Fernando Alonso Aims to Depart from His McLaren and Seek $3 Million in Return

Sabyasachi Biswas | 12/11/2023
Fernando Alonso Aims to Depart from His McLaren and Seek $3 Million in Return

Fernando Alonso has recently decided to part ways with his rare and prized McLaren Elva. The Aston Martin driver, who did not spend much time with this beauty, is expecting to fetch around $3 million from it.

According to a report by Auto Motor und Sport, the car is set to go under an auction in Abu Dhabi. The auction house Bonhams will work on auctioning the Elva and fetch the reported amount.

Bonhams is likely to put the car on auction on November 23 of this year. Alonso bought the two-seater from his former team in 2022 and did not drive it much. It was stranded inside his garage and had only five kilometers in the speedometer.

The Elva boasts a V8 engine that produces 815 horsepower and 800 Nm of torque. McLaren only produced 149 of them, even though they wanted to extend it to 399. Alonso’s car is number 114 amid 149 cars.

The new price of an Elva is around $1.7 million. Therefore, selling it for $3 million would be nothing short of a great profit for the Spanish driver. However, it is not the first car that the two-time world champion will be selling this year.

Fernando Alonso also sold off his Ferrari earlier this year

Apart from putting his McLaren Elva up for auction in the upcoming days, Fernando Alonso also bid goodbye to his Ferrari Enzo earlier this year. Alonso sold his Enzo in June in Monaco and it fetched him around $5.7 million.

The Oviedo-born driver, after selling his Enzo, had a message for the new owner. He said as per Auto Motor und Sport, “Take good care of the car and enjoy it.” Admittedly, the Enzo is regarded as a legend amongst cars as it was named after the founder of the Italian company, the late Enzo Ferrari.

Ferrari produced 400 Ferrari Enzos and Alonso surely made good use of the car. He drove around 4,800 kilometers in the Rosso Corsa beauty, unlike the Elva. Notably, reports say Alonso sold off the car to make way for his new Aston Martin.

The Spanish driver has reportedly landed himself the prized Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar. The 1000hp car, which Max Verstappen and Christian Horner also own has reportedly cost Alonso a staggering $3.7 million. Apart from this, he also has an Aston Martin DBX in his garage.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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