Aston Martin Valkyrie Door Flies Off During 2025 Qatar FIA WEC Race
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Plenty of drama has been seen during the 2025 Qatar FIA WEC race, including an Aston Martin Valkyrie losing one of its doors at speed. Many tuned into the World Endurance Championship to see the Hypercar, which is similar enough to the road-going version, on the track, only to be shocked to see one of its doors flying off, landing on the infield.The car in question belongs to the Aston Martin THOR Team and is Car #009. Marco Sorensen of Denmark was behind the wheel when the passenger-side gullwing door suddenly opened. The door flapped up and down as the speed and trajectory of the Aston Martin endurance racecar shifted.
At one point, the onboard camera captured Sorensen trying briefly to grab the door and pull it closed, although he had to stop so he could maintain control of the vehicle.
Sorensen was planning to make a pit stop and get the door closed rapidly before something happened to it when the hinge and struts gave way to the aerodynamic forces.
The door went flying like a frisbee, to which one commentator remarked Sorensen was going 'irresponsibly fast.' He noted Aston Martin wasn't in contention for a podium finish at the race, that the strategy was to finish the race. Lacking a door, that would be a much harder goal to achieve.
When the door came open and flew off, Sorensen was in sixteenth position. After going in for a pit stop, the Valkyrie had to be garaged to put on a new door.
That door drama was nothing compared to what happened with the Cadillac Hertz Team Jota cars. With Car #038 and #12 in the first and second positions, respectively, Alex Lynn slammed into the back of his teammate, Jenson Button, badly damaging both Hypercars.
Image via FIA Word Endurance Championship/YouTube
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