The Aston Martin Valkyrie is finally out on the road.

Aston Martin's Valkyrie hypercar, previously shown on the stands of auto shows and race tracks, will finally hit the road.

The car has yet to be put in the hands of customers and is not due to be delivered until late 2020, with Aston Martin conducting the first series of real-world testing. All testing so far has been conducted under track conditions.

The first test took place near the Silverstone circuit in the UK, with Aston Martin chief test driver Chris Goodwin at the wheel. Goodwin had previously been McLaren's chief test driver and is adept at driving high-performance cars.

However, there is no doubt that the Valkyrie's performance is at a higher level than what Goodwin tested at McLaren. We're talking about a car that can drive around a race track faster than a sports prototype and almost at the pace of a Formula 1 car. [This is made possible by a lightweight carbon fiber construction, aerodynamics designed by Adrian Newey, chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing F1 Team, and a 6.5-liter V12 engine and KERS system developed by Cosworth. Valkyrie owners will love the sound of the V12 engine, which sounds like a 1990s Formula One engine.

A total of 175 Valkyrie owners will own a Valkyrie, of which 150 will receive the road-going version of the Valkyrie and the remaining 25 will receive the even faster Valkyrie AMR Pro Track Edition. Unfortunately, there is no racing version specifically for Le Mans Hypercar, a new category of the World Endurance Championship, and the Valkyrie will not be presented at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In February, Aston Martin decided to put the project on hold as the WEC and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship organizers consider developing uniform rules to be introduced around 2025.