Aston Martin Valkyrie

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The upcoming Aston Martin-Red Bull's £2.5m hypercar has been revealed in near-production form./

Since the first reveal of the Aston Martin Valkyrie (AM-RB 001) hypercar in July 2016, Aston Martin, Red Bull Advanced Technologies and project partner AF Racing have been working intensively to further develop the Valkyrie's aerodynamics, body styling and cockpit packaging.

The teardrop-shaped cockpit's upper body surfaces and lower tub contours follow the envelope of space available between the huge full length Venturi tunnels that run either side of the cockpit floor. Drawing huge quantities of air beneath the car to feed the rear diffuser, these tunnels are the key to generating the Aston Martin Valkyrie's extraordinary levels of downforce while keeping the upper body surfaces free from additional aerodynamic devices that would spoil the purity of the styling.

To maximise interior space the seats are mounted directly to the tub, with occupants adopting a reclined 'feet-up' position reminiscent of today's Formula One and Le Mans Prototype race cars, ensuring driver and passenger are extremely safe, perfectly supported and feel completely at one with the car. A four-point harness comes as standard, while an optional six-point harness will be offered for those who intend to do more track driving.

The Aston Martin Design team were keen to keep distractions to a minimum and focus the driver on the road ahead. To this end all switchgear is located on the steering wheel, with all the vital signs shown on a single OLED display screen. The steering wheel is also detachable, both to aid ingress and egress, and to serve as an additional security device.

Great attention has been taken with the glasshouse design to ensure forward and peripheral side-to-side vision is virtually uninterrupted. To avoid any unwanted aerodynamic disturbance or stylistic 'clutter' traditional door mirrors have been replaced by discreetly mounted rear facing cameras in each of the Aston Martin Valkyrie's flanks. These feed two displays which are positioned at the base of each A-post to mimic the view provided by conventional door mirrors. The all-enveloping bodywork and roof-mounted engine air intake means there is no rear window, negating the requirement for a rearview mirror.

Matt Hill, Aston Martin Creative Director of Interiors said of the Aston Martin Valkyrie's cockpit design: "It's been a tremendous challenge to make the interior packaging work. We've embraced Red Bull Racing's Formula One ethos and approached from a different angle than conventional road car design. In this instance, we've started from a position where you think something is impossible and work at it until you find a way to make it work. We've been fighting for millimetres everywhere, but the battle has been worth it, as it's been fantastic seeing customers try the interior buck for size. They love the ritual of getting in and how it feels to be sat behind the wheel. They're also genuinely surprised at how the car just seems to swallow them. You really do have to sit in it to believe there is genuine space for two large adults."

While the essence of the original Aston Martin Valkyrie exterior design remains unchanged, Adrian Newey's pursuit of downforce and aerodynamic efficiency has driven many detail changes to the bodywork. These requirements have been faithfully incorporated into the design by the Aston Martin Design Team in a genuine case of form following function.

One of the biggest changes in this latest model are openings in the body surface between the cockpit and front wheel arches, Adrian Newey having found that they were the key to achieving considerable gains in front downforce. It was then the job of the Aston Martin Design Team to integrate these new apertures into the overall design and ensure they had aesthetic merit as well as aerodynamic function.

While aerodynamics and downforce are the dominant story, Aston Martin Valkyrie features some delightful details. Some of the most striking are the headlights, which take inspiration from the pure functionality of a Formula One car's components. Aston Martin's designers stripped things back to the bare essentials, celebrating the engineering rather than concealing it behind cladding. With the low and high beam elements attached to an intricate exposed anodised aluminium frame not only are the headlamp units a work of art, but they are 30-40 per cent lighter than the lightest series production headlamps available to Aston Martin.

The same approach has been taken with the Aston Martin 'wings' badge that adorns the nose. With the regular badge considered too heavy, and a simple sticker not befitting for a car of the Aston Martin Valkyrie's quality and cutting-edge nature, the Aston Martin Design Team came up with a chemical etched aluminium badge just 70 microns thick. That's 30 per cent thinner than a human hair, and a remarkable 99.4 per cent lighter than the regular enamel wings badge. The badge (nicknamed the 'lacewing') is then attached to the painted body and covered with a perfectly smooth coat of lacquer.

Further detail innovation can be found at the rear of the car, with the centre high mounted stop light (CHMSL). Mounted on the tip of the small shark's fin that runs down the spine of the Aston Martin Valkyrie's airbox and rear bodywork, the light is just 5.5mm wide and 9.5mm high. Illuminated by a red LED it is the world's smallest CHMSL and evidence of how every element of the Aston Martin Valkyrie is scrutinised in the pursuit of eliminating unnecessary weight and drag.

Aston Martin Creative Director of Exterior Design, Miles Nurnberger, said of the Aston martin Valkyrie's design evolution: "I would say we're around 95 per cent of the way there with the exterior design. Much of what you see is actually the structure of the car, so this had to be signed-off relatively early in the project. The remaining areas of non-structural bodywork are still subject to evolution and change as Adrian [Newey] continues to explore way of finding more downforce. The new outlets in the body are a case in point. Ordinarily the last thing we'd want to do to one of our surfaces is cut a hole in it, but these vents work the front wings so much harder that they've found a significant gain in front downforce. The fact that they are so effective gives them their own functional beauty, but we've finessed them without impacting on their functionality. That they also serve as windows through which to view the fabulous wing section front wishbones is a welcome bonus!"

https://www.netcarshow.com/aston_martin/2018-valkyrie/

 

[Mr Scratch]

2 pls

 

[FiestaST]

How the Hell Is the Aston Martin Valkyrie a Road-Legal Car?

This is our first official look at a near-production ready Aston Martin Valkyrie. Wow.

Last month, we got a brief glimpse and a a lot of neat details on Aston Martin's crazy Valkyrie hypercar. Aston has just released a number of images and details on a nearly-production-spec Valkyrie, and wow. This will be an LMP1 race car for the road.

We reported, based on sources familiar with the Valkyrie's development, that the car would produce 1130 hp from its naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 and will weigh around 2,270 lbs. Aston Martin hasn't released any drivetrain specs today, but the company has confirmed a lot of the coolest details of the car.

The cockpit has space for two passengers, but they'll be sitting with their feet up, just like in a modern F1 or LMP1 car. The interior looks incredibly tight, but Aston says that it will fit two "98th-percentile" adults. Aston Martin's chief designer, Marek Reichman stands at six-foot four, so this was an important goal.

The Valkyrie's seats—which will be 3D-scanned to follow the contour of the owner's body—will be bolted directly to the carbon-fiber tub, with four-point harnesses fitted as standard. Six-point harnesses are an option for those seeking to do more track driving.

We heard last month that the Valkyrie would have a removable steering wheel with central display and controls, but we thought it might be for the track-only version. This steering wheel will actually make production, and it's designed to keep the driver's hands in one place.

The Valkyrie will also eschew traditional mirrors in favor of two rear-facing cameras connected to a display at the base of each A-Pillar. We reported previously that this system was chosen to save weight, but Aston says there's also aerodynamic and aesthetic benefits. The Valkyrie also uses a roof-mounted air intake, so there won't be a traditional rear window either.

Aston Martin also released some details on the Valkyrie's crazy bodywork and the attention to detail paid to its design. The most astounding thing is the smallest—the badge. Similar to what we previously reported, the etched aluminum front badge is just 70 microns thick—making it only 30 percent as thick as a single human hair. It's also 99.4 percent lighter than Aston Martin's traditional wing badge.

The headlights, which incorporate high- and low-beams into an aluminum frame are also 30 to 40 percent lighter than those on any other production Aston. Around back, Aston says the Valkyrie has the world's smallest central high mounted stoplight, which is only 5.5mm wide and 9.5mm high.

You've probably also noticed the wild aerodynamics by this point two. It's dominated by two huge Venturi tunnels that run from the front to the back of the car—they're so large, we've heard, that humans can actually fit under them. The teardrop-shaped cockpit is sandwiched between the two Venturis.

These Venturis draw air to feed the Valkyrie's massive rear diffuser, and are used so that there doesn't need to be any other unsightly aerodynamic devices on the body surfaces. Previously, Aston Martin confirmed that this car makes a race-car-like 4000-lbs of downforce. It's form and function meeting perfectly.

The Valkyrie will also have big openings between the front wheel arches and the cockpit, also in the name of downforce.

Based on the pictures, we can see that the Valkyrie gets top-mounted doors just like an LMP1 race car. Also, the car pictured is wearing carbon-fiber wheel covers. Aston hasn't detailed these yet, but we've heard that they're an optional aerodynamic aid.

While we now know a lot more about the Valkyrie, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered. Really, we just want to know how the hell this thing will be street legal, but Aston has told us it will be roadworthy everywhere it's sold. That means the US too.

Truly, this car is something else. We've never seen anything like it.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a10291809/aston-martin-valkyrie-badge-photos/

 

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Aston Martin Valkyrie revealed in near-production form

Aston Martin-Red Bull's £2.5m hypercar has extreme aerodynamics, light weight and more than 1000bhp

Aston Martin has unveiled a near-production version of its Adrian Newey-inspired hypercar, the Valkyrie.

The car’s exterior shape is now “about 95% ” finished, according to designers inside the firm’s Gaydon top-secret design centre at Gaydon.

The essence of the £2.5 million, 1000bhp-plus two-seater’s proportions have been known for many months but Newey, revered as the world’s greatest creator of Formula 1 cars, is still finding ways of increasing its aerodynamic downforce as his colleagues finesse details such as headlights, stoplights, scoops and badges.

Unprecedented levels of downforce are needed if this road car is to fulfil the promise of Aston boss Andy Palmer that it will “lap Silverstone as fast as an F1 car”. Sources at Gaydon have already suggested the car will generate up to 4000lb (1816kg) of downforce at top speed.

Autocar has had exclusive access to a fully detailed, full-sized model of the Valkyrie, shown recently to a small group of customers at the Monaco Grand Prix. The car, pictured here, was recently used as a demonstrator for prospective owners keen to try the Valkyrie’s F1-style, raised-feet driving position, and to begin deciding the specification of their cars.

Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing expect to start making the planned run of 150 cars late next year, on a schedule to deliver the first Valkyries to customers during 2019. Jockeying for ownership has begun already: after recent advertisements purporting to offer Valkyrie build slots for sale, Palmer made it clear that Aston Martin would do whatever it could to resist such premium market trading.

Working together, Aston’s designers and Red Bull Racing’s Newey have made considerable changes since the first iteration of the Valkyrie was unveiled at Aston’s HQ last year. The biggest alteration is a set of new openings between the cockpit and front wheel arches, designed to increase downforce. Aston Martin’s designers have had the unusual job of incorporating these slots harmoniously into the Valkyrie’s overall styling, to ensure aesthetic quality as well as aerodynamic function.

“We’re around 95% done,” said chief designer Miles Nurnberger. “Much of what you see from outside is the actual structure of the car which had to be signed off quite early. Non-structural areas are still subject to evolution as Adrian continues finding improvements.

“Ordinarily, the last thing we’d want is to cut a hole in one of our surfaces, but these new vents work the front wings so much harder that we’ve found a significant gain in front downforce. They have their own functional beauty, but we’ve finessed them without harming the way they work. They also work as windows through which owners can view our fabulous wing-section front wishbones.”

The extent to which the Valkyrie’s main proportions are shaped in the wind tunnel means it makes a complete break from supercars of the past. A low, two-seat, beetlebacked passenger pod with no rear window sits between two, large, full-length venturi tunnels. They draw air from beneath the car to feed a very prominent rear diffuser. These tunnels are key to the car’s aero performance, said Aston design boss Marek Reichman, who has worked on this project side by side with Newey.

Despite their aerodynamic obsession, the Valkyrie’s creators are at pains to point out that this car is comfortable and surprisingly spacious, accommodating “a wide range of shapes and sizes”. Occupants must step over the lower aero structure to gain access through a pair of gullwing doors reminiscent of access to a Le Mans racer, but with larger openings.

“It has been a tremendous challenge making the interior packaging work,” said Aston designer Matt Hill. “We’ve embraced Red Bull’s F1 ethos and come at things from a different angle. We’ve started from a position that seemed impossible and found a way to make it work, fighting for millimetres everywhere.” The result of that work is comfortable accommodation for two fairly large adults.

“The battle has been worth it,” said Hill. “It has been fantastic watching customers trying the car for size. They love the ritual of getting in, and how it feels behind the wheel. They’re genuinely surprised at how the car seems to swallow them.”

Valkyrie owners will be able to have tailored seats made, if they desire, moulded directly to the car’s carbonfibre tub. Aston is pleased with early reactions to the race-style feet-up driving position, which creates a sense of occasion and allows occupants to be reclined further than normal to create head room. A fourpoint harness is standard.

The Valkyrie’s interior treatment reflects the keenness of Aston’s designers to reduce driver distractions. The traditional exterior mirrors are replaced by rearfacing left and right-hand cameras, whose reduced size also helps cut drag. The lack of a rear window means there’s no need for a central mirror. All important switchgear is on the steering wheel, which is almost rectangular in shape and has a screen on its central boss showing all vital information. There’s a supplementary central screen for minor functions, but ‘minimalist ergonomics’ is one of the design team’s main objectives.

Most of the Valkyrie’s mechanical package has been decided and is proceeding on plan. The mid-engined car uses a normally aspirated 6.5-litre Cosworth V12, tipped to produce more than 900bhp, and the hybrid powertrain (conventional power is augmented by a kinetic energy recovery system) is understood to have delivered 1130bhp during testing. That means Newey’s oft-stated power-to-weight target of one horsepower per kilogram should be comfortably reached, given that the weight is just over 1000kg, ready to drive. The V12’s power reaches the centre-lock magnesium wheels through a seven-speed paddle-operated gearbox made by Ricardo (which also builds Bugatti’s gearboxes and McLaren’s engines). It exhausts through the upper body, Le Mans style.

Aston says there will be distinct race and roads versions of the Valkyrie, linked by their styling but with “big differences” in weight and aero downforce. Both will use a unique central carbonfibre tub built by Multimatic, which also builds the structure for the latest Ford GT.

Little is known of the suspension design so far, except that it uses long, race-style wishbones at both ends. The obvious challenge is to create a system that can withstand huge downforce at top speed yet provide acceptable low-speed, roadcar comfort. “We want this car to be pure, simple and light,” Newey told Autocar. “It needs to major on comfort as well as performance.” This may be proving Newey’s biggest challenge so far.

Aston Martin, Andy Palmer: It's a landmark car

Signing off the Valkyrie for production represents “a huge milestone”, according to Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer (right), who describes managing the expectations of technical lead Adrian Newey, design lead Marek Reichmann and production boss David King as the “toughest but best challenge to have”.

Palmer said: “The challenge has been working with three very strong-willed people with three very different agendas. Fighting one corner is Adrian, who wants a no-compromise performance car that sets new technical standards. Then there’s Marek, who is responsible for ensuring every Aston is as beautiful as it can be, something he’s not used to compromising on. And then there’s David, who has to make it, to a schedule, to a budget and so on. He has immovable deadlines that the other two constantly try to push.

“At times, it has been interesting. They have all pushed each other so hard. But it’s challenges like these that get you out of bed in the morning.”

Despite the base car costing around £2.5 million and 150 road and 25 track versions being built, Palmer said the project is unlikely to make money. “We’ll be lucky if this project washes its face, but that’s not why we do it,” he said. “This is the 1977 Vantage V8 all over again — a landmark car that gives you the poster-on-the-wall effect. Kids will fall in love with it. Dads will talk about it. It’s a symbolic car.

“Aston Martin is achieving so much, and this is the best symbol of all that. We are getting our confidence back — even some swagger, but never arrogance — and what better way to express that confidence than in the Valkyrie.”

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/aston-martin-valkyrie-revealed-near-production-form

 

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Aston Martin Drops Loads Of Official Valkyrie Shots And Info


The Aston Martin Red Bull hypercar now known as the Valkyrie is being billed with performance that will redefine road cars but until now we have only been teased with concepts and unofficial shots.

Aston Martin has just released a whole host of shots seen in the gallery below which shows the Valkyrie in it’s most production-ready form yet. The exterior has been updated with actual headlights and tailights, along with some aerodynamic tweaks. The car now has a fully finished interior with steering wheel, seats, and instrumentation.

So what new information can we gather from the pics (or stated by Aston)?

Cockpit is taller to make it more comfortable for occupants

Flanks have been simplified

New air scoop on top of the car

Wheels feature full covers (must be for aerodynamic purposes)

Head and taillights now feature (30 to 40 percent lighter than any Aston Martin light)

Regular badge was ‘too heavy’ so they laser etched one from 70 micron thick aluminium*

Cabin is a carbon fibre pod from the future

Seats bolted directly to the floor (passengers sit reclined with feet slightly raised)

Steering wheel is removable and features every single control and display needed

Mirrors will be replaced with cameras


This car is really getting collectors, future owners and petrol heads hot under the collar. The performance figures they are talking are simply astonishing and 2018 cannot come soon enough to see the final product between Aston Martin and Red Bull.

*Human hair is about 100 microns

http://www.zero2turbo.com/2017/07/aston-martin-drops-loads-of-official-valkyrie-shots-and-info.html

 

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Aston Martin has made some changes to the Valkyrie

Initially revealed as the AM-RB 001, Aston Martin and Red Bull have been working together to develop one of the most hardcore hypercars of our time. Now titled, Valkyrie, the British manufacturer has revealed some images highlighting modifications it has made to the near-final design.

Although the design remains more or less unaltered, a closer look reveals adjustments to the car’s aerodynamic, particularly around the rear. Here, a new wing and rather prominent diffuser accompany a redesigned set of taillamps and exhaust pipes. There’s also a new and rather interesting carbon fibre wheel design.

Also, for the first time we finally get our first glimpse of the Valkyrie’s interior. The cabin of the hypercar features two snug seat mouldings embedded within the tub. The driver’s seat will be formed around the owner’s body shape and will feature a standard four- or optional six-point harness.

The Valkyrie also has a detachable, racing-inspired, Alcantara steering wheel and OLED information display screen. Two monitors mounted within the cabin display rear facing cameras which act as side mirrors.

With these changes implemented, Aston Martin Creative Director of Exterior Design, Miles Nurnberger says that the Valkyrie’s design is 95% complete. Any changes from this point onward are likely to be purely aerodynamic.

http://www.carmag.co.za/news_post/aston-martin-has-made-some-changes-to-the-valkyrie/

 

[Kloofvreter]

For those that don't want to read walls of text, this dog ugly car comes with a 6.5l V12

 

[ponder]

I ordered one minus the wheels, should be able to get nicer wheels from tiger wheel & tyre...

 

[kang]

I am totally gob-smacked by this car! I wonder who will be allowed to test drive it for TV.

 

[FiestaST]

I am totally gob-smacked by this car! I wonder who will be allowed to test drive it for TV.

Jezza or Chris Harris!

 

[justplain]

Harris for me, or Jethro/Henry from DriveTribe

 

[sox63]

Looks like an LMP car to be honest. Was hoping for something both ridiculously fast AND beautiful. But I am not the target market for this

 

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Valkyrie: the 'ultimate supercar' nears production

Seldom has there been a more drawn-out teaser campaign than for Aston Martin's new Valkyrie, formerly identified by its codename AM-RB 001.

After being announced 18 months ago as a collaboration between the British automaker and Red Bull Advanced Technologies, details about the British hypercar have trickled out like chocolate treats at a health spa. But the 150 people who will be fortunate enough to own what is hyped to be the world's ultimate road-legal sportscar are assured that what they see here is more or less what they'll get when deliveries start in 2019.

Aston Martin's Creative Director of Exterior Design, Miles Nurnberger, says the F1-inspired exterior is 95 percent ready. The two companies have been working on maximising aerodynamics while maintaining a desirable shape, and the carbon-fibre car showcases aerodynamic technology considered too radical for restrictive F1 rules.

Red Bull Racing aerodynamicist Adrian Newey shaped the underbody to draw as much air as possible over the carbon fibre diffuser through twin venturi tunnels. This ensures extraordinary levels of downforce while keeping the upper body free from additional aerodynamic devices that would spoil the purity of the styling.

With its estimated body weight of just over 1000kg and a reputed 1 800 kg of downforce, the Valkyrie could theoretically drive upside-down through a tunnel - a god-like feat to go with its god-inspired name. Valkyrie is named after the 'choosers of the slain' in Norse Mythology: female figures who flew over the battlefield deciding who should live and who should die.

They've also adopted an obsessive approach to weight saving. The headlights, for instance, are 30 to 40 percent lighter than the clusters of any production Aston Martin on sale today, while the wing badge is made of a chemical-etched aluminum only 70 microns thick, making it 30 percent thinner than a human hair and 99.4 percent lighter than a regular badge.

The obsessive weight saving continues inside, where Aston Martin's traditionally luxurious setup makes way for sporty minimalism. The seats are mounted directly to the carbon tub, and four-point harnesses are standard. All switchgear is located on the steering wheel - a la Formula One - with all the vital signs shown on a single OLED display screen. The steering wheel is also detachable, both to aid ingress and egress and to serve as an additional security device.

Traditional door mirrors are replaced by rear-facing cameras that feed two displays positioned at the base of each A-post. Since there's no rear window, there's no need for a rearview mirror.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie will be limited to just 150 road-going cars and 25 for track purposes. The track versions, it is said, will match the performance of an LMP1 Le Mans race car, but even in road-legal form the Valkyrie's feet-up driving position is reminiscent of modern Le Mans and F1 racers.

The power output of the hybrid system - which pairs a normally aspirated 6.5-litre V12 Cosworth engine with an electric motor - will reputedly be more than 750kW, but we'll have to wait for a future instalment in the Valkyrie's extended teaser campaign for the final number. Watch this space.

http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/lates...e-ultimate-supercar-nears-production-10267124

 

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Aston Martin and Red Bull plan more 'incredible products' under new deal

British marque to become title sponsor of leading F1 squad and evaluating an engine programme for 2021

Aston Martin is set to produce more high-performance models in the spirit of the Valkyrie hypercar after strengthening its partnership with Red Bull Racing – and is seriously considering a Formula 1 engine programme for 2021.

The British firm has sponsored Red Bull’s F1 squad since 2016 as part of a tie-up that involved Red Bull designer Adrian Newey penning the Valkyrie. This relationship has now been expanded in a deal that will involve the two firms collaborating on more products and Aston Martin serving as the F1 team’s title sponsor.

No details have been disclosed about what products Aston Martin and Red Bull will collaborate on, but Aston Martin referred to the Valkyrie as the “first in a line of incredible products” resulting from the agreement, suggesting similar limited-run machines could eventually follow.

A new Aston Martin Advanced Performance Centre will open later this year at Red Bull Racing’s Milton Keynes HQ. It will be a base for engineers working on sports cars and a design centre and employ around 110 Aston Martin staff.

Although the F1 team will be known as Aston Martin Red Bull Racing next year, it will still use Renault engines, which are currently branded as TAG Heuer units. However, Aston CEO Andy Palmer has confirmed an interest in entering the sport as an engine manufacturer in 2021, when new technical rules are set to be introduced. Aston Martin has been in talks with other manufacturers and F1’s governing body about the new rules. Palmer said any Aston entry was dependent on firm cost controls being put in place. He said: “We are not about to enter an engine war with no restrictions in cost or dynamometer hours, but if the FIA can create the right environment, we would be interested in getting involved.”

Strengthening the links with Red Bull would also give Aston Martin an opportunity in F1 supplying engines to one of the top teams on the grid. Red Bull has used Renault engines since 2007, and claimed four drivers’ titles with Sebastian Vettel from 2010-2013. But there has been ongoing tension between the two firms, with Renault feeling it didn’t receive enough credit for its contribution to those titles.

That has led to Red Bull’s Renault units being badged as TAG Heuers through a sponsorship deal. Renault recently secured a deal to supply engines to McLaren from 2018 onwards.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...-plan-more-incredible-products-under-new-deal

 

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[video=youtube_share;qdzQExF4D18]https://youtu.be/qdzQExF4D18[/video]

 

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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro track car revealed

The track version of the Valkyrie will have even more power and torque than the standard, 900bhp-plus hypercar

Aston Martin has revealed the track version of its Valkyrie hypercar, which will have more power and torque and less weight than the standard version when it arrives in 2020.

Developed with Red Bull Advanced Technologies and AP Racing, just 25 Valkyrie AMR Pro models will be made and all have already been sold - at a price thought to be above £3 million. The standard Valkyrie, of which all 150 have been allocated, is priced between £2m and £3m.

The two computer-generated images of the Valkyrie AMR Pro show the obvious changes to the car’s exterior over its roadgoing sibling. All the aerodynamic surfaces have been tweaked to significantly increase downforce, Aston Martin claims. There are also much larger front and rear wings and revised active aerodynamic control created for the demands of track driving.

Details of the extra power and torque from the hypercar’s naturally-aspirated 6.5-litre Cosworth V12 have not been revealed, but have been achieved by engine recalibration and a modification of the road car’s emissions control systems. Figures for the road car are not yet confirmed either but it is tipped to produce more than 900bhp and weigh little more than 1000kg, so expect gains on those figures for the track variant.

The AMR Pro runs on smaller wheels than the road car – 18in front and rear, so that Michelin racing tyres can be used, which have the same specification as those used by LMP1 cars in the World Endurance Championship. It also features Formula 1-inspired race-spec carbon-ceramic brakes.

Further weight savings have been made by removing the heater blower and infotainment screens fitted to the road car and through other ultra-lightweight components such as polycarbonate windscreen and side windows, carbonfibre wishbones and moulded race seats.

The AMR Pro’s exhaust system will also be lighter because there are fewer silencing requirements on track cars.

All of these changes, according to Aston Martin, create a car with a top speed predicted to be close to 250mph plus the ability to sustain cornering forces in excess of 3.3g and braking deceleration of more than 3.5g.

According to Red Bull’s simulation work, the AMR Pro will be capable of achieving lap times to rival a contemporary F1 or LMP1 car.

Owners of AMR Pro models will have access to the same facilities as Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s F1 drivers, including time in the simulator and professional on-track tuition. The cars will features in a series of dedicated track events.

Red Bull Technology’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, said: “It has always been vitally important to me that the Valkyrie functions well as a true road car, and that naturally comes with some constraints.

“However, with the track-only Valkyrie AMR Pro we have the freedom to create an extreme evolution that makes no such concessions. While the core elements of the road and track versions are shared, every aspect of the AMR Pro – aerodynamics, chassis, powertrain and weight – has been optimised to significantly extend the performance envelope. It offers a level of track performance significantly beyond any previous two-seat closed-roof car.”

Aston Martin boss Andy Palmer added: “Valkyrie has always been about pushing the limits and redefining the possible. The road car will set new benchmarks for performance, engineering and technology - a hypercar in the truest sense - and with the track-only Valkyrie AMR Pro those limits will be pushed further still.”

The Valkyrie AMR Pro will be the halo car for Aston Martin’s AMR performance sub-brand, variants of which will be applied across the car maker’s model range over time. The roadgoing Rapide AMR has already been revealed, as has the track-only Vantage AMR Pro.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/aston-martin-valkyrie-amr-pro-track-car-revealed

 

[greg0205]

Geek warning... This post contains a 15 minute video analysing Newey's aero on the Valkyrie.

https://drivetribe.com/p/aero-expla...zsZOSZmLk4vV6D43kw?iid=V-yamE1OSDKtcnEcpkOxcw

This car isn't going to beat other hypercars... It's going to utterly destroy them.

 

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Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro

Aston Martin has played the ultimate Top Trumps card at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show with the world debut of the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro - the sensational track-only evolution of the marque's spectacular hypercar.

Taking the world's most extreme road car as its basis, the AMR Pro version distills the combined knowledge, expertise and aspirations of Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer of Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, and Aston Martin's most talented design and engineering teams, led by Marek Reichman - Aston Martin's Chief Creative Officer - and David King - Chief Special Operations Officer - to create a car with the performance capabilities of a current Le Mans LMP1 prototype or Formula One car.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro completed a magnificent trio of track thoroughbreds displayed on Aston Martin's new Geneva Show area at stand #2229, located in Hall 2 of the Palexpo Exhibition Centre. Flanked by the 2018 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1TM show car and Aston Martin Racing's new Vantage GTE World Endurance Championship challenger, the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro was unveiled by Newey and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Team Principal, Christian Horner. Joining them were Reichman and Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of TAG Heuer - the official watch partner of Aston Martin and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing.

Full technical details of the Valkyrie AMR Pro will be revealed in due course, but those headline figures that can be disclosed provide a remarkable statement of intent. Key to the car's unprecedented track performance are its lightweight construction and high-downforce aerodynamics - a combination that will result in a car that weighs 1000kg, yet is capable of generating more than its own weight in downforce.

To achieve this remarkable figure all the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro's aerodynamic surfaces have been revised in the pursuit of significantly increased downforce. Most obvious changes are wider bodywork and much larger front and rear wing elements, which together with revised active aerodynamic control strategies tailored for the demands of track driving. In order to save weight this bodywork uses a lighter construction of carbon fibre. Likewise the removal of items such as the heater/de-mister blower and infotainment screens fitted to the road car, and through the fitment of new ultra-lightweight track-specific components such as a polycarbonate windscreen (with heater elements) and side windows, carbon fibre suspension wishbones, moulded race seats and a lighter exhaust system ensure the AMR Pro hits its 1000kg weight target.

Calibration changes to the 6.5-litre naturally-aspirated V12 engine's emission control systems and re-programming of the Energy Recovery System control software will result in a combined power output of more than 1100bhp - more than the Valkyrie road car and a figure than comfortably exceeds the magic 1:1 power-to-weight ratio. That's to say more than 1bhp to propel every kilogram of mass.

The single-minded pursuit of top speed has never been part of the Valkyrie ethos, yet even in high-downforce track configuration the AMR Pro is still capable of hitting 225mph. Of far greater benefit to lap time is the track-only Valkyrie's ability to achieve lateral acceleration in excess of 3G - a figure far beyond that of any other car derived from a fully homologated road car.

Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, Adrian Newey said: "Seeing the Valkyrie AMR Pro and this year's Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1TM show car together at Geneva is a special moment for me. The Aston Martin Valkyrie road car draws extensively from the knowledge I have gained during my career in Formula One, but the AMR Pro version has allowed me to work beyond the constraints of road legality, or indeed practicality! We've told a few of its secrets, but by no means all. I will leave it to the public to ponder the lap time predictions. Suffice to say they're quite impressive."

Commenting from the Geneva Show stand, Aston Martin's Chief Executive Officer, Andy Palmer, said of the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro: "Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm a true racer at heart, so to see the track-only Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro together with Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Formula One and Aston Martin's World Endurance Championship cars here at Geneva is fabulous. I'm starting to get used to some of the extraordinary things Adrian (Newey), Red Bull Racing, Aston Martin and all our exceptional technical partners - now including Mobil 1 and Esso as Valkyrie's official oil and fuel partners - are capable of, but the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro is something truly mind-bending."

Speaking at the debut event, Christian Horner, Team Principal of Aston Martin Red Bull Racing said: "It is hugely rewarding to see the Valkyrie AMR Pro unveiled here in Geneva, another evolutionary step in the relationship between Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin. We set out together with an ambitious and pioneering road map to create something extraordinary in partnership, and the Valkyrie AMR Pro is yet another turn of that wheel."

Just 25 Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pros will be built. Deliveries are expected to commence in 2020. All cars are sold.

https://www.netcarshow.com/aston_martin/2020-valkyrie_amr_pro/

 

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Hello police... Yes, I think a crime is about to be committed... There's an Aston Martin Valkyrie and it looks like it's going to murder a McLaren Senna and a Mercedes Benz Project One... Please hurry, the McLaren and Merc don't stand a chance.