View 18 images Things don’t always run to plan when it comes to rare groove prototype hypercars, and that’s especially true when the world is watching. I arrive at the Goodwood Festival of Speed for a passenger ride in the world’s most extreme road-legal hypercar knowing that the Aston Martin Valkyrie very publicly failed to reach the top of the course the day before. I’m meant to be riding shotgun with company CEO Tobias Moers, and the company knows another breakdown with him driving would be something close to a PR disaster, especially with a journo in the passenger seat.