Chris Harris Drives The Aston Martin Valkyrie | Top Gear

At long last Aston’s £2.5 million F1 car for the road has landed. But is it any good? To find out, we bolted Chris Harris into the 1,160bhp skeletal hypercar and sent him around the Bahrain F1 track.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 The Valkyrie
04:35 Specs
06:44 The Valkyrie AMR Pro
08:06 Conclusion

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[SmallBlogV]

I like the no-nonsense production of this one. Straight in the car with no quasi-poetic hyperbole for build-up, real-time driving impressions, a direct comparison between the two, bosh. No excess fat.
If you could also upload a 30min video of just the engine sounds and nothing else as a bonus, I'd much appreciate that too!!

[themattkirschner]

The sound from the AMR’s V12 is outrageous!

[bhargavhangal]

I would love to see Fernando do some timed laps in the car, now that he is a part of AMR.

[mihalis]

The sound of that AMR Pro almost literally brought tears to my eyes. What an amazing sound. The difference of the expressions on Chris's face between the two cars was also quite funny.

[haopengsun]

Alonso on the podium, F1 team in the first notch, and the release of Valkyrie. I am not a fanboy for Aston Martin but damn they are having a good weekend. There are car brands you just want to see them succeed because it means we get to live in a future with them in it. And Aston is definitely one of those brands.

[hydrangea-enjoyer]

So glad they just gave us Chris and the sound of the car. No distracting edits, no showbiz, just the raw experience. Nothing else needed.

[ericship]

The fact that Aston Martin hasn’t been in the performance game since the Aston Martin one-77 and now Aston Martin is having a comeback with the Valkyrie is astonishing along side the Valhalla too never thought a na v12 would make 1000 hp too

[fenrirslip]

7:56 Can we just acknowledge the general size difference between the regular Valkyrie and the AMR Pro? These machines are absolute monsters and have become one of my favorite cars, period.

[carscoffeeandcannabis-]

Holy Crap, I knew the AMR Pro was different, but at 7:57 seeing them side by side on track, that thing looks MASSIVELY different, and just massive in general. Holy does that body and those wings make that thing look giant.

At any rate, the "Base" Valkyrie is pure madness on wheels, and the fact they looked at what they built and thought, "Hmm, we could make this crazier" absolutely blows my mind. The Fact that the brand known for Luxury GTs beat Hypercar makers at their own game cracks me up; even the folks at Koenigsegg and on the AMG ONE project gotta be looking at this and worrying

[peteraustin]

The greatest thing about the Valkyrie is its engine. At a time when pretty much every other supercar-maker has transitioned to small, turbocharged engines, Aston Martin goes with a 6.5 liter, naturally aspirated V12. And it revs to 11, 100 rpm. God bless them.

I honestly can't believe this engine even exists from an engineering perspective - a road legal engine that revs to 11, 000 rpm is insane. It would be insane if they achieved that with a 4 or 6 cylinder engine, but getting 11, 000 rpm - 185 rotations of the crankshaft every SECOND - from a 6.5 liter V12 with a warranty? That's miraculous.

[TopGear]

Best viewed with subtitles on this one! 🎧

[eichler]

Aston Martin has never been a top brand for me but this car is just phenomenal and when a GT3 racecar driver struggles to get max performance due to the skill it tells you how fast the car can be. Great job Chris and I would love to see you do some stuff with Fernado Alonso in this car.

[Soknik]

"This is... Driving nirvana. This is... 'Last tank of petrol' stuff."
Aston Martin's engineers must be feeling pretty damn good after having heard that.

[stuarthillis]

Had to replay that V12 audio on the overtake several times...the emotion that delivers. I'm simply loving this epic AM revival in 2023.

[ryanerasmus]

I have NEVER seen Chris Harris look alarmed by a car's speed before! Love the AMR Pro

[adambenk]

The song at the and is called Oracle from Splize, Notize. It is on Spotify too. Love it...

[_RCBiker]

More of Chris Harris Drives... PLEASE!!!

[cdcdcd]

Only Chris can convey this much emotion into a car review. No other current reviewers can even come close. amazing car, amazing review.

[jtothepmusic]

That sound. Long live the internal combustion engine and long live the V12!

[charliefm]

An AMR Pro for the track, and a GMA T50 for the road thank you very much