{"id":746577,"date":"2026-06-19T11:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746577\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:41:10","slug":"carlos-sainz-swaps-ferrari-supercars-for-custom-fiat-topolino-in-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/746577\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz swaps Ferrari supercars for custom Fiat Topolino in Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williams<\/a> Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz<\/a> has been spotted around the streets of Monte Carlo in a customised Fiat Topolino beach car.<\/p>\n

The Spanish driver, whose garage includes Ferraris such as an 812 Competizione and a\u00a0Daytona SP3, was seen using the electric\u00a0quadricycle for his urban commute around the principality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Topolino is a doorless, two-seat electric vehicle capped at a top speed of 28mph.<\/p>\n

The footage shared on social media of the 31-year-old and his partner, Scottish model Rebecca Donaldson, showed a number of customisations that had been made, including a tartan roof and side ropes to complement the hot red bodywork. The tartan design continues on the interior and the headrests are embroidered with the couple’s initials.<\/p>\n

“Love the tartan top… Love this nod to Rebecca Donaldson,” one fan commented on Instagram, while another added: “The seats being embroidered with their initials.”<\/p>\n

Further comments included: “It’s so cute and convenient- so why not!” and “It is the best car in Monaco.”<\/p>\n

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Other past and present cars in Sainz’s collection include a VW Golf GTI\u00a0Mk6, a Renault Megane RS Mk3, a McLaren<\/a> 720S, a Ferrari<\/a> 812 Competizione, a Ferrari Daytona SP3, a Ferrari Purosangue and a\u00a0Ferrari SF90 XX Spider.<\/p>\n

Sainz revealed in an interview for Adam Hay-Nicholls’s\u00a0My Life in Cars<\/a>\u00a0that he still owns his first road car, the Golf GTI.<\/p>\n

“But my first road car was a Golf GTI\u00a0that my parents gifted me for my 18th birthday. I still have it. It remains my car when I\u2019m in Madrid,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s one of the best cars I\u2019ve ever driven, because the quality of the engineering is really high, it\u2019s got a massive boot but fits in small parking spaces, and it\u2019s more than fast enough. The more I drive it, the more I love it, and I\u2019ll never sell it. Mine\u2019s dark\u00a0grey with dark red seats, which I felt gave it a bit of an edge when I was 18.”<\/p>\n

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