Motorbase head into the final round of the Blancpain Endurance Series with a new look driver line-up for the Nurburgring race.

Aston Martin works driver Stefan Mücke and Rory Butcher will join British GT Silver Cup winner Ahmad Al Harthy in the Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
The three hour contest, billed as the iRacing.com GT500, is the fifth and final endurance race of the 2015 Blancpain series and the #44 Aston Martin Vantage faces a formidable entry of 57 GT3 cars on the German Grand Prix circuit, where it will be competing in the Pro Cup class once more.

With regular driver Jonny Adam called up for WEC duties with the Aston Martin Racing team, 33 year-old Mücke has been brought into the Motorbase-run squad for the final round and the 2009 Le Mans Series and multiple WEC GTE Pro winner brings a wealth of experience and star quality to the line-up alongside Al Harthy and Butcher, who makes his Blancpain debut this weekend.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, David Bartrum said: “Jonny has been called up to the Aston Martin WEC team which is a fantastic opportunity for him. We’re very proud of the fact that we’ve been part of his journey and we wish him the very best of luck for the weekend.”

“From our point of view AMR have been great by getting Stefan into the car for us. He’s one of the best Aston Martin racers in the world, a proven world-class driver and probably one of the best we’ve ever had in a Motorbase car.”

“We’re also bringing through Rory Butcher from our British GT squad. Rory is a great young talent who’s shown his class to us in the last two seasons and only just missed out on the title last weekend. Along with Ahmad, who is always very good and consistent, we have a very strong line up for the last round and I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can achieve with the three of them.”

David Bartrum’s squad returns to the Nürburgring with unfinished business after early contact ruled the Vantage out of a strong Pro Cup class finish there last season and despite showing impressive pace across the four races to date, the Oman Racing Team has yet to be rewarded with results worthy of the teams efforts and potential.

He added: “We have a difficult task ahead of us being back in the Pro Cup class. With the size and quality of the field with the manufacturers’ teams it’s been a really tough task this year. Our first target is to qualify well again this year and then it would be lovely – and a big ask – to get a podium. We’ll give it our best, race well and show the team to the best of our ability and if all goes well give Ahmad a worthy finish for the season.”

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