{"id":1188742,"date":"2023-10-04T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188742"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:37:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:37:24","slug":"aston-martins-valkyrie-is-going-racing-but-only-after-a-power-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188742","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin\u2019s Valkyrie is going racing, but only after a power cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASTON-MARTIN-RETURNS-TO-LE-MANS-TO-FIGHT-FOR-OVERALL-VICTORY-WITH-VALKYRIE-HYPERCAR_01-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful render of a racing version of the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ASTON-MARTIN-RETURNS-TO-LE-MANS-TO-FIGHT-FOR-OVERALL-VICTORY-WITH-VALKYRIE-HYPERCAR_01-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1440\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> When Aston Martin first announced the Valkyrie it planned to take it to Le Mans. That plan got put on hold for a while, but now it&#8217;s happening for real. (credit: Aston Martin)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Aston Martin is set to return to the world&#8217;s premier endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a prototype Valkyrie hypercar in 2025. The return to Le Mans also signals the marque joining the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Often talked about in hushed tones by people in the know, the idea of Aston Martin&#8217;s halo hypercar entering the top flight of endurance motorsport has long been wished for, and the firm&#8217;s announcement is sure to make race fans happy. The Gaydon, UK, company intends to enter at least one Valkyrie in both WEC and IMSA from 2025, giving itself a chance to take the top step at Le Mans, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and the 12 Hours of Sebring.<\/p>\n<p>The basis for the competition car is set to be <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2018\/03\/a-hybrid-bentley-and-million-dollar-track-cars-wow-at-the-geneva-motor-show\/\">the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro<\/a>, an even more hardcore version of the already rather raucous Valkyrie road car. The car with license plates boasts <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2018\/12\/12-cylinders-11000rpm-aston-martins-new-engine-is-a-monster\/\">a Cosworth-developed 6.5-liter V12 packing<\/a> 1,000 hp (745 kW), mated to a 160 hp (120 kW) electric motor, giving it an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system. Its hybrid setup makes it a ferocious thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973144#p3\">Read 14 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973144&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Martin\u2019s Valkyrie is going racing, but only after a power cut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ When Aston Martin first announced the Valkyrie it planned to take it to Le Mans. That plan got put on hold for a while, but now it&#8217;s happening for real. (credit: Aston Martin) Aston Martin is set to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188742\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1188743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1188742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1188743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}