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The 2022 Aston Martin Valkyrie will be shown off publicly for the first time tomorrow at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb event in Britain. The low-slung V12 hypercar will be driven up the 1.9km course by current Aston Martin Formula One driver Lance Stroll, who is also the son of Aston Martin executive chairman and major shareholder Lawrence Stroll.

A 1995 McLaren F1 supercar has been listed for sale in the USA, with price expectations “in excess of US$15 million” (AU$20 million). The near-pristine Gordon Murray-designed vehicle – stamped chassis number 029 of 106 – has clocked just 390km since new, and reportedly spent the majority of its 26-year history locked away in a private Japanese collection. While hard to verify, the seller claims this makes it one of the “best-preserved examples in existence.”

Sir Lewis Hamilton’s 2010 Turkish Grand Prix-winning McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25A Formula One car has been listed for sale, with price expectations in excess of US$5,000,000 (AU$6,500,000). Registered through RM Sotheby Auctions, it is unclear who currently owns the car. However, it appears to be stored at McLaren's private headquarters in Woking, suggesting the British manufacturer could be looking to liquidate some of its vast collection of automotive assets.

Lights went out on the 2021 Formula One season this past weekend as round one kicked off at the Bahrain International Circuit. Prior to Sunday's race it was 105 days since fans were last treated to racing action – this time out there were new coloured racing cars, rebranded teams and exciting changes in the paddock.

The upcoming electric Lotus Evija will sound like a 1960s V8 Formula One car, according to new reports out of Europe. Patrick Jordan-Patrikios – a music producer who has worked with Britney Spears and Susan Boyle, among others – was reportedly recruited by Lotus to develop “distinctive” and “organic” sounds for the otherwise-silent hypercar.