Fernando Alonso shows off extremely rare 10-million-dollar Mercedes

Fernando Alonso is evidently doing rather well for himself financially, news that should come as no surprise.

In recent months, the two-time F1 world champion has regularly appeared on social media alongside a rotating cast of high-end machinery from his personal car collection.

Only recently, Alonso took delivery of an Aston Martin DBX S. With a price tag of around £210,000, it would be considered a luxury purchase for most — yet within Alonso’s garage, it barely registers when compared to some of the other cars bearing his name.

Take, for instance, the Aston Martin Valiant, a car valued at approximately $2.5 million. Even that, however, may have been eclipsed.

The Spaniard now appears to have added an authentic Mercedes CLK GTR to his collection — a machine that occupies near-mythical status in motorsport and road-car history.

The Mercedes CLK GTR is no ordinary supercar. Developed in the late 1990s as a homologation special, it is directly derived from Mercedes’ Le Mans–winning endurance racer.

Only a handful were ever built, making it one of the rarest road-going performance cars in existence. Today, examples of the CLK GTR regularly change hands for sums in excess of $10 million.

That the car belongs to Alonso appears to be confirmed by the registration plate: '1414'.

The number is a clear nod to Alonso’s iconic race number 14, visible in a short clip circulating online (below), where the Aston Martin driver can be seen behind the wheel.

Photo: Archive Mercedes footage.