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Meet The AMR Pro - Aston Martin Valkyrie's Leaner And Meaner Track-Only Twin

June 28, 2021

“The AMR Pro is effectively an Aston Martin Valkyrie on steroids.” Adrian Newey

First came the Aston Martin Valkyrie – Aston Martin’s revolutionary road-going hypercar designed together with Red Bull Racing Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey, and the Team’s external high-performance vehicle solutions arm, Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT). 

Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey, and the Team’s external high-performance vehicle solutions arm, Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT). 

And then came along the AMR Pro, Aston Martin Valkyrie’s no holds barred track-only twin. Born from an initial design concept between Adrian, RBAT, Aston Martin and engineering firm Multimatic that was intended to contest the Le Mans 24 Hours, the AMR Pro is an evolution not meant for competition, but made for ultimate power and performance.

Bound by no regulations, the AMR Pro was developed with no limits. The outcome? A leaner, meaner, monster of a machine that sits lower, lighter and wider on the race track, approaching the performance of modern day Formula One machinery. 

It will be tremendously exciting to see the car hit the track and show its true potential.

Adrian Newey

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing Chief Technical Officer, commented: “Once the Aston Martin Valkyrie was born, we discussed adapting it into a race car to contend for overall victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. There were several areas for consideration such as repositioning the engine and gearbox, as well as lengthening the wheelbase and optimizing the aerodynamics. The project was hugely enjoyable and quite far advanced before sadly the program was curtailed, but the mechanical design of the car lives on as the AMR Pro. Significantly modified from the road going version, the AMR Pro is effectively an Aston Martin Valkyrie on steroids. Its performance output is at a very high level, much higher than any other previous track-only car and indeed well in excess of a top class LMP car of today. It will be tremendously exciting to see the car hit the track and show its true potential.”

Adrian and the Red Bull Advanced Technologies Team push the boundaries with Aston Martin and take Formula One standards of engineering excellence to the automotive industry.

Christian Horner

Christian Horner, CEO of Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Advanced Technologies, added: “The Aston Martin Valkyrie is a sight to behold and from start to finish it has been incredible to witness Adrian and the Red Bull Advanced Technologies Team push the boundaries with Aston Martin and take Formula One standards of engineering excellence to the automotive industry. In the AMR Pro, we can see a further evolution of the work that was carried out on Aston Martin Valkyrie for the initial Le Mans 24 Hours entry, and just what is possible technically when you’re not playing by any rules.”

Aston Martin Valkyrie

Building The Sustainable Future Of Endurance Racing

January 25, 2021

Red Bull Advanced Technologies to design concept Hydrogen Class chassis for Le Mans 2024 in partnership with ORECA.

Following confirmation from the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Red Bull Advanced Technologies is pleased to announce that it is to collaborate on the design of the chassis concept for the next generation of hydrogen-fuelled cars planned for the 2024 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s most famous endurance race.

The new chassis will be designed in partnership with French racing team and car constructor ORECA, a long-established force in the world of endurance racing.

The collaborative winning bid will see the French company draw on its design and production skills as well as its endurance racing knowledge and experience. In parallel, Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the high-tech external solution division of Red Bull Technology, will bring its Formula 1 expertise in aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics, simulation technology and energy recovery optimisation to a project firmly focused on the sustainable future of endurance racing.

The initial task for the partners will be to undertake and provide a detailed feasibility study for the vehicle concept. As part of that initial phase of development, Red Bull Advanced Technologies and ORECA will be joined by Plastic Omnium, exclusive supplier of the hydrogen fuel tanks set for use in the racing prototypes that will take to some of the world’s most famous tracks in 2024.

Red Bull Advanced Technologies CEO Christian Horner said: “I am delighted that Red Bull Advanced Technologies have been chosen by the ACO along with our partners ORECA to develop the concept of a hydrogen powered endurance racing car for Le Mans. Red Bull Advanced Technologies are well equipped to take on the challenge set by the ACO having access to many of the tools used to design and develop the Red Bull Racing F1 car, along with significant experience on other cutting edge vehicle programs. The Hydrogen Class at Le Mans offers an exciting glimpse into the future of sustainable motorsport and promises both to advance the use of hydrogen in transportation, and also deliver exciting racing.”

Hugues de Chaunac, président du Groupe ORECA added: “We are proud that the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has chosen us to work alongside Red Bull Advanced Technologies on this ambitious, forward-looking project. And we are excited to be working with the other project partners, among them Plastic Omnium and Green GT. Collaboration is vital if we are to succeed in introducing a hydrogen class at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans. ORECA enjoys challenges and pioneering change and we can fully express our talents in such an engrossing enterprise. With the LMH and LMDh classes, endurance racing is entering a fascinating new era. From a technical and sporting point of view it will have us on the edge of our seats.”

Commenting on the success of the bid by Red Bull Advanced Technologies and ORECA, Pierre Fillon, president of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest said: “This exciting announcement confirms the appeal of Mission H24 and offers a promising future for zero-carbon motor racing and hydrogen prototypes. Thanks to ORECA, a mainstay of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for many years, and Red Bull Advanced Technologies, a successful motorsport business, the ACO will benefit from extensive endurance racing experience combined with cutting-edge technology to guarantee outstanding performance in its hydrogen class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024. This partnership confirms that the ACO has made the right decisions for the future of motorsport and underscores our ambition for zero-carbon racing for future generations. We’re delighted to welcome ORECA and Red Bull Advanced Technologies alongside Plastic Omnium, producer of the hydrogen class fuel tank. Having these top-flight automotive firms on board is likely to draw even more interest from car manufacturers, especially those who regularly contribute to our hydrogen working group. We are living in difficult times but the ACO is resolutely pursuing its route towards zero-carbon racing and mobility.”

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The Valkyrie Is Here

February 14, 2017

In 2015 it’s been nothing more than an artful sweep across a drawing board, a simple curve signaling both exotic form and the possibility of borderline insane function. Today, though, that vision became drop-dead gorgeous reality as the covers were pulled off the remarkable Aston Martin-Red Bull Racing Valkyrie Hypercar.

Designed to be the ultimate fusion of eye-popping beauty and brutal power, the Valkyrie is the brainchild of the legendary Adrian Newey, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin EVP and Chief Creative Officer and David King, VP and Chief Special Operations Officer and together they’ve come up with a world-beating machine the like of which has never been seen before.

While the full technical specification of the world’s newest and most radical hypercar weren’t released at today launch at Aston’s HQ in Gaydon, UK, the team and the car manufacturer teased some details by announcing that the mid-engined beauty will be powered by a naturally aspirated V12 engine and that the car’s F1-inspired carbon fibre construction will give it a power to weight ratio of 1:1, 1 bhp per kilo of weight! In short, the Valkyrie is to feature performance levels in line with that of today’s LMP1 Le Mans sports prototypes!

Speaking about the project, Adrian revealed that while he was certain the Team could deliver extreme F1-like pace, it essential that that car also featured GT-like levels of comfort and capability – a task that made Aston Martin the perfect partner. “I’ve long harboured the desire to design a road car. The formation of Red Bull Advanced Technologies brought me a step closer to realising that ambition, but I believed we should work with an automotive manufacturer. Aston Martin was at the top of my list,” he said. “I’ve always been adamant that the Valkyrie should be a true road car that’s also capable of extreme performance on track, and this means it really has to be a car of two characters. That’s the secret we’re trying to put into this car – the technology that allows it to be docile and comfortable, but with immense outright capabilities.”

Fellow designer Marek Reichman added that the major goal of Aston Martin’s collaboration with Red Bull Racing was to find “that magical tipping point where we achieve the most efficient engineering solutions and the most beautiful styling solutions without any compromises”. “By definition the objectives we’ve set for the car ensure there has never been an Aston Martin – or any car, actually – quite like the Valkyrie,” he said. “My personal challenge has been expressing the Valkyrie’s extraordinary performance and the unique way in which it delivers that performance. Its style reflects its revolutionary nature, while possessing the form and beauty that makes it unmistakably an Aston Martin”.

 

David King, Aston Martin’s VP and Chief Special Operations Officer, adds: “Working at Aston Martin means you get to be a part of some truly special projects, but the Valkyrie is a dream – a true once-in- a-lifetime opportunity. Of course it’s a huge engineering challenge, too, but the game-changing objectives of this programme have a uniquely energising effect on everyone involved.” The Valkyrie has already captured the imagination of connoisseurs across the world and the customer list for the 99-150 road cars and the even more radical 25 track versions reads like a who’s who of F1 legends, moguls and megastars.

For Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner, the project represents more than the chance to pursue face-melting levels of power. “Red Bull Racing has always steered an innovative course in our ongoing development of a competitive Formula One car,” he said. “The conception and modus operandi of Red Bull Technologies has been to apply our expertise to truly progressive projects and partnerships. Our relationship with Aston Martin and the realisation of the Valkyrie is pioneering and borne of our synergies and desire to break new ground. The Valkyrie is the inspirational product of this collaborative spirit.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by Aston Martin’s President and CEO Dr Andy Palmer. “The Valkyrie is a truly remarkable project and something of which I’m extremely proud. To have Aston Martin working alongside Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing and the invaluable assistance of project partner AF Racing AG is an extraordinary creative collaboration. One that unites the very best of road and race car thinking. “As the project gathers pace its clear the end result will be a truly history-making hypercar that sets incredible new benchmarks for packaging, efficiency and performance and an achievement that elevates Aston Martin to the very highest level,” he added.

 

Aston Martin Valkyrie

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About Us

February 1, 2017

WHAT WE DO

Red Bull Advanced Technologies was formed in the unrelenting fire of Formula 1 competition as the high-performance engineering and sister business of Red Bull Racing.  Red Bull Advanced Technologies brings its exceptional engineering, design, technology, simulation and production capabilities to a hugely diverse set of industries, helping to create a smarter, better future.

The same tools, techniques and methods used to win the development race that is F1 are applied to engineering challenges across land, sea and air at blistering pace.

From Hypercars to Hydrogen racing cars and everything in between including such diverse challenges as bikes, balloons and sailing boats, with Red Bull Advanced Technologies the possibilities are limitless.

OUR EXPERTISE

Red Bull Advanced Technologies is home to all the engineering disciplines required to deliver the ultimate solutions to a wide range of challenges.  Performance is at the heart of everything we do, with simulation being used to understand the balance of trade-offs between competing requirements and to ensure the optimum solution is delivered every time.

With some of the brightest minds in design, technology and engineering, Red Bull Advanced Technologies has specific expertise in:

• Aerodynamics
• Mechanical, composite and electrical design
• Structural analysis
• Simulation and Modelling
• Control systems and software development
• Manufacturing

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