Valkyrie goes racing! Aston Martin hypercar to race at Le Mans in 2025

► Aston Martin returns to Le Mans for 2025
► Will use Valkyrie hypercar
► Will race in WEC and IMSA

Aston Martin will return to Le Mans in 2025, and it’s going to use a prototype version of its Valkyrie hypercar to do it. When it hits the track, it’ll be the first hypercar with a road car counterpart to compete within the current rules. Everyone else, from Toyota to Porsche, doesn’t have a road going version of the car they use for racing.

‘We have been present at Le Mans since the earliest days, and through those glorious endeavours we succeeded in winning Le Mans in 1959 and our class 19 times over the past 95 years,’ said Lawrence Stroll, Executive Chairman of Aston Martin Lagonda. ‘Now we return to the scene of those first triumphs aiming to write new history with a racing prototype inspired by the fastest production car Aston Martin has ever built.’

‘In addition to our presence in the FIA F1 World Championship, Aston Martin’s return to the pinnacle of endurance racing will allow us to build a deeper connection with our customers and community, many of whom found their passion for the brand through our past success at Le Mans. And of course, the complex knowledge-base we are building through our F1® team is data that Aston Martin Performance Technologies can harness to further enhance the capabilities of the Valkyrie racecar at Le Mans, in WEC and IMSA.’

If this sounds familiar it’s because Aston Martin was originally tipped to join the WEC championship in 2020-2021, before financial issues forced the company to withdraw. Now, though, with solid financial support Lawrence Stroll, Aston Martin will compete in both the WEC championship as well as the IMSA championship. This means that the prototype Valkyrie will race in Le Mans, the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Like many other hypercar programs, Aston Martin’s Valkyrie entry will be a joint project between the Gaydon company and its racing partner Heart of Racing (HoR). 

The Valkyrie AMR Pro was originally designed to meet the new LMH hypercar regulations, and now Aston Martin Performance Technologies will begin to turn that product into something that fits within the aero and power