India's Akhil Rabindra, the only Asian to seal an Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy spot earlier this year, finished sixth in the IMSA Michelin GT Challenge in Virginia International Raceway.
The Automatic Racing team of Akhil and Ross clocked 01:52.740 hours after 48 laps in the race despite tricky conditions and multiple caution periods. The results mark the team's best finish of the year as the squad continues to learn more with the all-new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 platform.
"It's a completely new track for me and it's one of those tracks that you probably need a lot of running to come to grips with it, but it's an awesome track. It's very fast and challenging," said Rabindra.
Due to thunderstorms, some of the practice and qualifying sessions were cancelled. Despite the challenges, the duo never backed and stayed in the hunt with Rabindra taking the wheel of the No. 09 Stoner Car Care Aston Martin GT4 for the first 1:15 hours of the race, restarting from 21st.
The 23-year-old Rabindra, in a matter of laps, took the seventh spot by overtaking 13 drivers.
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