Fernando Alonso spotted in Monaco driving rare Gro...

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Fernando Alonso has as soon as once more been noticed behind the wheel of a uncommon sports activities automotive. The final couple of days have seen the two-time Method 1 world champion driving an Audi Sport Quattro, rounding off what has seemed much less like a winter break and extra like a lap of concours for the Spaniard.

The motive force has been treating the principality as his shakedown lap, and whereas his contract extension retains him racing for Aston Martin to no less than the top of 2026, he is been very open to driving different manufacturers, together with a Mercedes CLK GTR.

He was noticed driving the German supercar in Monaco over the festive season. As a 622 horsepower homologation particular with solely 28 vehicles produced throughout its time, it did not mix in. And valued at something from $4million upwards, I am undecided he wished it to.

A number of days later he was then noticed in an Aston Martin Valiant – a Q-built track-focused highway automotive restricted to simply 38 models. Later in December, he picked up a brand new Aston Martin DBX S, a £210,000-plus buy. And now, if we did not assume his storage was well-equipped earlier than, he is confirmed he has severe style by driving the rally homologation favorite round Monte Carlo.

Restricted to simply 214 models and powered by a turbocharged five-cylinder 2.1-litre engine, it produces 306hp and appears simply nearly as good because it sounds. It is fast, too. Within the mid-Nineteen Eighties, this was thought of supercar-quick, hitting 62mph in simply 4.8 seconds because of the marque’s spectacular four-wheel drive system.

Audi constructed the automotive to fulfill FIA’s homologation requirement of 200 manufacturing vehicles for Group B. It boasts a shorter wheelbase than the Ur-Quattro, and due to composite physique panels, it was additionally lighter.

Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing

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Whether or not the Audi was purchased on a collector’s whim or just being borrowed by Alonso in Monaco, there’s one factor we undoubtedly know. The person has fashion.