As we reported last year, Aston Martin will join the ever-growing World Endurance Championship (WEC) field (original article here). The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH has hit the track for the first time. The new racer is undergoing a comprehensive testing programme in a bid to win the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. If successful, it will be the brand’s first victory since 1959. In total, more than 240 drivers have raced Aston Martins at Le Mans over the past 95 years.

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“The Valkyrie AMR-LMH sets its own standard as a thoroughbred endurance competition car. It is a pure, leading edge racing machine, and while it is very early in the testing cycle, from what we have witnessed so far, we are satisfied that it is achieving the targets and criteria we have set out for it to accomplish.”
– Adam Carter, Aston Martin head of endurance motorsport.

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Unique

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH is unique in the top Hypercar class as it is based on an existing production-based car, the Valkyrie. The base is pretty good with a carbon-fibre monocoque and Cosworth-built 6,5-litre naturally aspirated V12. In standard form the engine revs to 11 000 r/min and develops over 750 kW. The power unit has been adapted to meet the performance requirements of the Hypercar class.

2025 Debut

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH is the first car to be built to Hypercar regulations to contest both the FIA WEC and the US-based IMSA SportsCar Championship. Two Valkyrie AMR-LMH contenders will compete in WEC and a single car in IMSA in 2025. This means that the prototype Valkyrie will participate in three of sportscar racing’s most prestigious events. The are the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Aston Martin’s entry into the Hypercar class means it will have a presence in all major endurance racing categories. From 2025, Aston Martin will be the only manufacturer competing at all levels of sportscar and GT racing (from Hypercar to GT4) and the FIA Formula 1 World Championship.