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Written by Stephen Dobie
Another weekend, another race podium for Aston Martin. After scoring a class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and it"s now claimed second overall in the 24 Seconds of Le Ally Pally.Confused? That"s Aston"s name for this year"s Red Bull Soapbox Race, which has just taken place at Alexandra Palace in London. In a move no doubt connected to Aston and Red Bull"s tie-up, the British sports car maker had its own official entry at an event more traditionally filled with keen amateur teams.And just look how gloriously crafted its Vantage V8 GTE soapbox racer is. It looks exceedingly professional in its execution, while still resembling the tiny bundle of fun a soapbox ought to.Such meticulous manufacturing probably has Aston hoping for overall victory, and it just missed out to another motorsport-themed entry, Team Brooklands Special. Enough for the team to in a Daniel Ricciardo-style podium shoeyWhile Aston works drivers Darren Turner and Jonny Adam helped with the performance" aspect of the scoring waving champagne bottles around in a pit-stop themed dance they passed driving duties (well, careering down the hill duties) to engineer Alex Summers.
Date written: 10 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8433
Another weekend, another race podium for Aston Martin. After scoring a class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and it"s now claimed second overall in the 24 Seconds of Le Ally Pally.Confused? That"s Aston"s name for this year"s Red Bull Soapbox Race, which has just taken place at Alexandra Palace in London. In a move no doubt connected to Aston and Red Bull"s tie-up, the British sports car maker had its own official entry at an event more traditionally filled with keen amateur teams.And just look how gloriously crafted its Vantage V8 GTE soapbox racer is. It looks exceedingly professional in its execution, while still resembling the tiny bundle of fun a soapbox ought to.Such meticulous manufacturing probably has Aston hoping for overall victory, and it just missed out to another motorsport-themed entry, Team Brooklands Special. Enough for the team to in a Daniel Ricciardo-style podium shoeyWhile Aston works drivers Darren Turner and Jonny Adam helped with the performance" aspect of the scoring waving champagne bottles around in a pit-stop themed dance they passed driving duties (well, careering down the hill duties) to engineer Alex Summers.
Date written: 10 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8433