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Aston Martin crushes rivals in Nürburgring 1000km

Aston Martin arrived back in the Le Mans Series with a bang this weekend by locking out practice, qualifying and then Sunday's race to confirm the dominance of the Lola built cars. After a one-two-three result in qualifying in Germany on Saturday, the squad repeated the feat in glorious fashion in Sunday's race.

Aston Martin Racing fully achieved its goal: the British team scored as many points as possible and could take the lead of the series thanks to today's victory. Indeed, the pre-race four-point gap could seem very hard to fill and victory was the only option today to keep the team chances alive for the title chase, and obviously, the team used the necessary resources to achieve its goal. No less than three cars raced this weekend and will race at Silverstone, the last round of the season, which shows how important the title is for Aston Martin Racing.

The result is actually beyond the team's expectation, as Stefan Mücke said: "This is my home race, so this is a great result. The team did a very good job and we had no problem. The track was tricky today because of traffic, but everything went perfectly. That is a fantastic result because we now have a seven point lead." The British team could only partly take control of its destiny, and had to expect a poor performance from Team Pescarolo Sport. Obviously, luck was on the British side today because the French team had a gear-box problem and had to retire.

Quifel-ASM Team is a stronger leader than ever in the LMP2 class and demonstrated this weekend that the Ginetta-Zytek is now a reliable and very fast car. The team has ruled the class for the whole weekend and was clearly the fastest LMP2 car on the track. At the same time, Racing Box is still in the race for the title at the end of the season with #29 car, taking second place today, even if the task won't be easy at Silverstone because of a nine-point gap. OAK Racing can celebrate its first podium of the season, which rewards the team effort and hard work. Because of many mechanical problems, the French team's season has not been flawless and third place probably tastes like a victory for Matthieu Lahaye and Karim Ajlani.

Team Ibanez Racing Service has been awarded the Michelin Green X Challenge as the best performer able to use the least amount of fuel.

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