Aston Martin is preparing to make a major splash in motorsport as it readies the Valkyrie hypercar for its dual-racing debut in the 2025 season. The automaker has unveiled the final livery designs for its LMH (Le Mans Hypercar) variant of the Valkyrie,

The bad news is that even Aston Martin is counting the days until the V12 is no longer commercially viable. The good news is that the end date might be a bit further out than you would expect, though perhaps not for less-exclusive production cars like today's Vanquish.

“If you mapped the telemetry of a V12 engine – even a Valkyrie race engine, naturally aspirated – measure the frequencies and then built those into the body structure of the vehicle linked to the throttle position and torque load of the electric-motors…