Aston Martin will return to the top level at Le Mans using its Valkyrie hypercar.
Aston Martin on Monday provided a first look at its Valkyrie AMR-LMH race car being developed in time for the 2025 motorsports season, including an entry in that season's 24 Hours of Le Mans., which will make it—together with cars built to meet LMDh rules—eligible for the top classes of the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, the Hypercar and GTP classes, respectively.
An initial shakedown test in the U.K. has been completed and over the remainder of the year the car will be taken to major racetracks around Europe for further evaluation. Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner, a Le Mans veteran, is helping with the testing., the consulting division of the Aston Martin Formula 1 team. Heart of Racing is also involved in the project, and will fieldtogether with Aston Martin.
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