Marco Sorensen, a factory Aston Martin driver, crashed the #009 Aston Martin Valkyrie at the Tamburello corner during Tuesday’s World Endurance Championship Prologue at Imola after reporting tyre warm‑up problems; he climbed from the car unaided and was cleared of injury.
The incident left the Heart of Racing team with one car for the remainder of the Prologue, in which Aston Martin finished 12th among 17 Hypercar entries, and Aston Martin and Heart of Racing replaced the #009 chassis with the rebuild completed on Thursday morning ahead of Friday’s practice.
Sorensen said tyre warm‑up on outlaps is a broader issue across the paddock and accepted responsibility for the shunt rather than blaming others; he noted limited team experience with Michelin’s new 2026‑spec compounds that use about 50% renewable materials.
This report is based on information originally published by Motorsport.
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