Nürburgring. The most gruelling endurance race in the world. That was the challenge facing Aston Martin only a few days after the hard fought successes at Le Mans, but it was one that we relished. Here are the best tweets and images from another marathon weekend on and off the racetrack.
A welcome rest...
Still bearing the marks from a demanding class victory at Le Mans, #95 took its place in Germany.
But not for some...
Aston Martin Racing driver Darren Turner headed to Nürburgring with the aim of completing a second consecutive 24 hour race.
First shots of N430...
Qualifying began on Thursday for Saturday's race, giving the crowds their first glimpse of our race-prepared V8 Vantage N430s.
The coolest cars and drivers...
Pedro Lamy is captured alongside the striking #007 V12 Vantage GTE.
Team orders...
#007 driver Stefan Muecke is advised to get some rest!
Race Underway...
With the race well underway, our photographers went to work capturing every essence of Nürburgring.
A new day...
12 hours down, and a tricky night of driving under our belts, the team headed into the exciting morning period.
One minute lap..
The 24 hour race takes in 15 miles of the Nürburgring Grand Prix track and fearsome Nordschleife circuit. Experience a full lap in just 60 seconds with this exclusive video.
Closing out the race...
The battle for fifth place went right to the wire with driver Pedro Lamy having to withstand close pressure during the last 15 minutes.
The chequered flag...
After more than 24 hours of racing the Vantage GT3 came through to take a deserved fifth place overall, with #55, #70 and #100 achieving podium successes in their respective classes.
The final standings...
This memorable image of the celebrations at the finish line rounded off a second weekend of demanding GT endurance racing for our Aston Martin Racing team.
Some more from us
Famous DB6...
Our popular heritage focus tweets included this classic photo of 60s icon Twiggy in the highly-fashionable DB6.
Top Gear..
Success at Le Mans didn't go unnoticed as Top Gear honoured Aston Martin's achievements with this classic video.
300,000 followers..
On Saturday we celebrated @astonmartin reaching 300,000 Twitter followers - all the more pleasing given how quickly this followed hitting the 200,000 landmark earlier in the year.
Flugplatz Blue Vanquish...
And we finish our Twitter rundown with a further nod to Nürburgring and this tweet of Vanquish in stunning Flugplatz Blue exterior paint, a reference to the memorable Flugplatz ("Flying place") crest of the Nordschleife circuit.