ASTON Martin and Red Bull Racing’s lovechild, the AM-RB 001 looks set to redefine the hypercar genre.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Red Bull’s master of design, Adrian Newey, let slip some of the details surrounding the AM-RB001’s performance. And they’re astonishing.

Aston Martin Red Bull AM-RB 001 Front
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Aston Martin Red Bull AM-RB 001 Tyres

Not even fully fledged GT3 racecars have a hope of getting close to that kind of performance.

Aston Martin Red Bull AM-RB 001 Side
Aston Martin Red Bull AM-RB 001 Back

The ‘unofficial’ estimate is a mind-boggling 1814kg of downforce at speed. Cliched “able to drive upside down” factoid aside, this kind of downforce will allow the AM-RB 001 to record up to four degrees of lateral G-force. Copse curve at Silverstone is the highest load corner of the Formula One season, and those cars achieve in the realm of 5.0G through that turn. However, they are the pinnacle of open-wheel motorsport engineering, not a production vehicle with a roof.

Aston Martin Red Bull AM-RB 001 Rear View

Oh, and to put that 1814kg of downforce into context, the already bonkers P1 GTR only generates 660kg.