Here’s your chance to own Daniel Ricciardo’s Aston Martin Valkyrie

Back when he was working for an energy drink company, one of Daniel Ricciardo’s bosses and many of his colleagues helped to design a car.

It would seem that Daniel rather liked the look of that car, so he put his name down on the list to get one. He then left the company and spent four years with rivals, but he returned just in time to take delivery in 2023.

Of course, we’re talking about the supremely bonkers Aston Martin Valkyrie, which was born from the mind of Adrian Newey and jointly developed by Aston and Red Bull Racing. In 2018, Danny Ric told TG that he had paid his deposit, but after covering just under 100 miles it’s already heading to auction.

Yep, Ricciardo is selling up. His hardtopped Valkyrie will cross the block at Broad Arrow Auctions’ upcoming Zoute Concours Auction in October, with an estimate of between £2m and £2.4m. If it only sells at the lower end of that guess, those 100 miles could have cost The Honey Badger around £1m given the Valkyrie’s £2.5m plus tax price tag when new. Yikes.

The Aussie didn’t exactly order a bog-standard car either. We’re told that this car features “extensive personalisation by Aston Martin’s ‘Q’ bespoke division”. That Dichroic Dawn paint, for example, was a £30,000 option. Although apparently the colour is also known as ‘Badger Blue’, so it’s rather fitting.

There’s a load of optional exposed carbon on the outside too, as well as magnesium performance wheels in matte black with Badger Blue wheel centres. The interior is full of black Alcantara with contrast silver stitching, plus more carbon fibre, obviously.

We’re told by Broad Arrow that this is chassis number 89 of the Valkyries, while Danny Ric himself said: “I'm not used to having a roof over my head, but that's the only thing that really feels different, otherwise, it's a pretty straight-up race car.”

Perhaps he’ll be using the money to purchase a Valkyrie Spider instead, then…

Images: Rich Pearce / Broad Arrow Auctions