---
title: "Listen to the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar’s 1,000-HP V12 Howl at Silverstone"
description: "This is what the world's most powerful naturally aspirated road car engine sounds like at speed."
date: "2019-11-25"
modified: "2019-11-25"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31191/listen-to-the-aston-martin-valkyrie-hypercars-1000-hp-v-12-howl-at-silverstone"
categories:
  - "Aston Martin News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Aston Martin"
  - "hybrid"
  - "Supercar"
  - "valkyrie"
---

# Listen to the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar’s 1,000-HP V12 Howl at Silverstone

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Aston Martin's Valkyrie hypercar visited the famous Silverstone Circuit in Great Britain for more torture testing this past week, and the firm's CEO Dr. Andy Palmer couldn't help shooting a teaser video to share [its naturally aspirated V12](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26712/aston-martin-valkyries-v-12-confirmed-to-produce-1160-earth-shattering-horsepower>) with the world.

The 6.5-liter unit developed with the help of Cosworth will allegedly be the most powerful naturally aspirated engine ever fitted to a road-legal production car. It generates exactly 1,000 horsepower at a towering 10,500 rpm, and can be pushed all the way up to 11,100 when upshifting doesn't quite make sense. As you would imagine, this results in a noise like a banshee being extruded through a meat grinder, which you can hear in a video uploaded to Twitter by Palmer.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1197773664281862144

A second video seemingly recorded at the same event identifies it as one where Aston Martin introduced a working Valkyrie prototype to clients. This video does a better job of showing off the Valkyrie's LaFerrari-like sound, but still leaves us with the sneaking suspicion that the car's being short-shifted. We think this because despite the aid of the Doppler effect, neither video taken makes the Valkyrie sound as high-pitched as [a dynamometer test video](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24004/listen-to-the-3-3-million-aston-martin-valkyries-v-12-rip-reality-apart>) released last year did.

https://youtube.com/embed/wlnx0GXswEw

With those rainy conditions, we can't blame Aston Martin's test driver for short-shifting to avoid taking a prototype $3.2 million-dollar Valkyrie for a flight, but two-and-change minutes of listening to one of the most exciting cars ever built being babied is a little disappointing. At this rate, Aston Martin will force us to wait until next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans ([where the Valkyrie will race](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/28544/aston-martin-valkyrie-hypercar-will-race-at-next-years-24-hours-of-le-mans-for-the-overall-win>)) to hear it at full beans.

We're counting down the days, are you?

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)