Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro

‘Show-stopping’ and ‘jaw-dropping’ would be two terms to describe this wild, racetrack-ready hypercar from Aston Martin.

A track-only derivation of the road-legal Valkyrie that was released last year, the AMR Pro deletes niceties like a heater and demister, comfy-ish seats and the cabin infotainment system. The bodywork uses a thinner grade of carbon fibre, and there’s also carbon fibre components in the suspension, while the glass has been replaced with plastic to achieve a total weight of 1000kg.

Claiming the performance capabilities of a current Formula 1 or Le Mans Prototype car, the AMR Pro takes the Valkyrie’s 6.5-litre, naturally-aspirated V12 and tweaks both it and the hybrid-assist battery system to deliver combined output of more than 1100hp (820kW) – around 82kW more than the Valkyrie road car and exceeding the benchmark 1:1 power-to-weight ratio.

Top speed is listed at 225mph (362km/h), but more impressive is the downforce – up to 3.0 G - that this car can reportedly achieve on the track.

Far in excess of the downforce delivered by any other racer derived from a homologated road car (according to Aston Martin), this figure is achieved through substantial bodywork modifications - larger front and rear wings, wider bodywork and revised active aerodynamic control elements.

As if to reinforce the AMR Pro’s racetrack capability, it was presented at Geneva alongside the 2018-spec Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1 ‘show car’ and the new Vantage GTE used in the World Endurance Championship.

Aston Martin committed to producing only 25 examples of the Valkyrie AMR Pro, and despite a two-year wait for the racing hypercar and a price tag rumoured to be north of $4 million, every unit has been sold.