Aston Martin testing hypercar for 2025 Le Mans return

Aston Martin person begun testing nan caller 'hypercar' pinch which they will return to Le Mans successful 2025.

The British outfit, whose cars will beryllium overseen by nan Heart of Racing useful team, subordinate respective manufacturers who person returned to nan World Endurance Championship pursuing nan preamble of nan caller hypercar class.

Two AMR-LMH Valkyries will compete astatine adjacent year's Le Mans 24 Hours, which was won this twelvemonth by Ferrari's 499P car for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful succession.

The past outright triumph for Aston Martin astatine Le Mans came successful 1959, pinch 2025 group to people their first tilt astatine nan top-tier title since 2011.

The squad will besides return 1 measurement further than galore of nan returning manufacturers and tally their ain factory-made chassis successful nan IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship - nan balanced bid successful America, which includes nan Daytona 24 Hours.

Adam Carter, Aston Martin's caput of endurance motorsport, said: "The Valkyrie is simply a pure, starring separator racing machine, and while it is very early successful nan testing cycle, we are satisfied that it is achieving nan targets."

Sportscar racing has seen a resurgence successful fame and information pinch hypercars, pinch manufacturers capable to compete pinch divergent creation philosophies each nether a 'balance of performance', which limits nan powerfulness output of nan cars.

Competitors tin bargain successful a customer chassis and merge it pinch their ain powerfulness units, aliases build a afloat original mill chassis from scratch.

Porsche, Ferrari, Peugeot, General Motors, Lamborghini, Alpine, BMW and different independents person joined nan ever-present Toyota successful caller years, producing respective unpredictable outcomes successful races.

Aston Martin, who produced nan Valkyrie pinch Heart of Racing astatine a recently rebuilt installation adjacent Silverstone alongside nan Formula 1 team, will tally their ain chassis pinch a 6.5-litre V12 Ford Cosworth engine.

Several Formula drivers person turned to sportscars, including 2009 champion Jenson Button, who says nan cars are "more technically advanced" than those successful F1.

Aston Martin's existent driver, two-time champion Fernando Alonso, has won Le Mans doubly pinch Toyota, whilst ex-Aston driver and four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel tested a Porsche hypercar earlier this year.