Friday 18th January 2013

Pic Of The Week: Aston in Dubai

Two of this week's big PH stories combined into one epic pic

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Quite often, we’ll do our best to pick our Pic Of The Week based on one of the bigger stories we’ve featured on the site during the week. So when this image presented itself, which neatly brought together both the 100^th birthday celebration of Aston Martin and the Dubai 24H, we figured it was too good to miss.

OK, so this particular V8 Vantage GT4 wasn’t taking part in the race, but it was shot at the Dubai Autodrome, home to the 24H. And, alone on the track, braking hard into the first corner and lit by nothing but the setting desert sun, it looks like pure driving heaven.

The picture was taken as one of the launch images for the GT4, a car which upholds the best traditions of Aston’s motorsport heritage, having been designed to be eligible for a host of endurance series throughout the world. Based on the N24, it features a race-spec 4.7-litre V8 and weighs just 1,330kg, making it 300kg lighter than the standard V8 Vantage. An ideal car, then, with which to continue our celebrations of Aston’s centenary.

 

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone, etc)

[Tankslider]

My favourite Dubai pic is of Darren Turner on a camel on the way to the podium. It is impossible to look any more uncomfortable than Darren managed...

[AClownsPocket]

Good picture. Tricky circuit to drive is the Autodrome.

[sealtt]

average photo at best...

[El Capitano]

Is it just me that cringes every time something is described as 'epic'?

It a photo of an AM at an empty looking Dubai circuit.
Regardless, I like the photo but not that special.....

[oilit]

yes - not exactly a crowd puller event was it !!!