Three years after it built its first customer Valkyrie, Aston Martin has confirmed that production of the V-12 hypercar will soon reach an end. In a statement to Motor Authority, Aston Martin spokesperson Morgan Theys said the final Valkyrie will be built before the end of 2024.

With testing almost concluded and the driver lineup confirmed, here’s how the Valkyrie’s first year in racing looks

The iconic Silverstone Circuit holds a special place in the minds of enthusiasts and automakers from the United Kingdom, so it seems only right that a British manufacturer has just regained control of the Grand Prix track's production car lap record.

O riginally codenamed Nebula (an acronym for Newey, Red Bull, and Aston Martin) and later internally dubbed AM-RB 001, Aston Martin announced the Valkyrie hypercar in March 2017.

Faster than a GT3-spec race car around Silverstone, the Aston Martin Valkyrie coupe needed 1 minute and 56 seconds to lap the British circuit