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Aston Martin returns to WEC with the Valkyrie AMR-LMH

Aston Martin is one of the teams that have not competed in the WEC (World Endurance Championship) for years, and now they are returning to the competition in the 2025 season. They will compete in the Hypercar class and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with two Valkyrie AMR-LMH cars.

Both cars will be in the colors of the Heart of Racing team and will be powered by the Cosworth RA 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine. It is an improved engine that in the standard version has over 1,000 hp at 11,000 rpm.

The car is currently in the testing stages, which Aston Martin will run on European and North American tracks until the end of autumn. At the first tests held at the British tracks Donington and Silverstone, racers Darren Turner, Mario Farnbacher and Harry Tincknell were behind the wheel.

It will be the return of another manufacturer that will join Ferrari, which after half a century returned to the WEC. At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ferrari won with the Ferrari LMH 499P. The car is powered by a twinturbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine with 680 hp (500 kW), which in combination with an electric motor with 272 hp (200 kW), produces a total of 952 hp (700 kW). The engine is paired with a seven-speed sequential gearbox. It is equipped with a 900-volt battery from Formula 1, which is charged by deceleration and braking.

It has not yet been confirmed whether Aston Martin will appear at the IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona in January 2025.

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2025 Aston Martin Valiant

A few days ago, Aston Martin presented a track-focused road car that is legal for road driving, the Aston Martin Valiant. Only 38 units will be produced and it will make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which will take place on July 11-14, 2024.

Design-wise, the Valiant looks much more aggressive than the Valour that was introduced in 2023 for the company’s 110th birthday. It is equipped with a number of new carbon details such as a new splitter, a wing near the front wheels, a new full-length front grille, new mudguards, sills inspired by Formula 1, a fixed rear wing and a new carbon diffuser. The interior also features plenty of carbon details while the central tunnel allows a view of the gearbox components. There are also Recaro Podium seats and four-point seat belts, and there is a three-spoke steering wheel in front of the driver.

Aston Martin has also worked a lot on the handling and driving characteristics of the Valiant, so all examples will be equipped with Multimatic Adaptive Spool Valve dampers, which make adjustments in less than 6 milliseconds, recalibrated Sport, Sport+ and Track driving modes, carbon ceramic discs as standard, and massive 410 mm front and 360 mm rear discs. It is mounted on 21″ magnesium rims, which are 14 kilograms lighter.

When it comes to the powertrain, under the bonnet is a 5.2-L V12 engine with 745 hp (556 kW) and 555 lb-ft (753 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a 6-speed manual transmission. It should be noted that the Valiant is 30 hp more powerful than the Aston Martin Valour.

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Aston Martin will continue to offer V8 and V12 engines after 2030

At the beginning of 2024, Mercedes announced that it will continue to offer ICE and hybrid cars after 2030, it seems that Aston Martin has chosen the same path. The CEO of Aston Martin has stated that the company will continue to offer cars powered by V8 and V12 engines, at least until the middle of the next decade.

Aston Martin has planned the premiere of its first electric car for 2025, it will not happen. Although the British manufacturer already has a built platform for four previously planned models that will use only electricity, the British car company decided to delay their arrival due to weak demand.

The CEO of Aston Martin Lawrence Stroll claims that the key role in the survival of internal combustion engines is played by advanced plug-in hybrid systems that meet the new Euro 7 standards, so it is clear that the partial electrification of Aston Martin models has delayed the arrival of electric options.

Also, Aston Martin continues its partnership with the German company AMG, whose well-known and proven V8 and V12 engines supported by hybrid systems will still be used in Aston Martin models. The previously mentioned hybrid option with a V6 engine that was planned to power the Valhalla supercar will be replaced by a V8 engine.

“We are confident that there will always be more customers who want an Aston Martin with an internal combustion engine and we will make them as long as we are allowed to,” Stroll said.

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