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The DBR9 competes in the GT class in sports car races, including the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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DBR9 and GT
The DBR9 won in its debut at the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring, and has gone on to take wins in the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, FIA GT Championship, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
For 2007, he raced in the GT1 class of the FIA GT Championship, driving an Aston Martin DBR9.
Rydell lost his SEAT drive for 2007, and instead drove an Aston Martin DBR9 with the Prodrive team in the GT Championship having previously worked with the team when using Ferrari's in 2004.
The DBR9 came into the 2006 FIA GT Championship being title contender favourites, but the season was somewhat lacklustre with only two victories at Mugello and Dubai.
A Le Mans-spec DBR9 participated in the 2009 Super GT season, marking Aston Martin's debut in the series.
Another DBR9 raced by Jetalliance Racing including three wins and four podiums in the 2008 FIA GT Championship season.
DBR9 and class
The DBR9 which won its class at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans | 2007 and 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Initially the DBR9 was launched prior to the 2005 season, running in the ACO and FIA's GT1 class.
In 2005, the Chevrolet Corvette C6. R and Aston Martin DBR9 made their race debut in the hotly contested GT1 class, with Aston Martin winning its class for the first time in 49 years at Sebring ahead of the two Corvettes.
An Aston Martin DBR9, entrant in the former LMGT1 class
Rydell won the GT1 class of the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans | 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing an Aston Martin DBR9 with David Brabham and Darren Turner.
A tire blow out erased their chances of capturing the GT1 ( was GTS ) win, with the Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9 taking the class win.
For 2007, Aston Martin was finally able to overcome their woes at Le Mans, securing the GT1 class victory for the # 009 Aston Martin Racing DBR9.
Larbre's DBR9 would also manage third place in class.
The first DBR9 chassis to be built and raced at Le Mans in 2005 under Aston Martin Racing, qualified on pole and finished 3rd in class.
Another factory Aston Martin Racing DBR9 that only picked up one class win and best overall finish of second.
DBR9 and car
The DBR9 won two Le Mans GT1 titles in 2007 and 2008, the latter with the car running in the Gulf Oil livery.
In 2009, the team launched its new LMP1 car, the DBR1 / 2, which featured a Lola chassis, mated to a modified production-based DBR9 engine.
The team won on its debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005 with its new DBR9 GT1 car.
The new DBS is based on the DB9, more specifically the DBR9 race car.
The Aston Martin DBR9 is a racing car built by Aston Martin Racing, debuting in 2005 and racing actively in international sportscar racing until the end of GT1 category in 2011.
The name DBR9 is derived from the original 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning DBR1 car, named for then-owner David Brown, which not only won the 24 Hour race in 1959 but also the World Sportscar title.
Based on the Aston Martin DB9 road car, the DBR9 retains the chassis, engine block, and cylinder heads of the road car's V12 engine.
Later in 2007, Aston Martin launched another limited production, the DBS road car which has many styling cues taken from the DBR9 in conjunction with the James Bond film Casino Royale.
DBR9 and including
A total of 16 DBR9 chassis were made including a few upgraded chassis ' over the five years it has raced so far.
DBR9 and 24
For the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Prodrive made modifications to the DBR9 design in order to not only improve performance, but also to increase driver comfort in the cockpit.
The DBR9 won the Sebring 12 Hours for its LMGT1 category in 2005, but came third in Le Mans 24 Hour behind arch-rivals Corvette Racing due to fuel problems.
The Phoenix Racing Aston Martin DBR9 narrowly missed out on victory at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
It was meant to race at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans but Gigawave ditched the DBR9 to focus on the Nissan GT-R GT1 programme.
DBR9 and Hours
The new Aston Martin DBR9 was unvield at Gaydon in late 2004 and first competed at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005, winning on its debut.
DBR9 and Le
Due to new regulations put into place by Le Mans organizers, the DBR9 required the installation of an air conditioning unit in order to prevent overstressing drivers.
A DBR9 running in the 2005 Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
DBR9 and .
A new division was created, called Aston Martin Racing, which became responsible, together with Prodrive, for the design, development, and management of the DBR9 program.
He also features in the video games Race Pro and GTR Evolution racing an Aston Martin DBR9.
Along with the DBR9, a DBRS9 variant was also developed.
The DBRS9 also uses the standard V12, but is not as highly tuned as the unit in the DBR9.
An Aston Martin DBR9 entered by BMS Scuderia Italia.
The C5 and C6 Chevrolet Corvette, Lexus LF-A, Porsche 924, Porsche 928, Porsche 944, Aston Martin DBR9, Aston Martin DBS, Aston Martin DB7, and the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG also use variations on this design, mostly with rear-mounted transaxles.
The rims are similar to those on the DBR9, and each wheel weighs less than the stock versions.
competes and GT
The team is currently competing in the FIA GT Championship with a pair of Ferrari F430s, while their Brixia Racing arm competes in the FIA GT3 European Championship and Italian GT Championship with Aston Martin DBRS9s.
Riccardo Azzoli ( born October 19, 1984 ) is an Italian race car driver born in Rome who currently competes in GT Open with Aston Martin DBRS9 of team Villois.
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