Inside Fernando Alonso’s garage: V12 thunder, hybrid fury and a Monaco commute only he could pull off
If you’d bumped into Fernando Alonso in Monaco last December, there’s a decent chance he’d have rumbled past you in something utterly ridiculous: a Mercedes‑Benz CLK GTR with “1414” on the plate. Because of course he did. When you’ve spent a career wringing the neck of racing cars, the school run looks different — and in Alonso’s world, the errand car is a $10 million V12 unicorn, one of just 20 ever built.
That moment neatly sums up the Spaniard’s garage in 2025. It’s eclectic, brutally fast, and very Fernando: equal parts old‑school soul and cutting‑edge science, with a healthy dose of Aston Martin green since his move to the team.
Aston Martin toys: DBX S, DBX 707 and the big one
Aston Martin made sure Alonso’s 2025 festive season came with some horsepower. The team delivered a black DBX S — 727bhp, north of £200,000 — which earned a one‑word review from its new owner: “Outstanding.” Consider that the “fun” SUV. The workhorse is his DBX 707, the day‑to‑day company car he traded his Alpine A110 for. Nothing humble about it: a 4.0‑litre twin‑turbo V8, 697bhp and 0–62mph in 3.3 seconds. His one? Painted in British Racing Green, naturally.
But the centerpiece is the Aston Martin Valkyrie, finally delivered to Alonso in September 2024 after the kind of wait that tests even a two‑time World Champion’s patience. Developed with Adrian Newey to bring F1 thinking to the street, the Valkyrie is a numbers joke: a 6.5‑litre naturally aspirated V12 paired with an electric motor for a combined 1,155bhp, with 1,000 of those horses coming purely from the V12. Sub‑2.5s to 60mph. Price tag around $3.5m. Production capped at 150 examples, each demanding roughly 2,000 hours to build.
Alonso’s spec reads like a love letter to his current team: Satin Aston Martin Racing Green, a cheeky “CAUTION HOT” graphic on the tail, and a red anodised throttle pedal etched with his race number, 14. One thing he didn’t get? A discount. “I’d hoped for an employee discount,” he laughed to GQ in late 2023. “There was no discount! By then it was too late.” Either way, he won’t be sneaking through town in that one. Nor would he want to.
Ferraris with history — and a farewell to the Enzo
Alonso’s relationship with Ferrari needs no introduction, and his garage still carries that chapter of his story. There’s a black LaFerrari with red accents — “The Ferrari” at a cool £1.15m when new and worth considerably more now, depending on the market — and a Ferrari 599 GTB Alonso Edition, one of 40 special models produced in 2012 to celebrate 60 years of Scuderia success in Formula 1. Under the long bonnet: a 6.0‑litre V12 with 612bhp and both manual and automatic gearboxes available.
He was spotted in Monaco in December 2025 behind the wheel of a Ferrari 512 TR, in the only color that counts for a 90s Ferrari. And while it’s no longer in the stable, the headline exit was his Ferrari Enzo, sold at auction in June 2023 for €5.4 million. When a garage evolves, something has to make room.
The hybrid holy trinity — and then some
For a driver synonymous with extracting performance from any era, it tracks that Alonso owns pieces of the hybrid hypercar pantheon. He’s got a McLaren P1 — papaya‑hued and ferociously quick, with a 3.8‑litre twin‑turbo V8 and an electric motor pushing it to 217mph — and a Porsche 918 Spyder, one of 918 examples built, whose 4.6‑litre V8 and hybrid system combine for up to 875bhp. Sticker prices were eye‑watering in period (£900,000 for the P1; from £780,000 for the 918) and the market has only gone one way since.
Old money rarity: Mercedes CLK GTR
Back to that Monaco Monday car. The CLK GTR is one of those machines that makes even seasoned collectors go quiet. Built for FIA GT domination and homologated for the road in comically small numbers, it’s powered by a naturally aspirated V12 that sounds like victory and smells faintly of race fuel. Alonso’s “1414” plate nods at the number on his Formula 1 car — an on‑brand wink on a very serious piece of hardware.
The grand tourer with a breeze
Not every key in the bowl is a widowmaker. Alonso is also widely reported to own a Maserati GranCabrio — a proper four‑seat drop‑top with a 4.7‑litre V8 in Sport spec and just enough elegance to justify a leisurely lunch stop. Call it the palate cleanser between track weapons.
A collection that mirrors the driver
Put it all together and you get a picture of who Alonso is at this stage in his career: a racer who still loves the howl of a big, naturally aspirated engine, but who also embraces the modern hybrid sledgehammers that rewrote the supercar rulebook. The Valkyrie ties it to the present — an F1‑adjacent fever dream he can actually register — while the Ferraris keep one hand on a past where he so nearly added more titles in red.
It’s a garage with stories, speed and a sense of humor. And if you ever hear a V12 echoing between the buildings in Monaco, don’t be surprised if the man behind the wheel is smiling.
