Aston Martin Valkyrie Update | Ian James on Heart of Racing's 2025 Valkyrie IMSA GTP Program

We're at Daytona testing for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season! The NEW Aston Martin Valkyrie LMH GTP car is turning laps on the high banks of Daytona and Team Principal Ian James is here to tell us about how testing in the United States has been going.
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[kevinDG]

Bring it on. Everybody is waiting for the day to see and hear this car after all those years

[joncolner]

Proud to see you doing so well, mate. The car looks awesome!

[JesseHarrington]

I get the decibel regulations around Laguna seca.. but let's have a Daytona spec exhaust package that actually lets these cars sing. 🔊🔊🙉

[conehed]

Remove the mufflers we want to hear the car

[clemensm]

the most silent car on the grid with a V12😂 what a time to be alive

[smittman]

Remove those mufflers!!! Im sure the heavens are evening crying because it has mufflers

[boooooooooooooooooooooooring]

First LMH to ever race at IMSA
This is crazy.

[theabyssaldemon]

0:41 Ian: just to see it screaming down the straightaway. Me: u mean yelling down the straightaway

[teddyjones]

It's going to be an absolutely incredible and exciting race season !!!! HELLZZ LETS GOOO

[Dolek]

Remove mufflers or riot. This isn't what we were getting hyped for.

[johngrable]

Coming out of the bus stop full throttle onto the high bank has to be one of the most epic things ever

[coyy]

I really hope they can be competitive, whether that’s right away or in a year. I just want the car to be fast!

[vivos]

I yearn for an onboard with this beast

[henrym]

Do remember Ian James is the only driver in WEC to claim pole position AND win from pole.

[kota]

such a joke that its so muffled.. whats the point of hyping up the v12 if you can hardly hear it

[ciaochao]

Wow, v12 back on the track after so many years

[EdrummerE]

I’m going to keep commenting; remove the mufflers! It would be so disappointing to have the car completely drowned out by everything else 😢

[marktucker]

I’m so disappointed, the car sounded incredible in its first test at Donington but now it sounds awful in comparison

[geedubb-qu]

WEC is where Lance Stroll will end up under the guise leading the future of Aston Martin in full body car racing, which could leak over to IMSA also.

[VandelayyIndustries]

Is it just because of Laguna Seca or is this the new future for motorsports with DB caps? Because I'd have no hurt feelings to drop Laguna for the likes of COTA.