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The One-77 is alive. Aston's £1.2m, 220mph, 700bhp hypercar got its first public outing on Friday, leading a monstrous posse of supercars from Central London to Silverstone to celebrate the opening of the new Grand Prix circuit.

Naturally, TopGear was in the second car in the convoy - a DBS Carbon Black, since you ask - for the full journey, and a few hot laps of Silverstone.

We thought we'd get a few photos up here to give you a quick idea of what went down, but make sure you check back next week for the full story... and some astonishing video...