Well let me talk you through it
First of all… the noise
Unlike anything I’ve heard in a road car
You can’t hear yourself think
It’s outrageous
The whole thing is buzzing and fizzing
On the brakes as late as possible
God, this thing is lively
Traction control is set a little bit cautiously
But revving it through second, third and fourth
Outside of the silly electric stuff
It’s the fastest internal combustion car I’ve driven
A bit breathless really
Let’s see what it’ll do then, c’mon
Full power – second… third
Fourth
That’s 260kph
270… 280
290
300
Brake as late as I dare
Stonkingly fast
Driving position is a bit odd for me
Steering, I like it – good weight
But the steering wheel is too low for me
The brake pedal I like, it’s nice and long
I’m getting a good sort of
Bit of force coming back through it
It’s a bit overwhelming, just the amount of vibration and noise in here
Just feels like the engine is bolted to my back
It’s physical as well
I know it’s got numberplates but
I’m not sure I could handle this on the road for very long
OK
It’s got such a clever hydraulic suspension system
It’s managing so much of what I’m doing
But I’m lacking a bit of connection
The sense of mass as well
It doesn’t feel necessarily as light as I thought it would
It’s an incredible machine
The world’s definitely a better place for it
Is it perfect? No, it’s not
The gearshift is actually quite slow
But when you’ve got this much power it doesn’t really matter
But then you just manage the corners and the braking zones
Get it lined up and light the afterburners
So much torque
But it’s so nice to drive something that isn’t heavily turbocharged
We really are at the limits of what a street car can do
In second when it spools up
Wow
Yeah, OK
So...
It’s complicated
It’s not as conventional feeling as I thought
At times it feels like I’m not fully connected to it
But if you try and push too hard
It gets a bit messy
You need to settle into the way it wants to go round the circuit
Then you’re just in awe of what it can do with the numbers
The 1,000 horsepower
Normally aspirated
V12 hypercar
From Aston Martin is...
It’s as exciting as I’d expected
It’s just a remarkable engine
With some clever electronics
The world is definitely a better place
Because this exists
But if you do end up
Lucky enough to own one of these
Get some earplugs
Because it’s so loud
Uh
I’ve got something catching me
This is...
Driving nirvana
This is...
Last tank of petrol stuff
I haven’t got thr apex speed he has
What a machine
Oh there he goes
Oh wow