Aston Martin returns to top class of world endurance racing with last-ever pure-combustion V12 hypercar
Aston Martin will enter the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2025 with six Valkyrie racers taking on Toyota, Peugeot and Ferrari in the Hypercar class. The firm announced plans to race in the top class with its 12-cylinder hypercar at La Sarthe in 2019, but these plans were later put on ice and it was only in 2022 that chairman Lawrence Stroll suggested it had become a possibility again. Stroll told Autocar: “I’m a racer myself. I have been all my life. Racing is in my blood, which is why I’m here.
It is underpinned by a chassis made entirely from carbonfibre and will be the first car on the endurance grid to be based on an existing production car - the Valkyrie.
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