If I had one choice in a car, one which was more a necessity to have than a wanton desire, it would be an Aston Martin. A V12 Vantage to be exact. After the incisions healed… from the cuts to remove my organs which funded such an investment, I’d drive it all up and down the driveway like a cold-blooded, Hungarian soup chef hitman, park it, then go eat goolash with a straw while admiring it through the window.

Now, if you’re familiar with Aston Martin’s consumer line of high end hotness, AMR is the racing division that packs even more speed into their stylish line of cars and develops the prototypes for the Le Mans race series, the FIA GT events and other Gran Turismo races around the world. In fact, if you venture over to Aston Martin Racing, you’ll see their latest cars, including the beautiful DBR, the Vantage and the AMR-One you’ll see in the images. We had an opportunity to ask Ian Ludgate, Chief Designer at Aston Martin Racing, a few questions about the racing, the design process, and the design challenges faced along the way.