This is Fernando Alonso’s very own Aston Martin Valkyrie

Fernando Alonso has taken delivery of his new 1,139bhp V12 engined Aston Martin Valkyrie, and we will now do our very best to resist the temptation to make jokes about it being faster than his current F1 car.

Alonso’s Valkyrie takes inspiration from said AMR24 race car, with Satin Aston Martin Racing Green paint and contrasting AMR Satin Lime graphics. The giant venturi tunnels at the rear get Speed Red, Light Blue and Dark Blue painted graphics too, and we’re told that there’s a bespoke ’CAUTION HOT’ graphic somewhere too. That may have been tempting fate a little though – a few videos of Alonso’s Valkyrie broken down in Monaco have circled on social media already. Whoops.

Still, it’s worth a bit more of a nosey at the spec to see what an F1 world champion picks when working with Q by Aston Martin. Like the roof and engine cover, the interior also gets plenty of exposed carbon fibre. There’s loads of black Alcantara in there too with lime stitching and Alonso’s own logo embroidered into the headrests. 

There’s also apparently a red anodised aluminium accelerator pedal that’s etched with Alonso’s race number (14) although for some reason Aston failed to get a picture of that and the most exciting exterior graphic.

“It’s hard to put into words how much I have been looking forward to this day,” said Fernando. “To sit at the wheel of my own Valkyrie; one that I have worked on designing so closely with the team at Q by Aston Martin is certainly a day to remember. Valkyrie truly is an F1 car for the road, with so much of the knowledge and technology taken from all the experience Aston Martin has on track and I can’t wait to hit the road.”

Perhaps he should also hit the track in it too. Can’t be any slower than the AMR24 right now, can it?