Aston Martin is ready to step up to run two Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercars in next year’s World Endurance Championship if demanded by the regulations.
The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary. Aston Martin and partner team Heart of Racing announced one-car programmes with the Valkyrie for both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship last October, but since then it has emerged that the WEC is planning to mandate two cars for factories in 2025.
The Valkyrie LMH is still on target for a track debut before the end of the second quarter - the timeline revealed on the launch of the project. “It will be right at the back end of the second quarter — everything is on target — and then we will start track testing in July,” explained Carter. Initial testing will be centred on one car running in Europe before a second car is brought on stream for testing in the USA at IMSA circuits late in the year.
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