Aston Martin has revealed the Valkyrie LMH race car designed to compete at the top level of endurance racing.
The long road to Aston Martin's Valkyrie racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is almost at an end, as the automaker late on Tuesday revealed the new racing version of its hypercar.
Aston Martin has partnered with The Heart of Racing (THOR) to enter the Valkyrie race car, built to meet LMH regulations, in the premier Hypercar and GTP classes of the respective FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2025.
The Valkyrie will be the first LMH car to compete in both the World Endurance and SportsCar Championships. It will also be the first derived from a road car.
The Valkyrie LMH race car features a unique, race-optimized carbon-fiber chassis but shares its Cosworth-built 6.5-liter V-12 with the Valkyrie road car, albeit minus the road car's mild-hybrid system. For racing, the engine will run at lower revs and use a leaner fuel mixture to meet a 670-hp cap and to save fuel.
The Valkyrie LMH's first race will be the WEC's opening round, the Qatar 1812 km, scheduled for Feb. 28. The all-important Le Mans round will take place in mid-June.