Aston Martin’s racing history is mainly rooted in sports cars and endurance racing. Under David Brown’s ownership, the brand became a serious international competitor in the 1950s, culminating in victory at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans with the DBR1 and a World Sportscar Championship title the same year. Aston Martin later appeared across GT racing with cars such as the DBR9, Vantage GTE and Vantage GT3, making its modern racing identity closely tied to production-based endurance and customer racing as much as full works efforts.
In Formula 1, Aston Martin first entered as a works constructor in 1959–60, but…