The Aston Martin Valkyrie has smashed the Silverstone lap record for a street-legal production car, lapping the F1 circuit in 1:56.42.

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

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

Three years on from Aston Martin building its first customer Valkyrie, the automaker 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 2024 is out.

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.