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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Ricciardo is selling his Aston Martin Valkyrie. Image: Broad Arrow Auctions<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDaniel Ricciardo is selling his Aston Martin Valkyrie. Image: Broad Arrow Auctions<\/p>\n
The 2023 model, chassis number 089 of just 150 built, was commissioned by Ricciardo and has been kept in near-new condition, logging only 160 kilometres.<\/p>\n
It is expected to fetch between \u00a32 million and \u00a32.4 million ($4.1 million\u2013$4.9 million AUD).<\/p>\n
Finished in a custom Dichroic Dawn paint nicknamed \u201cBadger Blue\u201d after Ricciardo\u2019s \u201cHoney Badger\u201d nickname, the car features matching roof strakes and wheel centres.<\/p>\n
The interior combines exposed carbon fibre, black Alcantara with silver stitching, and a Formula 1-style driver cockpit.<\/p>\n
The Valkyrie was developed by Aston Martin and Red Bull Advanced Technologies with input from former Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey.<\/p>\n
It is powered by a naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12 paired with a hybrid KERS system, producing 1,160 brake horsepower.<\/p>\n
The car\u2019s aerodynamics and lightweight carbon-fibre chassis were designed to deliver F1-level performance on the road.<\/p>\n
Ricciardo, who retired from Formula One in 2024 after 14 seasons and eight Grand Prix victories, described the car as a \u201cpretty straight-up race car.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like a race car and it looks like a race car,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not used to having a roof over my head, but that\u2019s the only thing that really feels different.<\/p>\n
\u201cWill we ever see another car like this again? I can\u2019t predict the future<\/p>\n
\u201cBut when you ask if it is the pinnacle of road legal technology then yes, I think it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
He first ordered the Valkyrie while at Red Bull, and delivery came in 2023 after a multi-year development programme.<\/p>\n
The car will headline the first Broad Arrow Zoute Concours Auction on October 10 in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, where around 70 rare and collectible cars will go under the hammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo is selling his Aston Martin Valkyrie. Image: Broad Arrow Auctions The 2023 model, chassis number 089…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-117334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}