ASTON MARTIN THOR Team Bio
ASTON MARTIN THOR Team is a motorsports team campaigning the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH in top-level endurance racing. The team competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship running cars numbered 007 and 009 and is operated in association with The Heart of Racing.
Early Life and Background
The ASTON MARTIN THOR Team emerged as part of Aston Martin’s revival of a factory-level Le Mans Hypercar program that restarted publicly in 2023 and prepared for competition in 2025. The program built on Aston Martin’s endurance racing heritage and a long-running relationship with The Heart of Racing to field factory-backed entries in both world and North American series.
Development centered on the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH, a racing derivative of the Valkyrie sports car. The race car uses a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine paired with an Xtrac 7-speed sequential manual transmission and was rolled out ahead of an extensive 2024 test program at Silverstone, Donington Park, Bahrain and Daytona to ready the team for international endurance competition.
Path to MotorSports
Aston Martin re-entered top-class endurance racing with a distinctly manufacturer-led approach, electing to race a non-hybrid V12-powered Le Mans Hypercar rather than conform to hybrid-heavy alternatives. That choice shaped the team’s technical and racing strategy and aligned the entries with Aston Martin Racing and Multimatic engineering resources.
The Heart of Racing provided operational support and race management for the THOR Team entries, combining Aston Martin’s factory development with an experienced endurance-racing organization. Driver lineups mixed factory and partner drivers drawn from Aston Martin’s broader sports car programs to speed development and ensure race-readiness across WEC and IMSA events.
ASTON MARTIN THOR Team Career
Early Career (2025–Present)
The team made its competitive debut at the 2025 Qatar 1812 km, marking Aston Martin’s return to top-class endurance racing with the Valkyrie AMR-LMH. The debut weekend highlighted the program’s learning curve: the #007 retired with a transmission issue while the #009 finished many laps down, but continued testing and race mileage informed rapid development across the season.
Following its debut, the program prioritized reliability and race pace, completing the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans without mechanical issues and scoring consistent top-10 finishes in early IMSA rounds. The team used race weekends and sanctioned tests to refine setups, cooling and powertrain durability for endurance distances.
IMSA SportsCar Championship Breakthrough (2025)
In the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the Valkyrie AMR-LMH demonstrated progressive competitiveness through the 2025 season. The cars recorded regular top-10 results and, after iterative improvements, achieved a headline result at the 2025 Petit Le Mans where the Valkyrie scored a 2nd-place overall finish, marking the program’s first podium in either series.
The Petit Le Mans result underscored the direction of the program: durable race pace, improved race operations and the capacity to challenge established factory prototypes. The podium also validated the decision to campaign the V12-powered Valkyrie in the GTP and Hypercar environment and provided momentum into subsequent events.
FIA World Endurance Championship Breakthrough (2025)
In FIA World Endurance Championship competition the entries ran across a full endurance calendar that included classic events and a post-season rookie test. The drivers completed Le Mans without mechanical failure and collected valuable endurance data at circuits such as Spa-Francorchamps and Fuji to aid development.
The Valkyrie AMR-LMH is notable for being the first top-class sports prototype to race with a V12 engine in over a decade, reflecting Aston Martin’s engineering choice to prioritize a naturally aspirated Cosworth-derived 6.5-liter V12 rather than a hybrid configuration. That distinctive powertrain formed a central part of the team’s identity and technical strategy in WEC competition.
ASTON MARTIN THOR Team Era (2025–Present)
The ASTON MARTIN THOR Team era began with the factory-backed campaign overseen in partnership with The Heart of Racing and Multimatic. Cars entered the WEC and IMSA grids under numbers #007 and #009, a continuation of Aston Martin’s historical race numbering, and were supported by a driver roster that included Harry Tincknell, Tom Gamble, Alex Riberas, Marco Sørensen, Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis among others.
Across the initial seasons the team emphasized development, finishing races to accumulate data and achieving competitive results as reliability improved. The organization focused on refining aerodynamics, cooling and mechanical systems to match the demands of multi-hour prototypes in diverse conditions across Europe and North America.
Driving Style and Strengths
The team’s Valkyrie AMR-LMH has shown strengths in outright aero balance and long-run pace, leveraging the V12’s power delivery and a chassis tuned for endurance stability. Race strategy has emphasized steady stints, conservative cooling management under high ambient temperatures and tactical pit execution to convert pace into sustained race results.
Notable Events and Milestones
Key milestones include the 2025 Qatar debut, completing the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans without mechanical failure, and the program’s first overall podium at the 2025 Petit Le Mans. The rollout and test program through 2024 and early 2025, plus participation in rookie and post-season tests, are notable steps in bringing the Valkyrie AMR-LMH to endurance competition.
ASTON MARTIN THOR Team Career Wins
As of the verified 2025 season record the ASTON MARTIN THOR Team had yet to record an overall race win in its top-class program but secured its first overall podium at the 2025 Petit Le Mans and posted multiple top-10 finishes while building endurance reliability and pace.
IMSA SportsCar Championship Highlights
In IMSA competition the program delivered consistent top-10 finishes through the first half of the 2025 season and culminated in a breakthrough at the 2025 Petit Le Mans with a 2nd-place overall finish, narrowly behind the race winner. That result represented the team’s strongest performance in North American endurance racing to date and confirmed the Valkyrie’s competitiveness over long-distance events.
FIA World Endurance Championship Highlights
In WEC events the entries completed major endurance challenges, including a full 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign without reported mechanical issues and competitive showings at Spa-Francorchamps and Fuji. The team used race mileage and tests to close performance gaps against established Hypercar rivals.
Other Wins & Perfromances
The program logged progress through testing and sanctioned sessions that supported on-track improvements and driver familiarization. Post-season testing and rookie sessions provided opportunities for additional development work and the evaluation of race procedures for subsequent seasons.
ASTON MARTIN THOR Team Family
Family Background and Racing Lineage
The ASTON MARTIN THOR Team is part of Aston Martin’s broader endurance racing lineage and draws technical support from Aston Martin Racing and Multimatic. The entries carry historic Aston Martin elements such as the #007 and #009 race numbers, linking the program to the marque’s past Le Mans successes and GT racing traditions.
2025 Season Performance
The 2025 season was defined by early reliability challenges, steady progress in development and a peak performance at the Petit Le Mans where the team recorded its first overall podium. The season narrative moved from mechanical setbacks in the opening Qatar event to race completions at Le Mans and consistent IMSA points-scoring finishes that demonstrated the program’s trajectory.
Looking across 2025 the ASTON MARTIN THOR Team prioritized data collection, endurance durability and incremental performance gains. The combination of Aston Martin engineering, The Heart of Racing operations and a mixed roster of experienced sports car drivers produced a foundation for future competitiveness in both FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship calendars.