by Russell Atkins
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Approaching the seventh Le Mans 24 Hours of his career, Darren Turner is well aware Aston Martin Racing has a considerable battle on its hands if the British marque is to retain its hard-fought GT1 class crown from 2007 but he is also more than up for the fight.
The recently-turned 34-year-old has been a member of AMR's driver line-up for the celebrated round-the-clock French classic since the team's inception in 2005, and victory in the event frequently dubbed the hardest race in the world last year was inarguably one of his finest motorsport achievements to-date. Teaming up once more with David Brabham in 2008 as well as Antonio Garcia, with whom he has previously competed at Aston Martin customer outfit Team Modena Turner is psyching himself up for the challenge.
For me personally, being still involved with the team and this is the fourth year that we've been to Le Mans means it's a great opportunity to come back and try and win the race again, the regular BTCC front-runner reflected, speaking exclusively to
Crash.net Radio. I'm really looking forward to being alongside Brabham again, because obviously we shared that win last year, and I've driven with Antonio a few times now for Team Modena; they're both really good and we should have a good opportunity down there.
![The celebrated Gulf livery on Aston Martin Racing's 2008-spec Le Mans 24 Hours GT1 car [pic credit: Aston Martin Racing]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/433696.jpg)
