- Fernando Alonso has used his Aston Martin contract to buy a special Veyron.
- This aluminum-bodied Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the most expensive ever built.
- The two-time F1 champion bought this Bugatti just months after buying a Zonda.
With five retirements to his name and having scored just 3 championship points in 2026, Fernando Alonso is enduring the least successful year of his storied F1 career since he debuted in the sport way back in 2001. Despite the lack of on-track success, he’s reportedly earning $20 million with the British racing team, and it seems he’s drowning his sorrows with fancy cars.
In May, the Spaniard took delivery of the one-off Pagani Zonda Diamante Verde, a car thought to be worth more than $10 million. That car, sold by German dealer Mechatronik, had been on the market for at least two years. Fast forward to September, and Alonso has just picked up the keys to another hypercar with equal, if not greater, provenance.
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Footage shared on social media shows Alonso driving away from the Bugatti dealership in Monaco behind the wheel of perhaps the most special Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. This car, also sold by Mechatronik, is chassis 8100 and was the most expensive Veyron ever built.
A Veyron Unlike Any Other
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This Veyron was shrouded in mystery until a couple of years ago. The original owner was inspired by the Veyron 16.4 Pur Sang and tasked Bugatti with building him a one-off Grand Sport Vitesse with milled aluminum body panels. Initially, the French manufacturer said building the car would be far too expensive, so it rejected the proposal. However, after the owner refused to budge and threatened to cancel several other Bugatti orders, the car was greenlit for production.
Each body panel is said to have been milled from a single aluminum block, with the whole car requiring over 20 tons of aluminum blocks. The polished aluminum bodywork is paired with a bright red leather interior. Initially, it included several custom touches reading ‘Kaq,’ including on the headrests and the fuel cap, although these areas appear to have been returned to stock before Alonso purchased the car. In addition, the custom mesh originally used in the horseshoe grille, also spelling out ‘Kaq,’ has been replaced with a more conventional unit.
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