Now that Aston Martin has delivered loads of Valkyries to clients world wide, it lastly let a handful of journalists put the insane hypercar by means of its paces. Henry Catchpole was a kind of journalists and he’s behind a reasonably epic video from Hagerty that includes the Valkyrie.

There’s little doubt that the System 1-inspired Aston Martin is one thing very particular. Catchpole notes firstly of his video that it has all the proper elements to be thought of as a landmark car within the historical past of high-performance automobiles, sitting alongside greats just like the Lamborghini Miura, McLaren F1, and Bugatti Veyron. However, is it truly as pivotal within the historical past of the car as these greats?

Watch: Go For A Journey In The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Professional With F1 Driver Nico Hulkenberg

Very like Chris Harris, Catchpole had the possibility to drive the Valkyrie on the System 1 Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. He additionally spoke with James Manners, the top of car engineering for the Valkyrie, to study some attention-grabbing particulars in regards to the automobile.

One of many intriguing design options of the automobile is the windshield wiper. As a result of the automobile has what Aston Martin dubs a ‘double compound’ windshield, a standard wiper wouldn’t work so it spent a yr with the identical firm behind the wipers from the house shuttle creating one thing that might work.

Catchpole then heads out onto the circuit. He’s instantly very impressed with the automobile and notes that regardless of the odd seating place and the small dimension of the cabin, the Valkyrie has surprisingly good visibility. Whereas getting in control within the automobile takes a little bit of time, he is ready to progressively push and correctly discover the efficiency potential of the automobile.