Auto – A few days ago, Fernando Alonso took delivery of his latest baby, the ultimate model of his current employer. Unfortunately, he didn’t enjoy it for long
How good it is to be an F1 driver for a prestigious brand… Not only because you have the right to race with your buddies without fear of the police, but also because you have privileged access to the best that the employer sells, as long as it also has a “road car” branch. During his long career, the doyen Fernando Alonso has already taken full advantage of this.
After the Alpine A110 R from his Renault years, the McLaren Elva from his time in Indycar with the English brand, and especially the Ferrari Enzo from his 4 years at the Scuderia, Alonso received a new Aston Martin. And he may be thinking that he would have done better not to sell his Ferrari last year…
The closest F1 road car ever produced
Developed over many months and costing some 4 million euros, the Aston Martin Valkyrie is for some the closest road car to F1 ever produced. The Ferrari F50 and the Mercedes-AMG One (which use real F1 engines from their respective eras) will not necessarily share this opinion, but so be it. The fact is that the Valkyrie has an incredible V12 that revs to over 11,000 rpm, and develops 1,150 hp.
A monster, which actually looks like a racing car, and which(…) - 20minutes
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