F1 driver Fernando Alonso’s $3 million Aston Martin Valkyrie broke down on the streets of Monaco after just an hour of driving. As scores of enthusiasts watched, the 1,140-horsepower supercar, which costs half a million to maintain, was towed away.

F1 world champion and the current Aston Martin F1 team’s star driver, Fernando Alonso, had a taste of Aston’s emergency recovery while cruising the streets of Monaco in his $3 million F1 car for the road.

 One of very few that fall into the niche, the Valkyrie is an extremely complex V12-powered hypercar using a lot of actual F1 technology. 

So while it’s unfortunate that Alonso suffered a breakdown in his Valkyrie in his chosen home of Monaco, it isn’t entirely unexpected.

(Image – Youtube / Pistons Brothers.)

In a video uploaded by the YouTube channel, Pistons Brothers, we see Alonso behind the wheel of his Valkyrie following a camera crew in a car. 

Given how loud the naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 gets in the car, Alonso has a safety headset on to help cut down on the reportedly unbearable decibels.

Sadly, the next we see of the 1-of-150 hypercar is it being winched onto the back of a tow truck. 

Surrounding the car are a team of technicians, including one sitting in the car and diagnosing what went wrong with a laptop.

(Image – Youtube / Pistons Brothers.)

The Cosworth-built V12 is the world’s most powerful naturally aspirated road-going car engine.

 The engine itself is a work of art, milled from a solid block of aluminum, and using F1-spec pistons to make for one of the lightest V12s in the world at 454 pounds.

(Image – Youtube / Pistons Brothers.)

(Image – Youtube / Pistons Brothers.)

The engine itself puts out over 1,000 horsepower, and with the electric motor, the combined output is 1,140 horsepower. 
Torque is a heady 681 lb-ft, and the redline stands at 11,100rpm with shifts coming via a 7-speed sequential single-clutch gearbox. 

Performance is impressive: 0-60mph is an estimated 2.2 seconds, with a top speed limited to 250mph.

It should be, though: maintaining an Aston Valkyrie could cost up to $450,000 over three years of ownership.

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Photo Credit: YouTube/ Pistons Brothers