Category-leading pace during the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona has left Mario Farnbacher feeling confident of a strong IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign this year with Forte Racing, despite a taxing race in Florida. Mario, who teamed with Misha Goikhberg, Parker Kligerman and Franck Perera for his 13th consecutive 24-hour event at Daytona, remained well in…
It was the season’s finale at the USA’s legendary Petit Le Mans on Mario Farnbacher’s agenda. The top-class IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship finale saw the Franconian driving an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 from Heart of Racing together with works driver Marco Sörensen and the Canadian Zacharie Robichon. “Our aim was to drive a clean…
22 September saw Mario Farnbacher facing the six-hour challenge of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race action at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Together with Heart Of Racing teammate Roman De Angelis, the Aston Martin pilot ranked sixth in a race that was characterised by freak weather. “We certainly experienced a very interesting race,…
Another outing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Mario Farnbacher. At the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, the Franconian drove an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 from Heart of Racing together with Ross Gunn in the GTD Pro class of the popular racing series. “It was an interesting weekend, I was happy to…
Mario Farnbacher was back behind the wheel of the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 on the weekend of 10 to 12 May. Farnbacher, who was in action for Heart of Racing at Laguna Seca in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, came home in sixth position in the GTD Pro class together with Ross Gunn. “We…
Mario Farnbacher and the team Heart of Racing joined the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season’s second race on 16 March. The Aston Martin driver and his team colleagues secured fifth place in a challenging run of the 12 Hours of Sebring’s 72nd edition. “We made the most of it,” Farnbacher summed up. “Unfortunately, we…
For several years now, Mario Farnbacher hasn’t been able to imagine life without the traditional Daytona 24 Hours season-opener. However, 2024 sees a new beginning for him: from now on, he’ll be at the start of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as a regular driver for the Heart of Racing team. And that right…
Mario Farnbacher will compete for Heart of Racing in the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The two-time GTD champion is set to drive an Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 Evo. “I’m extremely excited about this new challenge,” says the 31-year-old. “It will of course be a change for me as I will have to adapt…
Just two weeks after the Sebring event, the decisive GT World Challenge America round took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indy 8 Hour saw Mario Farnbacher and the Racers Edge Motorsports team making the best out of the still intact championship prospects and despite a difficult race, they finished off the season…
A month after winning the GT World Challenge America event on the Road America, Mario Farnbacher headed for his next Racers Edge Motorsports assignment. On 23 and 24 September, the Ansbach native and his team colleague Ashton Harrison were focussing on winning more vital championship points at the Sebring International Raceway. Having started from…