Aston Martin Valkyrie Dynamic DEBUT at Silverstone
The Aston Martin Valkyrie – AML’s 1160bhp Hypercar – makes it dynamic debut at the 2019 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Ahead of the 2019 British Grand Prix, the new Valkyrie has been out on the track at Silverstone to give us some idea of how it actually goes, and what it looks like.
Driven by Aston’s Chris Goodwin, Aston say the point of the public drive isn’t to deliver stunning laps, but to showcase what’s to come.
This is one of the very first times the Valkyrie has actually been driven in the real world, and is the culmination of the project involving both Red Bull and Aston Martin, with Adrian Newey, Marek Reichman and David King the driving forces, and an engine built and developed by Cosworth.
After completing the lap, Chris Goodwin said:
I’ve driven this car around Silverstone for countless hours on the simulator at Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s HQ and in many other sportscars throughout my career, but to drive Aston Martin Valkyrie here today feels exceptionally special. Of course, we still have a lot of development work to go but we can now begin to really push the physical testing process and realise the capabilities of what we have developed over the past months. Putting that aside, today has brought a real smile to my face and I hope that the crowds watching from the stands enjoyed it as much as I did.
Aston Martin are building just 150 Valkyries, and all are sold.
Rod says
Do you have children Henry, the real problem is population of the planet we can and will do what we can to eek out the green times of the past but all said and done as long as we expand our population the way we are we are on a hiding to nothing.. unless of course something radical and ground breaking comes along like hybrid drive systems turbo engines lean fuel systems etc etc all early and positive steps to help with the lost cause.. electric cars running on batteries.. you think that’s greener ? Where’s all the lithium iron going to get disposed of and where does the electricity come from to charge them the foot print of making those batteries is enormous. The world population has doubled in 37 yrs from 1950-87 with a growth thereof of 1 billion each 12 yrs if we reduce our emissions for example by 75% by shear numbers we will be back to the same levels in some years of which I cant be bothered to work out but I bet you can see the picture. Its the childrens fault not beautiful fast cars..
Henry says
Just what the World needs!!
Another polluting car, with another 149 to come!!
Are they crazy?