Aston Martin will battle for general victory on the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2025 with a racing prototype of its Valkyrie hypercar, the British-based sportscar maker introduced on Wednesday.

Backed by endurance companion Coronary heart of Racing, Aston will enter a minimum of one Valkyrie within the hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship and U.S.-based IMSA sportscar championship.

The 2 sequence embody Le Mans, the Daytona 24 Hours and 12 Hours of Sebring.

“Now we have been current at Le Mans because the earliest days, and thru these superb endeavours we succeeded in profitable Le Mans in 1959 and our class 19 occasions over the previous 95 years,” mentioned Lawrence Stroll, govt chairman of Aston Martin Lagonda.

“Now we return to the scene of these first triumphs aiming to jot down new historical past with a racing prototype impressed by the quickest manufacturing automobile Aston Martin has ever constructed.

“Along with our presence within the FIA Formulation One world championship, Aston Martin’s return to the top of endurance racing will enable us to construct a deeper reference to our clients and group.”

Aston Martin, famed for its hyperlink to fictional British undercover agent James Bond, is celebrating its a hundred and tenth anniversary this yr.

The restricted version Valkyrie, conceived by Purple Bull designer Adrian Newey, is a street-legal model of a Formulation One automobile introduced by the corporate’s earlier administration and with a beginning value of £2 million.

Stroll, who additionally owns the Silverstone-based Aston Martin Formulation One crew, informed Reuters that supply of the final remaining vehicles could be accomplished subsequent yr.

Coronary heart of Racing will present many of the funding for the endurance programme with Aston Martin bringing improvement experience by way of its Efficiency Applied sciences firm.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who races in Formulation One for Aston Martin, is a two occasions Le Mans winner and former world endurance champion.

Requested if the 42-year-old is likely to be within the Le Mans lineup for 2025, Stroll mentioned “something’s potential” however nothing had been determined.

He mentioned Aston could be launching new GT3 and GT4 vehicles early subsequent yr and developed by Aston Martin Efficiency Applied sciences.

The Canadian’s Yew Tree Consortium final month elevated its stake within the British luxurious carmaker by 3.27% to 26.23%.

“There was a fantastic alternative, an investor trying to promote a block of shares. I’ve nice perception that the shares are severely under-valued and this firm will probably be price a fantastic deal greater than it’s at the moment within the coming years,” he mentioned.

“I used to be joyful to take the chance to buy as many as I may.”