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The Fuel the Passion Weekly Roundup is your regular digest of Aston Martin news, ownership insights, Formula One and GT racing updates, heritage stories, share price watch and a handpicked Aston Martin for sale from around the UK. Published each week, it brings together the most important developments from Aston Martin Lagonda, motorsport, historic models, events and the enthusiast community.

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Aston Martin’s wider racing world came alive this week, with major wins at Paul Ricard, Barcelona and Okayama, while Formula 1 remained the uncomfortable exception. Add in Valhalla reaction, Vantage S praise, a rare DBS UB-2010 Edition and a fascinating Vanquish Zagato value debate, and there was plenty to unpick across the Aston Martin world.

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Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

This week’s Aston Martin story feels broad and revealing: seven Vantage GT3s race at Paul Ricard, Blackthorn’s busy programme continues to build, Valhalla and Vanquish keep the road-car momentum strong, and AML’s share price shows a modest recovery without yet silencing the wider questions.

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Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

This week’s FTP Weekly Roundup follows Aston Martin’s difficult Formula 1 build-up to Suzuka, returns to The Heart of Racing’s dramatic Sebring weekend, marks 25 years of the Vanquish, looks at the latest DBX S reviews, tracks AML’s share-price and oil-price volatility, and shares my own behind-the-scenes visit to Aston Martin HQ at Gaydon and Aston Martin Works at Newport Pagnell.

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Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

This week’s FTP Weekly Roundup brings together a full sweep of the Aston Martin world, from growing scrutiny around the F1 team and Honda partnership to Valkyrie at Sebring, Blackthorn Racing’s ambitious GT campaign, and fresh in-depth praise for the 2025 Aston Martin Vantage from evo. Add in AMOC updates, heritage highlights and a striking V12 Vantage Roadster from HWM, and it becomes one of the fullest editions yet.

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Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) Weekly Roundup

From the first meaningful signals around Aston Martin’s 2026 Formula One programme to the announcement of Nicki Thiim joining Comtoyou Racing’s DTM Vantage GT3 effort, this week showed the marque operating across very different arenas at once.

Alongside ambition and momentum, there were more sobering developments too, with workforce consultations about job redundancies, serving as a reminder that behind the cars, competition and partnerships sit real people facing real uncertainty.

This week’s roundup reflects that balance; progress and pressure, heritage and hard reality, all part of Aston Martin’s complex present.

Put the kettle on and take your time with this one.

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Fuel the Passion (FTP) – Weekly Roundup

Fuel the Passion (FTP) – Weekly Roundup

From the formal start of Aston Martin’s works partnership with Honda in Formula 1, to Valkyrie’s return to the top class at Daytona, this week has been about direction rather than drama. We look at the end of the FIA Safety Car era, fresh perspective on the DB12 S, the newly announced Aston Martin Experiences programme for 2026, and what all of this tells us about where the brand is heading. As ever, it’s about context, accuracy and the bigger picture.

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