Aston Martin has produced bespoke sports cars for over 100 years. The company began in 1913, when founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford realised their desire to build distinctive, high quality sports cars that were both exhilarating to drive and a beauty to behold. Aston Martin’s international racing debut was in 1922, when two cars competed in the French Grand Prix, rapidly establishing the marque’s racing credentials. After a 48-year wait, Aston Martin triumphed again at Le Mans in 2007. The winning Aston Martin Racing DBR9 was driven to GT1 class victory to clinching the GTE AM drivers’ and teams’ titles in the final round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and in 2018 Aston Martin’s new Vantage GT3 secured its first podium finish in the season-ending Gulf 12 Hours endurance race at the Yas Marina Circuit, in Abu Dhabi.

The Iconic British automobile manufacturer has launched its driver academy for the 2019 season with 23 young drivers, which includes the only Asian driver Akhil Rabindra. The selection process for this list of 23 drivers comprised of a complex selection programme held in Banbury, the home to Aston Martin Racing. The drivers underwent a comprehensive test to be selected in the programme.

For more than fifty years since the Aston Martin became a worldwide symbol for style and sophistication thanks to its prominent appearance in the 1964 James Bond Film ‘Goldfinger’. And still today, the British luxury car is the ultimate must-have item for car lovers of all ages. James Bond and Aston Martin have remained intertwined with each other, both representing timeless class and distinguished style. Signalling the start of a relationship which spans eleven Bond films and nearly 50 years of cinema history. The latest Bond movie Spectre featured the stunning Aston Martin DB10 – a model developed specifically for the film and built in-house by Aston Martin’s design and engineering teams.