The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro is a recycled Le Mans car

Motorsport

And also restarted. The Valkyrie On Track Only is a hypercar exempt from racing and road regulations

You know the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar by now. You may also know that Aston planned to drive it – and win it, of course – at the 24 Hours of Le Mans before pulling the plug as the sport’s new hypercar class continued to evolve beyond its expectations.

Well, meet the one type of recycling that Greenpeace doesn’t advocate. The Valkyrie racing car on the shelf has turned into something we mere mortals can buy with money. Quite a lot of money, mind you.

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We saw a Valkyrie AMR Pro concept in 2018, but this much more extreme version actually made it to market. The 25 orders that Aston took three years ago are usurped by this AMR Pro order book of 40 vehicles. What you see now is not just a Valkyrie exempt from street legal regulations, but a Valkyrie racing car exempt from motorsport regulations. It is devoid of boring old regulations of any kind and, as such, should be just plain berserk.

“The capabilities of the AMR Pro now surpass those of the machine, which is designed to fight for absolute victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans,” we are promised quite excitingly. Aston are aiming for a lap time of 3 minutes 20 seconds around La Sarthe, which would justify the sharp end of LM24 qualifying.

Changes from the regular, not slow or undramatic Valkyrie are noteworthy. It’s longer and wider everywhere; new aero increases its overall length by 26 cm, the wheelbase by 38 cm and the track width by 10 cm. All in all, it delivers twice the downforce of the Valkyrie on the road.

However, you are looking at a less powerful car. Aston Martin removed the Valkyrie’s hybrid boost “in pursuit of the lightest weight and the fastest lap times”. So you now have nice round 1,000 hp and 11,000 rpm peaks from his 6.5-liter Nat-Asp-V12.

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The AMR Pro not only saves batteries, but also saves important grams with its lighter carbon body and Plexiglas panes – yes, even the windshield. That’s how much weight you save if you don’t screw in license plates.

What purpose will it serve its 40 owners? The ultimate track toy, that’s what. While your local circuit is unlikely to exceed the noise limits, Aston has you covered, and AMR Pro owners get access to track days on properly reputable FIA ​​international circuits with instruction and matching FIA racing gear.

“The entire Aston Martin Valkyrie program has been an extraordinary engineering adventure,” said Aston’s new CEO Tobias Moers. “Valkyrie AMR Pro is an incomparable project, a real track-only version with no rules. Nothing else looks like it, nothing else sounds like it and I am absolutely sure that nothing else will go like this! “

The performance approaches that of a Formula 1 car, we are told, and fittingly, Aston Martin’s F1 drivers – Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll – are on the development team. The first AMR Pros will be delivered at the end of 2021. The price is unconfirmed but is undoubtedly above the already £ 2.5 million Valkyrie.

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