Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH Hypercar begins test programme

The new Hypercar, developed by Aston Martin Performance Technologies and works team The Heart of Racing, completed a shakedown and initial evaluation testing in the UK over the last week.

The car was driven by Aston Martin High Performance development driver Darren Turner (UK), Mario Farnbacher (Germany) and Harry Tincknell (UK). Aston Martin with The Heart of Racing will now commence a full development schedule to prepare the car ahead of FIA homologation in the autumn and its competitive debut in early 2025.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH is the first racing car to be built to Hypercar regulations to contest both the FIA WEC and IMSA simultaneously.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH is unique in the top Hypercar class of global endurance motorsport in that it is the only one among its contemporaries to derive its roots from an existing production-based extreme performance car – Aston Martin Valkyrie, the ultimate hypercar. Works team The Heart of Racing intends to enter two Valkyrie AMR-LMH contenders in WEC (and one in IMSA) in 2025

Adam Carter, Aston Martin Head of Endurance Motorsport, commented: “The Valkyrie AMR-LMH sets its own standard as a thoroughbred endurance competition car. It is a pure, leading edge racing machine, and while it is very early in the testing cycle, from what we have witnessed so far, we are satisfied that it is achieving the targets and criteria we have set out for it to accomplish.”

Read the full press release from Aston Martin HERE.