Aston Martin Valkyrie specs

The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO was stated to weigh 1000KG in an interview in the New York Times I think in 2015. The interview was a bit of a mess. The performance metric claims made no sense and I'm too embarrassed to repeat them. They did later state a TARGET 1:1 power to weight ratio so we were expecting 1160KG. I don't believe Aston Martin ever stated 1000KG for the production version particularly as the AMR PRO does WITHOUT electric drives it would have been impossible. That would mean 700KG under the Laferrari.

But it's been so long I may be mistaken. I'll look at it, but not yet.

Anyway, UNDER 3000lbs is a miracle for a naturally aspirated V12 hybrid. And remember dry weight claims and wet weight claims. It affects weight massively. 150KG plus.

Koenigsegg Regera and McLaren Speedtail also into the 1600KG bracket. Just saying.

In fact it's LESS than a McLaren Senna!😲

Mercedes Benz would KILL for that number! ;)

Yup! My intentions weren't to make it seem like 1335KG is a bad number but instead to present facts. As you stated it's incredible they achieved that with a huge 6.5L V12 😅

its very light

Don't worry about it. Out there in other spheres she's getting ripped apart, a little. But I'm head deep in something else.

Anyway it makes Czinger's weight claims plausible. But I'm like you, I can't remember all the numbers!😂

czinger's kerb weight might be at north of 1400 kg

With all those sophisticated printing techniques and technologies? We will see. Not long now!

Yep if there's one thing i've learnt over time is that manufacturers lie about power and also kerb weight figures especially the boutique hypercar makers 🙄

this deserves a front page article

Yes I absolutely agree! It's just I've never actually had the opportunity to do one, so it won't be on this particular occasion! Maybe @ administration will?🤔

Clickbait masterclass 😂

Definitely!😂

I timed the Valkyrie Pro Laguna Seca lap at 1:21 and acceleration from 141-220 km/h in 3.5 sec.

I expect this laptime could be greatly improved.
For a car that was claimed to be as fast as the LMP1 prototypes, it's not impressive.

Yes one would expect the track only Valkyrie with its race car suspension/aero/slicks and 1100+hp to be very fast. I'm actually more interested in seeing a lap anywhere of the street legal version but so far i've seen nothing that gives me a sound reference point. Is it faster than the Czinger, i suspect so but until we see the Valk on track we won't know for certain...

1:19 with 2 passengers already gives out alot
Not to mention the road going model isn't that different to the track model
Not 5 seconds different

Like i said we'll need to wait and see and you might be surprised🤔

From what I've read they are very different. The AMR pro is more based on the cancelled WEC prototype than on the road Valkyrie. In fact, the only thing they have in common is the engine (although in the AMR pro version it produces a bit more juice, since it's not limited by consumption and environmental requirements).
Also I saw that Aston Martin was claiming a 3:20 lap time at Le Sartre for the AMR pro. I.e. based on that, Laguna Seca should be around 1:10-1:12 or so.

The valkyrie had 800 hp engine map though

It's just exhibition laps. certainly way more time to be gained.

the Porsche 919 evo did some 1:16 exhibition laps too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3eP6MiXACk&ab_channel=chalucet83

TBH, i'd think this car can do faster than 3:20 on a qualifying lap. The weight should be a bit more than the Toyota hypercar at 1040+kg. At 1100hp, it's more powerful than the Le Mans winner (938hp peak energy, and only parts of the lap). The Valkyrie pro looks to have much more aggressive underbody aero.

Definitely way more time to be gained, team said it could do sub 1:10 properly dialed in.

I was there at this event, and it was QUICK. The Zenvo didn't even have a chance

Where did you read that?

The guy who made that video ( he was a passenger ) told someone in the comments that the valkyrie had 8/10s or 7/10s of its full power due to diferent engine maps

The lap record at Laguna Seca is held by a CART car in 1:10.1 back in 1996. An Indy car did 1:12.23 back in 2019. Given that an Indy car weighs approx 750kg i can't see that AMR Pro matching that time...

But then again the F1 unofficial record at Laguna Seca was set my Marc Gene Ferrari F1 Test Driver in a 2003 Ferrari F1 (formerly driven by Rubens Barrichello) in a time of 1:05.78

I don't know what AMR Pro capable of. Just saying that if it is almost as fast as the LMP1 (as the manufacturer claims), then it may well compete with the 2007-2008 ALMS race cars:

https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Laguna_Seca-2008-10-19.html?sort=Qualifying

My understanding is that CART's best qualifying lap was set in 2000 and is 1:07.7:

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2128386/castroneves-breaks-qualifying-record/

One more thing. I might be wrong, but judging by the sound, it seems to me that the engine is not cranked up to 11k. Maybe they set the cutoff at 9-10k to save the service life, thus reducing power by 10-15%.

Yes shmee commented that it's actually limited to 800hp for the moment
Edit: I thought Valkyrie had 1000hp so I subtracted 200hp because shmee actually said the car was making 200hp lower but if Valkyrie actually has 1160 that translates to 960hp

Looks like the Wikipedia site needs updating. The CART cars were bloody fast...

Yeah i guess if they were going to utilise max power they wouldn't have had the passenger in there. I want to see what it can do at Spa or Monza with max power because Laguna is just a little too tight and twisty...

At Spa, based on the 919 Evo time, my guess would have been 1:48, as for Monza, somewhere around 1:30.
This of course in case of a serious attempt with a support team and a factory driver.

I like your profile pic bro!

Yeah, De Tomaso Forreva!!!

The Valkyrie Pro has a similar power to weight as the 888hp Porsche 919 Hybrid (Mk III) which has a lap time of 1:53.8 at Spa so my guess is that it's going to run a 1:55ish time. As for Monza low to mid 1:30's should be possible...

A Porsche 919 only has the hybrid for small portion of the lap, mainly just to push the car from 120 to 260kph. whereas the valkyrie has the power at all times

I think 919 is lighter and has more downforce than Valkyrie although as Cocobe said, Valkyrie has it's power at all times

Yeah apparently the 919 will have hybrid power more often on tight tracks due to instant recovery from one corner to the next when braking whereas that doesn't apply to fast tracks with long straights...

The amount of releasable energy per lap will be limited in the proportion of length of circuit relative to the length of Le Mans circuit
multiplied by factor 1.55.

They are only allowed to use 8MJ per lap of Le mans. at 300kw, that's just 26s of deployment at Lemans. Spa allows about 20.5s of deployment. which is still plenty because they just need like 4s at the start of each straight to get it up to speed.

They all have more than enough power. The 919 is 12 seconds slower than the Evo at Spa, mainly due to aerodynamic restrictions. The AMR Pro, like the 919 Evo, has none.

Ok i guess we'll eventually find out what it's really capable of but i'm more interested in seeing what the street legal less hardcore version can do and so far nothing to be seen anywhere. Unfortunately for me i probably won't get to see the capabilities because my oncologist has told me that i've only got a few months left on this planet🙁

Wait WHAT? 😨 Oh my god, I'm so sorry to hear that. Please, if you're in any way capable, make the best out of the time you still have left.

Oh Sweet Jesus, I'm so very very Sorry to hear that. It's devastatingly unfortunate news! And to be brutally honest there's nothing much else I can say mate I'm absolutely shocked!😲

Thanks for your kind words...

Thanks man yeah it's not until you get really crook that you appreciate how important one's health is..

That's exactly right. It's only when you're (a little) older do you look back and think if only if only this if only that! Again I'm very sorry indeed these are but words, but it's all I can say!

But I know the LOSS these things incur absolutely. So spend time with those, family and friends.

Yep but when you get no real symptoms until it's too late the damage has been done and while all the current therapies generally extend your life in the vast majority of cases they will not cure you. Anyway c'est la vie...

Absolutely my friend, I completely understand that. I individually took that phone call for someone, well let's just say someone in the extended line, and now, they're gone!

Anyway I trust you've many months and years ahead man, I've enjoyed our and will continue to do our conversations. When I joined originally my bias was Bugatti, the pre production prototype, not necessarily the Divo etc, but I picked up many new skills very quicky! So I've definitely to Thank You for that. I think I remember the SSC numbers you put up like they were yesterday! 18 months ago? I can't remember exactly! LOL!

Wow man, im sorry for you, thats horrible news😣 But i hope you last much longer than the doctor said... But like TypeF173 said, enjoy your life with your family and friends bro. Best regards, Braziliancarguy

That's really sad mate.
There's spinning, hustling, thinking you're in a lot of trouble. And then you hear something like that, and suddenly things don't matter so much.
We don't know for sure if there is life after death, but certainly there is life before. So it's worth spending the time you have left, on what really matters to you...

Although, I also hope the doctors are wrong. My uncle was told the same as you some time ago, but to this day he has continued to fight cancer for two years.

I hope you make it man

that's terrible news, hope you end up far outliving the expected time

i'm so sorry to hear that. so sorry. dude, never give up. NEVER. BTW, lots of people who have been told that they only have a few months of life have outlived said time by 10 folds and more. My grandpa was told he had half a year at most. He started trusting chinese medicine. 20 years later, he's still here.

BS! This site is 15 years old. In another 15 years your will still be posting here. Let's revisit this thread in 2037!

Exactly! You tell him!

I’m so sorry to hear that man. I hope you are able to enjoy the time you have left!

Thanks but the CT scans don't lie and the chemo stopped working so the writing is on the wall. I'm very much a science based believer and consciousness would not be possible without brain neurons so once it dies there is no consciousness just nothingness. It's been almost 6 years since i got the bowel cancer so i've done reasonably well since it had already got to stage 4 before i found out...

Ha if only that was possible but i'm not a faith based person and i've always been brutally honest so i'll return to the universal dust. The sleep will be long 🤔

Still a chance you can make it, keep hopefull

seriously man, should have a look at chinese medicine.

Chemo therapy is powerful, but it also makes your own body really damaged and weak. that's where the chinese medicine comes in, and makes your body's overall energy better.

I have tried Chinese medicine previously for a different condition and had no luck so i've accepted defeat after many years of battling this shit of a thing. We've all gotta die eventually...

Well, if you think so, you could at least capitalise his surname.