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IrelandAston Martin's Valkyrie LM gives Top Gear a mental workout
Ollie Marriage's Monza test finds that getting closer to a Le Mans car means much more than adding power.
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Aston Martin Just Built A More Extreme Valkyrie! | 4K
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- 4:17Telemetry compares the LM and AMR Pro's cornering speeds, gearshifts, drag and straight-line acceleration.
- 5:58Hulford explains the AMR Pro's customer-track role and the LM's development from the Le Mans programme.
- 10:05The LM combines reduced weight, torque-focused engine tuning, straight-through exhausts and downforce.
- 18:23Removed body panels reveal the LM's chassis, suspension linkages, cooling ducts and low-mounted V12.
- 20:58Marriage increases his pace, finding that heavy g-forces and processing track information demand intense concentration.
- 24:24Marriage contrasts the AMR Pro's planted security with the LM's lighter, more agile track feel.
"I think I need a minute," says Ollie Marriage, back in the pits after driving Aston Martin's Valkyrie LM. His neck has had a workout, but so has his capacity to think while travelling very fast.
Top Gear brings the road-going Valkyrie, the AMR Pro and the race-derived LM together at Monza. The question behind "Aston Martin Just Built A More Extreme Valkyrie! | 4K" is a useful one: what does more extreme mean when the existing track car is already this demanding?
It doesn't simply mean more horsepower. The LM's unsilenced V12 makes less power than the AMR Pro, with its engine tuning favouring torque. Aston Martin's Miles Hulford describes the aim as creating the closest thing customers can buy to the Le Mans car, with assistance to help them manage it, rather than making it tame.
Development driver Darren Turner takes both track cars out before comparing their telemetry with Marriage. Later, stripped bodywork exposes the LM's suspension, cooling ducts and low-mounted engine. It's a look beneath the aerodynamic shapes, not just another procession of fast laps.
Marriage's own LM run begins on a reduced-power engine map. As he turns it up, the demands become physical and mental: downforce pulls at his neck and face, while the controls add another job to driving through Monza's bends. Back with Turner, he reflects on how much professional racers must process while adjusting their systems at speed.
His closing distinction is between the AMR Pro's planted security and the LM's lighter, more agile feel. The sound gets its own discussion among viewers, including a memory of a long trip to hear the racing Valkyrie at Sebring. For Marriage, though, the lasting lesson is how much work happens inside the cockpit.
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@The_gear_head_See it on YouTubeIf I ever want someone to leave me alone at a party I start talking about the badge on an Aston Martin Valkyrie
@liamfergieSee it on YouTubeDude the sound of that LM on the first lap and startup was gorgeous. Itched a spot in my brain that hasn't been touched for a while
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Last year I made a 19 hour drive through the night to see the Valkyrie debut at Sebring. Watched the 12 hour race and turned right around to drive 19 hours home. It was 100% worth it to hear the noise in person
@BRMLs9See it on YouTubeEvery time I watch an AMR Pro video from in the cockpit it blows me away how much it sounds like my Ducati twin. I close my eyes and I am on my bike.
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