Watch Max Verstappen Throw Some Shapes In The New Aston Vantage

With the debut of the new Aston Martin Vantage looming, Aston Martin has kindly given us a little preview. In it, we find out something not at all shocking: it drifts rather nicely. Especially if a rather handy driver is at the wheel, as is the case here.

Said handy driver is Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen (Aston Martin will become Red Bull Racing’s title sponsor in 2018, don’t forget), who predictably has no trouble shredding the rearmost tyres of this partially-disguised Vantage.

We also get a good chance to hear the new sports car. And while it can’t quite match the sonorousness of Aston’s outgoing 4.7-litre, naturally-aspirated V8, the AMG-derived 4.0-litre unit does still make a damn good din. It sounds rather different to any Mercedes-AMG, too.

The car will be revealed on 21 November.