Max Verstappen was seen cruising through the streets of Monaco in Aston Martin’s Valkyrie which was designed by Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer.
Adrian Newey is often considered to be one of the greatest when it comes to designing a Formula 1 car. His cars have won 11 Championships so far. His latest design, the RB19 is currently dominating the grid in the 2023 Formula 1 season.
There are a lot of restrictions to keep in mind while designing a Formula 1 car. In 2015, after winning 4 Championships with Red Bull, Adrian Newey wanted to design something without having any restrictions. Although Red Bull and Aston Martin are two separate teams today, at the time, Red Bull Racing had a partnership with Aston Martin. Using this connection, Aston Martin agreed to let Adrian Newey design a car for them. This car was called the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
nah imagine your chilling in monaco and you see max verstappen driving a valkyrie 😭😭
pic.twitter.com/S0LKK1uOcd— meg¹ 🫶🏻🦖 (@maxsredbull) August 19, 2023
Red Bull and Adrian Newey have already started a new project to design Red Bull’s first hypercar that will be available to purchase. However, only 50 of these cars will be built for customers to buy. The car will be called the RB17 Hypercar. The RB17 will be priced at $6.4 million. We should see Max Verstappen driving the RB17 as well.
Recently, a video went viral of Max Verstappen cruising through the streets of Monaco in the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
Does Max Verstappen own the Aston Martin Valkyrie?
Max Verstappen has been driving cars that were designed by Adrian Newey throughout his entire career in Formula 1. So it is not surprising to see him drive the Aston Marton Valyrie, another Adrian Newey masterpiece. However, he does not own the car. There is currently no information on the owner of the car.
Max Verstappen driving Adrian Newey’s unique masterpieces with one hand and wearing headsets 🎧 bro thinks he is in a stream
pic.twitter.com/0r8MhqVMfN— ahmed baokbah 🇸🇦🏎✈️ (@ahmed_baokbah) August 19, 2023
The Valyrie car has been installed with a 6.5 litre V12 engine. It also consists electric motor that gives an additional 160 horsepower to the car. So, Considering the power unit, the sound coming out of the engine alone will be enormous. That is why we see Max Verstappen wearing headphones while driving. These headphones are often used in helicopters and fighter jets for the same reason.
Even the seatbelt is not that of a normal car. These are the type of seatbelts you would find in an F14 or any other fighter jet. The shell of the car was created using carbon fiber. It is the same compound used on Formula 1 cars. To create a unique look for the car, the design team decided to leave the carbon fiber exposed. This gave the car a mean look to it.
Max Verstappen is currently dominating the Formula 1 grid with the RB19. So fans seem to think that he is on a side quest with the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
When we look at the video, it looks as though Max Verstappen is just in another session of sim-racing. He seems to be absolutely comfortable driving the hypercar in the streets of Monaco. Let’s see if we see Max Verstappen testing the upcoming RB17 anytime soon.