 2011 6 Hours of Castellet it qualified at LMP2 pace and completed only 96 laps. The team chose not to race it in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup rounds before Le Mans, instead continuing private testing. At Le Mans, car #009 retired after two laps and car #007 retired two laps later on lap four; the two cars completed a combined six laps at the 79th Grand Prix of Endurance. For the remainder of the season the team reverted to a downgraded version of the B09/60 to comply with the new 2011 regulations.
For 2012, Aston Martin Racing returned to GT racing with the V8 Vantage GT2. The team entered two cars at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans — one in the LMGTE-Pro class and one in LMGTE-Am — with a third as reserve. One of the AMR-Ones was sold to Pescarolo Sport, which competed with it as the Pescarolo 03 using a Judd Power engine rather than the Aston Martin powerplant. The other AMR-One formed the basis of the DeltaWing project, debuting at Le Mans in 2012 with Highcroft Racing using the AMR-One's carbon fibre tub. During the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship season in 2012, Aston Martin Racing finished runner-up in the LMGTE Pro Trophy.
In 2013, to celebrate the centenary of the marque, the team entered two 2013-specification Aston Martin Vantage GTEs in LMGTE Pro and two 2012-specification cars in LMGTE Am, competing in the full FIA World Endurance Championship season. Ex-Formula One driver Bruno Senna joined the GTE Pro entry, partnered by Frédéric Makowiecki and Rob Bell. The main GTE Pro car featured Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke, joined by Peter Dumbreck for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
In 2014, Aston Martin Racing won the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams and Drivers with Danish duo Kristian Poulsen and David Heinemeier Hansson, and also won the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category. In 2016, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen won the World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers, and the team also won the LMGTE Pro Teams' championship. In 2017, the team won both the Drivers' and Teams' Championship in the GTE Am category, and Darren Turner, Jonathan Adam and Daniel Serra won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTE Pro driving the Aston Martin Vantage GTE.
On 21 November 2017, Aston Martin revealed the new Vantage road car; simultaneously, Aston Martin Racing revealed the new 2018 Vantage GTE to replace what it described as the multiple Le Mans-winning V8 Vantage GTE. The team confirmed two brand-new Vantage GTEs in the GTE Pro category of the 2018–19 WEC super season.
On 23 December 2020, Aston Martin Racing announced the end of its WEC LMGTE Pro programme and factory Vantage GTE programme, citing a decision to focus on the Aston Martin Formula One effort and on the LMGTE Am programme funded by Paul Dalla Lana. On 24 April 2023, Dalla Lana retired from racing and withdrew his NorthWest AMR team with immediate effect. Heart of Racing took over the entry, keeping the NorthWest AMR name and number to conform with championship regulations.
In October 2023, Aston Martin announced the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH, entering the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2025 in partnership with The Heart of Racing. The car uses a 6.5-litre Aston Martin-Cosworth RA V12 engine modified to meet Le Mans Hypercar requirements and a 7-speed sequential manual gearbox developed by Xtrac.
The 2025 WEC season opened with difficulties: the 007 car retired from the Qatar 1812 km with a transmission issue and the 009 car finished 23 laps behind the leader. Progress was made ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans debut, with the 009 car qualifying in Hyperpole 1 and both cars finishing within the top 15. In the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the 23 car missed the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona but consistently finished within the top ten GTP cars in the opening half of the season.
On 23 April 2009, Aston Martin chairman and Prodrive founder David Richards announced intent to return to Formula One in 2010 possibly using the Aston Martin name, though this never materialised. Aston Martin had previously raced in the 1959 and 1960 Formula One seasons without scoring points in either year.
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