The Aston Martin Valkyrie that will compete in FIA’s
new World Endurance Championship ‘hypercar’ class won’t feature a hybrid
powertrain like the road car. Talking to SportsCar365 over the weekend, Aston Martin’s sporting
president David King indicated that there’s no need for it to use a hybrid
powertrain because cars competing in the new class will be capped at around 750
HP. By comparison, the road-legal Valkyrie delivers a much more substantial
1160 HP.
It is claimed that Aston’s desire to race the
Valkyrie without a hybrid powertrain played a key role in the regulations being
altered in June to allow for non-hybrid vehicles. Toyota is the only other big
manufacturer so far to commit to the hypercar class, where it will enter its
hybrid-powered GR Super Sport hypercar. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will also
compete, and its hypercar will also be a hybrid.
