Vantage GTE

🏁 GMB Motorsport – 2023 program (GTE / Vantage AMR)

• Team: GMB Motorsport (Denmark)
• Car: Aston Martin Vantage AMR (GTE spec)
• Class: LMGTE Am
• Main drivers (Le Mans):
• Gustav Birch 🇩🇰
• Marco Sørensen 🇩🇰
• Jens Reno Møller 🇩🇰

👉 2023 was their major international debut season, centered on:

• 24 Hours of Le Mans (WEC round)
• European Le Mans Series (ELMS)

🇫🇷 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 (main event)

📸 Car & event context

 

 

 

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🔢 Entry details

• Car number: #55
• Class: LMGTE Am
• Drivers: Birch / Sørensen / Møller

⚡ Practice & qualifying performance

• Fastest lap (practice):
• 3:55.020 (Sørensen) → fastest in GTE Am session
• Free practice result:
• P1 in class (opening practice)
• Hyperpole:
• Qualified for Hyperpole (top shootout)
• Qualifying position:
• Around mid-pack in GTE Am (≈ P10–11 class)

👉 Key takeaway:
They were surprisingly competitive early, even topping sessions.

🏎️ Race result (Le Mans 2023)

• Finish: ❌ DNF (Accident)
• Laps completed: 21
• Race time: 1:45:27
• Best race lap: 3:56.189
• Average speed: ~207.7 km/h

👉 The car was:

• Eliminated early in the race (hour ~2) due to contact/accident

🇪🇺 European Le Mans Series 2023 (ELMS)

GMB ran the same Aston Martin Vantage AMR (GTE) in ELMS with:

• Birch / Møller / Nicki Thiim (some rounds)

📊 Selected ELMS race results

🇵🇹 Portimão (Round 1)

• Position: 28th overall / LMGTE class finisher (lower order)
• Finished +4 laps behind winner

🇵🇹 Algarve (late season round)

• Position: 31st overall
• Class: LMGTE
• Gap: +6 laps

📈 General ELMS performance

• Regular midfield/back-end GTE results
• Occasional competitive pace (e.g. strong laps, consistency)
• No podiums recorded in available data

📊 Summary of 2023 performance

✅ Strengths

• Very strong one-lap pace (fastest GTE Am lap at Le Mans practice)
• Competitive enough for Hyperpole at Le Mans
• Solid endurance experience building season

❌ Weaknesses

• Reliability/incidents (DNF at Le Mans)
• Lack of top results in ELMS
• New team → still developing at international level

🧠 Key conclusion

The 2023 GMB Motorsport Aston Martin GTE program was:

• A breakthrough entry into top endurance racing
• Highlighted by:
• Leading Le Mans practice sessions
• Hyperpole appearance
• But ultimately:
• No major race finishes or podiums
• Best remembered for promise rather than results

 

🏁 2023 GMB Motorsport – Results overview

🇫🇷 24 Hours of Le Mans (WEC)

• Car: #55 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
• Class: LMGTE Am

Result:

• ❌ DNF (Did Not Finish)
• Cause: Accident early in the race

👉 Despite strong pace (fastest GTE Am lap in practice), the race ended very early.

🇪🇺 European Le Mans Series (ELMS)

🇪🇸 Barcelona (Round 1)

• ❌ DNF
• Retired after early race incident/collision

🇫🇷 Le Castellet (Round 2)

• ✔️ Finished (no podium)
• Classified finish (mid/back of LMGTE field)

🇪🇸 Aragón (Round 3)

• ✔️ Finished (midfield)
• No podium / not in top results (consistent lower-mid GTE)

🇧🇪 Spa-Francorchamps (Round 4)

• ✔️ Finished (midfield)
• Similar performance level

🇵🇹 Algarve / Portimão finale (Round 5/6)

• ✔️ Finished (lower order)
• Multiple laps down on leaders

📊 Season summary

 

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