To meet the new regulations brought in by the ACO for endurance racing, the AMR-One is powered by a downsized, 2.0-litre turbocharged straight six petrol engine and features a blade-fin behind the cockpit.

[1] The AMR-One is built around a light carbon fibre monocoque chassis with open top bodywork, in contrast to the closed cockpits of the contemporary Peugeot 908 and Audi R18.

Six cars were expected to be built, with Aston Martin Racing participating in several international endurance events in 2011, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Further problems continued as they only completed a handful of laps at the Le Mans Test Day and were far slower than the top running LMP1 cars.

[3] Aston Martin decided to skip the Imola round in favour of developing the car, earning them 3 DNS in 4 races and no points.