Aston Martin to return to Le Mans come 2025

Aston Martin and works team Heart of Racing have announced that they will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Valkyrie AMR-LMH hypercars in 2025.

Aston Martin intends to enter two of the Valkyrie AMR-LMH hypercars in all rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship subject to its entry being accepted. The car is said to sport a race-optimised carbon fibre chassis, and will utilise a modified version of the sensational Cosworth-built 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 engine originally produced for the Valkyrie road car. This engine, in its standard form, already produces over 1,000bhp. As with the Valkyrie AMR Pro track-car, the battery-electric hybrid system that features on the road-specification Valkyrie will be absent from the race car.

Aston Martin states that the development of the Valkyrie AMR-LMH is already well advanced, with recent on-track evaluation of integral systems having taken place at Aston Martin's Silverstone testing facility and the Portimao circuit in Portugal. Heart of Racing has additionally also recently established a U.K. team headquarters for its WEC programme, near where the racing cars are being constructed in cooperation with Aston Martin Performance Technologies, based at Silverstone, which is overseeing the design and development of the Valkyrie AMR-LMH.

Aston Martin with Heart of Racing also plans an IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Programme for the Valkyrie AMR-LMH, to run the U.S.A-based endurance series’ GTP class. This will be run out of Heart of Racing’s Phoenix Headquarters in North America.