Tomas Enge’s long stint as part of Prodrive’s sportscar operation yielded great success. He won the GTS class at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the Ferrari 550 Maranello in 2003 and claimed the Le Mans Series LMP1 crown in 2009 aboard the Lola-Aston Martin. But despite not managing to add to his Le Mans win tally with it, he holds the Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 in even higher esteem and selects it as his favourite car.
The first Czech to race in Formula 1 when he joined Prost for the final three grands prix of 2001, Enge describes the Aston as “a step higher than the Ferrari” in terms of refinement. That’s unsurprising given the DBR9 made its debut four years later than the similarly V12-motivated Ferrari, which Enge took to class pole position at Le Mans every year from 2002 to 2004.
