This weekend marks the next step of an ambitious project which began when the V12 Zagato was unveiled at the Concorso D Eleganza at Villa D Este in May this year, winning the Design award for Concepts and Prototypes. The show car was then transformed into the number 3 race car, nicknamed Zag (red) and will be piloted in the 24 hour race by Aston Martin CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, the company s N rburgring Test Centre Director, Wolfgang Schuhbauer and automotive journalists Horst von Saurma and Matthew Marsh.