阿斯顿·马丁神秘单座赛车再现保罗·里卡德测试
阿斯顿·马丁一款受F1启发的神秘单座赛车再次现身，新视频显示其在法国保罗·里卡德赛道测试。该车最早于4月出现在网上，此后曾在私人机场和葡萄牙波尔蒂芒出现。
阿斯顿·马丁受F1启发的怪兽赛车现身测试，破纪录说法随之出现
新视频显示阿斯顿·马丁的神秘一次性赛道赛车在保罗·里卡德测试
#009 阿斯顿·马丁 Thor 车队 阿斯顿·马丁 Valkyrie：亚历克斯·里贝拉斯、马尔科·索伦森
赛道之外的赛车文化。车手生活方式、时尚、旅行、设计，以及让赛车超越运动本身的故事。
阿斯顿·马丁的神秘单座赛车重返赛道，它看起来依然与发车区或经销商里的任何其他车型截然不同。
Reddit上分享的新视频显示，这辆车正在法国南部的保罗·里卡尔赛道飞驰。这是这台机器的最新一次现身，它最早于今年四月出现在网上，此后又先后在私人机场和葡萄牙的波尔蒂芒被人拍到。那么，这台造型惊艳、阿斯顿·马丁却对其保持沉默的机器，究竟是什么？
这个设计或许与我们过去几年见过的几款超级跑车有些相似。从座舱往前看，它大量借鉴了一级方程式赛车的元素：狭窄的车鼻、外露的悬挂臂，以及座舱上方看似光环（halo）的结构。再往后，车身覆盖了车轮，尾部看起来更接近勒芒原型车，风格上承袭了阿斯顿·马丁的瓦尔基里超级跑车。
它实际上是一级方程式赛车与仅限赛道使用的瓦尔基里之间的跨界产物，打造目标只有一个：比两者都跑得更快。
今年四月，德国杂志《Auto Motor und Sport》报道称，这辆车是美国亿万富翁、Citadel对冲基金创始人肯·格里芬委托定制的一次性作品。据报道，格里芬要求阿斯顿·马丁打造世界上最快的赛道跑车。阿斯顿有一些快车，但显然没有最快的。于是它只能从头开始设计。
据了解，这个想法最初是作为概念车在银石赛道向一小群客户展示的，据说与阿斯顿·马丁一级方程式车队有关联的工程咨询公司阿斯顿·马丁性能技术部门负责监督开发。一些报道暗示阿德里安·纽维可能参与其中。虽然这仍有待证实，但它看起来确实像那位疯狂科学家会在其著名笔记本上画出的东西。
它靠什么驱动？
目前尚未确认任何信息，但声浪已经给了我们所需的所有线索。听过这段视频的媒体一致认为，它听起来像是瓦尔基里上使用的考斯沃斯制造的6.5升V12发动机，在公路车上借助混合动力辅助可输出约1160马力。
关于这款一次性车型是保留混合动力系统，还是像仅限赛道使用的Valkyrie AMR Pro那样单独运行V12发动机，各方报道存在分歧。有传言称总输出功率约为1,200马力。
比F1赛车还快？
《汽车与运动》杂志提出的一个可能令人担忧的重大主张是，这款车可能比F1赛车快得多。这说得通，因为在严肃超级跑车的世界里，几乎没有多少法规限制，没有最低重量要求，当然也没有空气动力学限制。这意味着可能性几乎无穷无尽（取决于项目背后的预算）。
如果它接近那个速度，它将成为绝对赛道纪录的有力竞争者，包括保时捷919 Evo在纽博格林北环赛道创下的5分19.55秒单圈成绩。
这不会是唯一一辆追求这一理念的汽车。红牛的小红牛17由纽维在转投阿斯顿·马丁之前开发，目标客户群类似，都是财力雄厚、想要拥有超越F1速度的买家。
目前，这辆一次性样车仍在测试中，阿斯顿·马丁对何时或是否会展示成品车保持沉默。
英文原文
Aston Martin's F1-inspired monster spotted testing as record-breaking claims emerge
New footage shows Aston Martin's mysterious one-off track car testing at Paul Ricard
#009 Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie: Alex Riberas, Marco Sorensen
Motorsport culture beyond the track. Driver lifestyle, fashion, travel, design and the stories that make racing more than a sport.
Aston Martin's mystery single-seater is back on track, and it still looks like nothing else on the grid or in a dealer.
New footage shared on Reddit shows the car lapping Paul Ricard in the south of France. It is the latest sighting of a machine that first appeared online in April and has since popped up at a private airfield and at Portimao in Portugal. So what is this fantastic-looking machine that Aston Martin has been radio silent about?
The design is maybe similar to a few other hypercars we've seen released over the past few years. From the cockpit forward, it borrows heavily from Formula 1, with a narrow nose, exposed suspension arms and what appears to be a halo over the cockpit. Further back, bodywork covers the wheels and the rear end looks closer to a Le Mans prototype, leaning on Aston's Valkyrie hypercar.
It is effectively a cross between an F1 car and a track-only Valkyrie, built with one aim: to go faster than either.
In April, German magazine Auto Motor und Sport reported that the car is a one-off commissioned by Ken Griffin, the American billionaire who founded the Citadel hedge fund. According to the report, Griffin asked Aston Martin for the fastest track car in the world. Aston had some fast cars, but it certainly didn't have the fastest. So it took to the drawing board.
The idea is understood to have started life as a concept shown to a small group of clients at Silverstone, with Aston Martin Performance Technologies, the engineering consultancy linked to its Formula 1 team, said to be overseeing development. Some reports have suggested Adrian Newey could be involved. While that remains to be confirmed, it does look like something that mad scientist would draw up in his famous notebook.
What powers it?
Nothing has been confirmed, but the soundtrack is giving us all the clues we need. Outlets that have heard the footage agree it sounds like the Cosworth-built 6.5-litre V12 used in the Valkyrie, which makes around 1,160hp with a bit of hybrid assistance in the road car.
Reports differ on whether this one-off keeps the hybrid system or runs the V12 on its own, as the track-only Valkyrie AMR Pro does. Rumours put total output at roughly 1,200hp.
Faster than an F1 car?
The big, maybe worrying claim from Auto Motor und Sport is that the car could be much faster than an F1 car. And that makes sense, because in the world of serious-looking hypercars, there are very few regulations to build within, no minimum weights, and certainly no aero limitations. This means the possibilities are almost endless (depending on the budget you have behind the project).
If it is anywhere near that pace, it would be a serious contender for outright track records, including the Porsche 919 Evo's 5min 19.55sec lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
It would not be the only car chasing that idea. Red Bull's RB17, developed under Newey before his move to Aston Martin, is aimed at a similar group of heavy-walleted buyers who want F1-beating pace.
For now, the one-off remains in testing, and Aston Martin is keeping quiet about when, or whether, it will show the finished car.
Motorsport.com ·
内容来自公开信源，聚合内容版权归原作者与来源所有。