Tomáš Enge ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈɛŋɡɛ] ; born 11 September 1976) is a Czech former professional racing driver who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One .
34-699: The Aston Martin DBRS9 was a racing car built by Aston Martin Racing to be a cheaper alternative to the Aston Martin DBR9 , both of which are based on the Aston Martin DB9 . The DBRS9 was introduced in 2005 and has since been replaced with the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 . The DBRS9 features several modifications to the standard DB9 . With developments including a full race specification roll-cage and
68-420: A 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) time of 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 314 km/h (195 mph). The car also features uprated suspension with a lowered ride height and stiffened racing springs. The DBRS9 has also been fitted with a close-ratio racing gearbox in either 6-speed fully manual or an upgraded sequential manual form. The DBRS9 is open to customers through Aston Martin Racing and Prodrive at
102-509: A collision with a GT1 Aston. Subsequent repairs and a 5-minute stop and go penalty—for causing the collision—dropped the car out of contention. The 009 car was retired after 252 laps. Three cars were also entered in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans , although 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
136-504: A dynamic successor to the biggest-selling road car in the British marque's history. This evening, in an unprecedented synchronised launch, Aston Martin Racing revealed the new 2018 Vantage GTE: the spectacular new FIA World Endurance Championship challenger poised to replace the team's most successful competition car of all-time, the multiple Le Mans-winning V8 Vantage GTE. Aston Martin Racing has confirmed it will race two brand new Vantage GTEs in
170-538: A price of approximately £175,000 without optional extras and taxes. The car is a bridge between the highly expensive, fully race specification GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 and the standard DB9 road car. Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Racing is a British auto racing team established in 2004 as a partnership between automobile manufacturer Aston Martin and engineering group Prodrive . The partnership
204-569: A shattered elbow, cracked ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a potentially broken ankle, but not to be in any serious danger. On 21 July 2007, Enge was released from his contract with Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing due to a penalty incurred after crashing into Mika Salo during the Acura Sports Car Challenge ALMS race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course . In 2009 he drove for Aston Martin Racing in
238-421: A tuned version of the 5.9-litre V12 engine to bring output up to 550 bhp (410 kW; 558 PS) and 620 N⋅m (457 lb⋅ft). Other modifications include carbon fiber body panels (excluding roof), polycarbonate side and rear windows and a stripped out interior in order to drop weight by 480 kg (1,060 lb). These enhancements bring the DBRS9's power output up to 430 bhp/tonne. The DBRS9 has
272-546: A week before the 6 Hours of Spa. Heart of Racing took over the entry, but kept the NorthWest AMR name and number to conform with the championship regulations. Since the team's debut at the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring , Aston Martin Racing has earned several important victories in their career. Their very first race actually earned them their first victory, defeating the Corvette Racing squad at Sebring. The RAC Tourist Trophy
306-673: The 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with one in the LMGTE-Pro class and one in the LMGTE-Am class. They also had a third Vantage in the GTE-Pro class as a reserve entrant. One of the existing AMR-One's has been sold to Pescarolo Sport who are set to compete with that car and naming it the Pescarolo 03 . They will use an engine from Judd Power rather than the Aston Martin powerplant. The other AMR-One has formed
340-645: The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTE Pro with Darren Turner , Jonathan Adam and Daniel Serra driving the winning Aston Martin Vantage GTE. Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1 Enge Born in Liberec , Enge started his career at the age of 16, entering a Ford Fiesta he bought with his own money in the Czechoslovakian Ford Fiesta Cup. Enge participated in the final three races of the 2001 Formula One season, becoming
374-673: The American Le Mans Series , but for 2007 switched to the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari F430 . On 31 March 2007, Enge was injured whilst driving his F430 at the ALMS St. Petersburg race. The car crashed whilst leading the GT2 class, suffering heavy damage to the driver's side and a brief fire. Enge was removed under medical supervision and transported to the local medical centre. He was later revealed to have suffered
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#1732859239598408-538: The Circuit de la Sarthe and car #007 retired two laps later on lap four. Both cars completed a combined six laps at the 79th Grand Prix of Endurance. After this shocking result, the team raced the old B09/60 for the remainder of the season although a much downgraded version in order to comply with the new 2011 regulations. For 2012, Aston Martin Racing returned to GT racing with the V8 Vantage GT2 . They entered two cars at
442-664: The FIA World Endurance Championship with the Aston Martin Vantage GTE , earning them several wins and titles. During the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 Aston Martin Racing finished runner-up in the LMGTE Pro Trophy. In 2014 they won the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams and Drivers with Danish duo Kristian Poulsen and David Heinemeier Hansson . During
476-530: The Le Mans Series and won the championship alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz . He remained with Aston Martin, as he moved into the FIA GT1 World Championship for the 2010 season , joining Darren Turner at Young Driver AMR. The pairing finished fourth in the championship with three victories. Enge and Turner were split for the 2011 season ; Turner was joined by Stefan Mücke , while Enge
510-645: The 007 to finish 6th overall and completing 365 laps, less than it did 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. Initially, the car was running very poorly. 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. It completed only 96 laps. They then decided not to race it in
544-558: The 1959 and 1960 Formula One seasons but failed to score points in either year. Aston Martin Racing built cars for international grand tourer classes. The team itself ran a squad of DBR9s in the former top class, GT1, while other cars were offered to customers. The GTE class (formerly GT2) became their next target after the failure of the 2011 season, and the car is based on the V8 Vantage . The V8 Vantage also featured in GT3 and GT4 classes. Before
578-406: The 50th anniversary of its last outright win at Le Mans . The 2009 programme 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 iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil . The aim
612-651: The GT3 Vantage was introduced the DBRS9 solely raced in GT3. In 2008, Aston Martin Racing entered into 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 Le Mans Prototype category for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 . The entry marks
646-454: 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 in order to focus on their Formula One effort, as well as their LMGTE Am program, which will be funded by Paul Dalla Lana . On 24 April 2023, Dalla Lana retired from racing and withdrew his NorthWest AMR team with immediate effect
680-645: The base for the new DeltaWing project which debuted at Le Mans in 2012 with Highcroft Racing . The DeltaWing uses the AMR-One's carbon fibre tub. In 2013 to celebrate the centenary of the marque, 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 with
714-614: The first round in Barcelona the team won the 1000 km de Catalunya outright and with a string of podiums and a 1-2-3 sweep of the ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring and a podium at the Autosport 1000 km of Silverstone sealed the 2009 drivers title for 007 and Jan Charouz , Tomáš Enge , Stefan Mucke and the constructors title for Aston Martin-LOLA as well as the team title for Aston Martin Racing. Since 2012 Aston Martin Racing has been racing in
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#1732859239598748-687: The first, and to date only, driver from the Czech Republic to compete in Formula One. He made his debut at the Italian Grand Prix on 16 September, after being brought in by Prost as a replacement for Luciano Burti , who was recovering from his crash at the previous race in Belgium . Enge left the Prost Grand Prix team before it folded for the 2002 season. He obtained his Formula One break using
782-504: The race at Sonoma. Among his 17 career IRL starts was his rookie start in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 . He then drove for Team Czech Republic in the 2005-2006 A1GP season. Enge has also been a frequent driver for Prodrive 's sportscar teams, driving both their Ferrari 550 Maranellos and Aston Martin DBR9s in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2006 he was driver of the #007 Aston Martin Racing entry in
816-471: The rounds of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup leading up to Le Mans so they can continue private testing with the troubled car in order to sort out the mechanical issues. So around came Le Mans and despite the testing and extra car, they were still lapping in the middle of the LMP2 pack in qualifying and in the race it was much a much worse scenario. Car #009 retired after only two laps around
850-402: The same cars. Ex- Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna joined the team for the season in the one of the GTE Pro cars partnered by Frédéric Makowiecki and Rob Bell . The main GTE Pro car featured AMR regulars Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke joined by Peter Dumbreck for the 24 hours of Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps . On 21 November 2017, Aston Martin revealed the new Vantage:
884-674: The season they also won the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category. In 2016 Aston Martin Racing managed to take 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
918-547: The sponsorship from the local Coca-Cola subsidiary, which had also funded the Nordic Racing F3000 team he raced for that year. He finished third in the 2001 standings despite missing the final race, and was stripped of the 2002 title due to a positive marijuana test. He returned to Formula 3000 in 2004 , and then headed to America for 2005, driving for Panther Racing in the IRL , with modest success, although almost winning
952-481: 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
986-513: Was a second-place finish at the Slovakia Ring . On 19 June 2012, it was announced that Enge had tested positive for a banned substance at the Navarra round of the championship, and was suspended from racing. At the beginning of August, it was announced that Enge was to be suspended from racing for 18 months. Enge appealed the decision on the grounds that the positive test was caused by medication he
1020-565: 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 , and finishing second in the GT1 championship, three points shy of Corvette Racing. In 2007, Aston Martin earned their first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the company's overall win in 1959 by overcoming the Corvette squad. This feat
1054-473: 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
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1088-495: Was partnered by Alex Müller . Enge and Müller achieved two victories as they finished fourth in the championship. With Young Driver AMR pulling out of the championship to focus on other series, Enge moved to the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini squad for the 2012 season , where he partnered socialite Albert von Thurn und Taxis . The pairing were lying tenth in the championship after four rounds; their best result
1122-618: Was repeated once more in 2008 in GT1, while the team also had involvement in the Lola B08/60 LMP1 Coupe run under the Charouz Racing banner For 2009 Aston Martin Racing entered two of their new prototypes along with Aston Martin Racing Eastern Europe which completed the works trio of DBR1-2 or Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 . The team's greatest success with the new prototype came with the 2009 Le Mans Series (LMS) where in
1156-529: 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 behind the factory entries of Peugeot and Audi, as well as being the highest finishing petrol-fuelled car. The 008 car was running as high as 3rd overall in the morning until Anthony Davidson had
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