Since the DBR9's racing debut in 2005, Aston Martin Racing has expanded to build a variety of cars for customers. They also developed Aston Martin's V12 engine for Le Mans Prototype use. Aston Martin Racing's program has earned several successes over the years.
All cars are built by Prodrive at their factory, but Aston Martin plays an integral part in designing the race cars. Aston Martin also integrates elements of the race cars back into its road cars.
On 23 April 2009, Aston Martin chairman and Prodrive founder David Richards announced his intent to return to Formula One in 2010. This never materialized. Aston Martin had previously raced in the 1959 and 1960 Formula One seasons but failed to score points.
In 2023, Aston Martin announced its intention to join the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship grids in 2025. This will be 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.
Aston Martin Racing built cars for international grand tourer classes. The team itself ran a squad of DBR9s in the former top class, GT1. Other cars were offered to customers. The GTE class became their next target after the failure of the 2011 season. The car is based on the V8 Vantage. The V8 Vantage also featured in GT3 and GT4 classes. Before the GT3 Vantage was introduced, the DBRS9 solely raced in GT3.
In 2008, Aston Martin Racing entered the Le Mans Prototype category with the aid of Charouz Racing System. They installed a DBR9 V12 into a Lola B08/60 LMP1 prototype.
On 27 January 2009, the team announced a full works entry in the Le Mans Prototype category for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60. This entry marked the 50th anniversary of its last outright win at Le Mans. The 2009 program got off to an unfortunate start at the pre-season Paul Ricard test on 8 March when Tomáš Enge destroyed the 007 car in an accident. Aston Martin Racing subsequently took delivery of a new Lola to replace the written off chassis. The team entered two LMP1 cars bearing the blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil. The aim was to emulate the achievements of the 1959 race win with the DBR1 driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori. At Le Mans, the AMR Eastern Europe 007 car of Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke finished fourth. The 008 car was running as high as 3rd overall until Anthony Davidson had a collision with a GT1 Aston. The 009 car was retired after 252 laps.
Three cars were entered in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. Only the 007 and 009 cars were run by Aston Martin Racing; the 008 car was run by the French team Signature-Plus. Both the 008 and 009 cars suffered from problems and had to be retired, leaving only the 007 to finish 6th overall.
In 2011, the B09/60 was succeeded by the Aston Martin AMR-One, powered by a 2.0 litre turbocharged straight six petrol engine. In its first racing event, the 2011 6 Hours of Castellet, it was only as fast as some of the LMP2 cars in qualifying and was plagued with mechanical issues. At Le Mans, car #009 retired after two laps and car #007 retired two laps later. After this result, the team raced the old B09/60 for the remainder of the season.
For 2012, Aston Martin Racing returned to GT racing with the V8 Vantage GT2. They entered two cars at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. One of the existing AMR-One's was sold to Pescarolo Sport and named the Pescarolo 03. The other AMR-One formed the base for the new DeltaWing project.
In 2013, the team entered two 2013 specification Aston Martin Vantage GTE's in the LMGTE PRO class and two 2012 specification Vantage GTE's in LMGTE AM. The team also competed in the full season of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Ex-Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna joined the team for the season.
On 21 November 2017, Aston Martin revealed the new Vantage. Aston Martin Racing revealed the new 2018 Vantage GTE to replace the team's most successful competition car, the V8 Vantage GTE.
Aston Martin Racing confirmed it would race two new Vantage GTEs in the GTE Pro category of the 2018–19 WEC super season.
On 23 December 2020, Aston Martin Racing announced their decision to end their World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro career and their Vantage GTE factory program. This was to focus on their Formula One effort and their LMGTE Am program, funded by Paul Dalla Lana. On 24 April 2023, Dalla Lana retired from racing and withdrew his NorthWest AMR team. Heart of Racing took over the entry.
In October 2023, Aston Martin announced their Le Mans Hypercar project, with plans to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2025. The car, the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH, uses a 6.5-litre Aston Martin-Cosworth RA V12 engine.
Since the team's debut at the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring, Aston Martin Racing has earned several important victories. Their very first race earned them their first victory, defeating the Corvette Racing squad at Sebring. The RAC Tourist Trophy was also won later that year.
For 2006, Aston Martin Racing entered the full American Le Mans Series season, earning five victories including the Petit Le Mans. They finished second in the GT1 championship. In 2007, Aston Martin earned their first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the company's overall win in 1959. This feat was repeated in 2008 in GT1.
For 2009, Aston Martin Racing entered two of their new prototypes along with Aston Martin Racing Eastern Europe. The team's greatest success came with the 2009 Le Mans Series (LMS). They won the 1000 km de Catalunya outright and sealed the 2009 drivers title for 007 and Jan Charouz, Tomáš Enge, Stefan Mucke. They also won the constructors title for Aston Martin-LOLA and the team title for Aston Martin Racing.
In 2012, Aston Martin Racing began racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finished runner-up in the LMGTE Pro Trophy. In 2014, they won the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams and Drivers with Kristian Poulsen and David Heinemeier Hansson. They also won the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category. In 2016, Aston Martin Racing took the crown in the World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers with Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen. They also won the LMGTE Pro Teams’ championship. The 2017 season saw them win both the Drivers’ and Teams’ Championship in the GTE Am category. In June 2017, Aston Martin Racing also won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTE Pro with Darren Turner, Jonathan Adam and Daniel Serra.
In 2025, Aston Martin joined the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hyperclass category with two cars. The 007 car retired from the Qatar 1812 km with a transmission issue. The 009 car finished 23 laps behind the leader. Both cars finished the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the top 15. In the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the 23 car missed the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona.
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