The Valkyrie beat the previous record holder, Koenigsegg’s Jesko Attack, by 1.3 seconds, which makes it the fastest street legal car around the TG track
March 31, 2025 at 07:34
- The British hypercar beat the Koenigsegg Jesko Attack by 1.3 seconds.
- The Valkyrie also beat out a Ferrari SF90 Stradale by 1.7 seconds.
- However, the Valkyrie still trails some track-only cars with slick tires.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie is one of the craziest cars ever conceived and it’s now official the fastest road-legal car to ever lap the Top Gear Test Track with the Stig behind the wheel. It might not be nowhere near as fast as a Formula 1 car, as Aston Martin had promised it would be when development first started, but it’s still like a bat out of hell.
The British publication recently got its hands on a green Valkyrie to do some testing. Naturally, it handed over the keys to its tamed racing driver, who sprinted around the circuit in 1:09.6.
Watch: Koenigsegg Jesko Storms Around Top Gear Test Track, Setting New Road-Legal Lap Record
To put that into perspective, that’s 1.3 seconds quicker than the Koenigsegg Jesko Attack that set a new record at the track just a few months ago. It’s also 1.7 seconds quicker than a Ferrari SF90 Stradale, which benefits from having all wheel drive, and 1.1 seconds quicker than the track-only Ferrari FXX on slick tires.
For as rapid as the Valkyrie is, it can’t rival a true track weapon. For example, the old Aston Martin DBR9 lapped Top Gear’s track in 1:08.6 back in 2005. Other cars that are quicker than the Valkyrie include the Pagani Zonda R, McLaren 720S GT3X, Ford Supervan 4.2, Lotus T125, and a Renault R24 Formula 1 car.
However, for a car with number plates, the Valkyrie’s time is very impressive, particularly when you consider it sends all of its 1,000+ horses through the rear wheels. The track also only has a couple of truly high-speed corners where the Aston can put all of its downforce to good use. On a longer circuit, with more sweeping bends, the difference between it and an SF90, for example, would probably be more significant.