The firm remained tight-lipped on who will be piloting the racers, however said a selection process will begin next week. The driver lineup will not include the firm’s current Formula 1 drivers.
Testing will begin next year, before the car starts its racing career in January 2025.
Being based on the AMR Pro, it will not feature the road car’s hybrid propulsion drivetrain, and will have a total power output capped at 670bhp, in line with LMh balance of performance regulations.
Being run in partnership with US-based sports car squad Heart of Racing, which currently competes in the GT class of sports car racing, the Valkyrie will also compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours, Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, making Aston Martin the only manufacturer competing at all levels of sports car and GT racing, as well as Formula 1.
The development of the racing Valkyrie will be informed by the brand’s “complex knowledge-base” that it has built up in its involvement in Formula 1, which Stroll says will eventually trickle down to its road cars.
The prototype, currently undergoing testing at Silverstone, will use an endurance-optimised and detuned version of the 6.5-litre, naturally aspirated, 11,500rpm Cosworth V12 used by the road-going Valkyrie.
