{"id":1956,"date":"2026-08-30T16:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:36:06","slug":"aston-martin-dominance-comtoyou-racing-converts-pole-to-lights-to-flag-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/aston-martin-dominance-comtoyou-racing-converts-pole-to-lights-to-flag-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Dominance: Comtoyou Racing Converts Pole to Lights-to-Flag Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comtoyou Racing produced a defensive and strategic clinic at the 3 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring, converting their maiden Endurance Cup pole position into a commanding overall victory<sup><\/sup>. Drivers Mattia Drudi, Marco S\u00f8rensen, and Nicki Thiim delivered three hours of flawless execution in the No. 7 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO<sup><\/sup>, capturing their second win of the 2026 season following their victory at Circuit Paul Ricard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Pole Position to Opening Lap Control<\/strong> The Belgian team laid the groundwork during Sunday morning&#8217;s three-part qualifying, setting an unbeatable combined average time of 1:53.591 across all three driver sessions<sup><\/sup>. Marco S\u00f8rensen launched off the line for the opening race stint, holding off sharp challenges into Turn 1 from Maxime Martin in the No. 17 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO and Bastian Buus in the No. 80 Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3 R<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the leaders, chaos erupted at Turn 1 when Markus Winkelhock\u2019s No. 84 Eastalent Racing Audi was tagged into a spin and collected by trailing traffic<sup><\/sup>, triggering the race&#8217;s first major retirement. S\u00f8rensen maintained his composure through the disruption, building a slender lead at the head of the 55-car field<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Absorbing Pressure and Class Highlights<\/strong> Mattia Drudi consolidated the lead during the middle stint before handing the Vantage GT3 EVO over to Nicki Thiim for the final hour<sup><\/sup>. The Danish veteran absorbed intense pressure from the chasing pack, managing tire wear and backmarker traffic across the closing laps to bring the car home for the victory<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following post-race penalties for initial podium finishers, Kelvin van der Linde, Jordan Pepper, and Charles Weerts were elevated to second overall in the No. 32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO<sup><\/sup>, while Jules Gounon, Dani Juncadella, and Charles Lulham claimed third for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comtoyou Racing produced a defensive and strategic clinic at the 3 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring, converting their maiden Endurance Cup pole position into a commanding overall victory. Drivers Mattia Drudi, Marco S\u00f8rensen, and Nicki Thiim delivered three hours of flawless execution in the No. 7 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO, capturing their second win of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-endurance","category-gt-world-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/1958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}