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Once More Unto the Breach: Aston vs Chevy

Last year, Aston Martin finally managed to end Corvette's winning streak in GT1. Can the Prodrive-run squad back the result up this time around, or will American muscle prevail? Kevin Turner weighs up the contenders

Last year, they finally did it. The Prodrive Aston Martin squad defeated the works Chevrolet Corvette team to take GT1 honours in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Both return this time around, and Prodrive believes it can repeat the success to make it two-all in the fight with its American rivals.

Aston Martin, for which Prodrive runs the factory team, came close to winning GT1 with the DBR9 in both 2005 and 2006, only to lose out to Chevrolet in the closing stages.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.