THOR Confirms Full Driver Line-Up for 2026 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Campaign

Aston Martin partner The Heart of Racing [THOR] has confirmed that Jonny Adam (GBR) and Dudu Barrichello (BRA) will complete its driver line-up in the #23 Vantage GT3, alongside American rookie Gray Newell, in the LMGT3 class of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship [WEC].

These additions to an already formidable Aston Martin driving squad in WEC’s GT class, means THOR will mount its strongest bid to date to clinch Vantage’s first ‘GT3’ world title. In what will be the Seattle team’s first two-car WEC LMGT3 programme, the #23 Vantage will run alongside the returning and familiar #27 crew – class contenders last season – led by team principal Ian James (GBR), who is joined by 2022 IMSA GTD champion Zacharie Robichon (CAN) and works driver Mattia Drudi (ITA), a former winner of the Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa and last year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans polewinner.

Adam, a two-time Le Mans GT class winner, as well as a four-time British GT champion and GT World Challenge Europe class winner, returns to WEC for the first time since 2020. A veteran of 36 WEC events, the 41-year-old Scot raced the works Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE from 2015 to 2019, during which time he clinched the British ultra-luxury sportscar brand’s first GTE Pro victory with Vantage at Le Mans (in 2017) alongside Aston Martin’s longest-serving works driver Darren Turner (GBR).

From 2019, Adam switched to GTE Am partner team TF Sport and clinched four more class victories – including his second Le Mans win – during the Covid-affected WEC 2019-2020 super-season.

Barrichello made a stunning debut for the Racing Spirit of Léman team in 2025 and was one of the stars of the LMGT3 class as he captured two pole positions and finished on the podium at his home race – the 6 Hours of São Paulo. He followed this up with a brilliant start to his debut IMSA season at this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, where alongside Drudi, Robichon and works Aston Martin THOR Team Valkyrie driver Tom Gamble (GBR), he finished on the podium having been a victory contender throughout.

Both will race alongside Newell, who steps up to WEC level after several successful seasons in US-based series run by SRO. A race winner in Vantage GT4s, Newell finished on the class podium three times in the GT World Challenge America in his first season racing the Vantage GT3 in 2025 alongside Turner.