Watch: can mere mortals drive an Aston Martin Valkyrie?

Can just anyone drive an Aston Martin Valkyrie? Well, no, because if you’re tall or wide you simply won’t fit into the snug little Formula 1-inspired cockpit. And there are only so many people who can afford the privilege in the first place.

But hypothetically... could you jump behind the wheel of a hypercar and take it for a spin around a track?

We don't mean with it tickling it along at idle either, but properly uncorking the 6.5-litre V12, mashing the ERS button for an extra 143bhp of e-boost, and chasing the big speeds where the full 1,000kg of downforce is present and correct.

To answer such a question, Top Gear put its Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix into an Aston Martin Valkyrie... after Contributing Editor Jethro Bovingdon had shown him what it could really do. Play the tape.