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Aston Martin's Ethanol-Powered GT2 Racer

Aston Martin's return to financial stability has resulted in a return to the

This Aston might be blue, but thanks to Ethanol it's green. (Photo: Aston Martin)

pursuit of victory on the race track. Since 2005, Aston Martin has shown strong results in FIA GT1 sports car class with the DBR9, a racing-spec version of the DB9 grand tourer that was engineered in collaboration with British specialist Prodrive. Following the DBR9, was a version of the vehicle that was deigned to run in the GT3 category called the DBRS9. Not all of Aston Martin's developments in racing have centered around the DB9, however, as it's just started putting its smallest car out on the track too.

The V8 Vantage has competed in the Nurburgring 24 Hours Endurance race with the mostly stock N24, and Aston Martin has also created a rally-prepped version called the Rally GT. Now the V8 Vantage will see action in another FIA-sanctioned race category, the GT2 class. It will face off against

The V8 Vantage will give Ferrari and Porsche some new competition. (Photo: Aston Martin)

Porsche and Ferrari with the all-new V8 Vantage GT2.

Besides being a new offering for GT2, Aston Martin brings something new to the races - biofuel. The V8 Vantage GT2 was designed to be capable of running on E85, as well as conventional racing fuel, giving its racer the distinct claim of being one of the few more carbon neutral racers on the market.

Although Aston Martin has run flex-fuel race cars before (the DBRS9, for instance was run on E85 last year) the V8 Vantage GT2 is the first designed from the start to be a flex-fuel racer. The V8 Vantage GT2 should prove to be popular in the ALMS circuits, which encourage the use of E85 as a race fuel.

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