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Born for the road. Bred for the track. Our Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar is taking on the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a British motorsport icon returns to the world’s greatest endurance race. So, prepare for its sublime silhouette. A brand-new livery. Elite drivers roaring around the famed track. The singular snarl of its naturally aspirated V12. All unfolding over 24 hours of epic, flat out racing.
Le Mans is motorsport’s most gruelling, brutal battle for track supremacy. The ultimate test for both driver and machine. A punishing examination of concentration, skill and tenacity for those tackling the race from behind the wheel, it also pushes a car’s engineering, performance and reliability to the absolute limits.
The only car in the Hypercar class to be developed directly from its road-going counterpart, the Aston Martin Valkyrie is the continuation of a winning bloodline that stretches back to the brand’s first outright victory at Le Mans in 1959.
Ahead of the car’s competitive debut in Qatar on 28 February, the striking liveries for the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaigns have been revealed, along with the driver line ups.
The team for World Endurance Championship races, including Le Mans, are Britons Harry Tincknell and Tom Gamble, who played key roles in developing and preparing the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar through the testing programme. Alongside them are Spain’s Alex Riberas and Aston Martin’s triple FIA GT World champion, Marco Sørensen, from Denmark. It also sees the revival of our famous #007 and #009 Aston Martin race numbers.
In the cockpit for IMSA races, and joining the team at Le Mans, Ross Gunn (GBR) and Roman De Angelis (CDN) will also take the wheel. The ideal drivers for the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar’s much-anticipated IMSA debut in the GTP category, at the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring, held every March.
Together, they represent a formidable array of driving talent. Armed with the experience and the determination needed to succeed in the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar’s debut season.
Our world-renowned design team worked with the aerodynamicists at Aston Martin Performance Technologies to give this thoroughbred racer a silhouette as instantly recognisable as that of the road car. Distilling the Aston Martin Valkyrie’s DNA into a car that looks very different to its competitors on the track. You’ll see the family resemblance every time it flashes by.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar brings its iconic soundtrack too. The only naturally aspirated V12 in the Hypercar class, its distinctive, inimitable noise is sure to quicken the pulse and cause hairs to stand on end as it rips through the air.
Powered by 100% renewable fuel, it’s developed directly from the road car engine, with the block, the crankshaft and the cylinder head castings taken straight from the production line. Such is the ferocity of the hand built 6.5-litre engine used in the Aston Martin Valkyrie that it has had to be detuned to meet the 680hp limit for the Hypercar class.
The distinctive challenges of taking the Aston Martin Valkyrie from road to race have given our engineers the perfect opportunity to indulge their obsession with weight-saving and aerodynamics. After all, there are a myriad of rules and regulations to follow to make this hypercar race-ready.
Every entry in the Hypercar class must sit within a predefined aerodynamic performance window. This gave the team the opportunity to trade some pure downforce in favour of optimised pitch and ride height sensitivity. This is designed to make the car’s handling characteristics as predictable and consistent as possible throughout the full 24-hour race.
As ride height is not allowed to be controlled with hydraulics, the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar has passive suspension and aerodynamics, in place of the active hydraulics used for ride height and wing control on the road car. However, a quick adjustment system on the front wing means the car’s aerodynamic balance can be altered during pit stops to suit different drivers and as conditions evolve throughout race – much like that on an F1® car. The large rear wing is also new, adding more ferocious performance and augmenting the exceptional aerodynamics. It’s yet another major engineering development for Aston Martin Valkyrie.
There are, of course, many other demands when racing compared to driving on the road. It’s vital drivers can communicate with the team in the pits, for example. Then there’s quick access for refuelling, servicing and driver changes. Anything can happen over the course of 24 hours, so the front and rear sections of the bodywork are designed to be removed quickly in case repairs are required.
The key to success in endurance racing is preparation. In their relentless pursuit for perfection, the team has conducted a comprehensive testing programme. Setting tough targets on tracks across Europe, the Middle East and the USA. Putting the car through its paces in different environments. Each track offering its own exceptional challenges, including heat, sand, rough surfaces, and more. The targets set were achieved with intensive learning and constant adaptation along the way, preparing the team as much as possible for the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar's first race season.
It's a familiar routine for Aston Martin. Five wins and eight podiums in the GT racing categories since our return to endurance racing 20 years ago have shown us what it takes to win in this uniquely demanding discipline. But our history at Le Mans stretches back far further.
Aston Martin first competed in the French classic in 1928. The start of an enduring connection which saw us pick up a string of class wins in the 1930s. Our first outright win came in 1959 with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby at the wheel of the iconic Aston Martin DBR1. That year, we also went on to win the forerunner of the current World Endurance Championship, cementing the brand’s position as one of the all-time greats.
Aston Martin Vantage has won its class five times since 2014. Taking a double class victory in 2020, then winning in LM GTE in 2022, with Aston Martin works drivers Marco Sørensen and Henrique Chaves (POR) joining Ben Keating (USA) at the wheel. In all, we’ve won our class 19 times at Le Mans’ world-renowned multi-class event and are now the only manufacturer racing at every level of Endurance racing and in F1®.
Now we’re back at Le Mans. Once again vying for outright victory. Livery finalised. Driver line up locked in. All that’s left is the anticipation. Flag down, 24 hours of furious racing, all eyes on the prize. And Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar doing what it was born to do.
