A Ferrari Enzo direct from the personal assortment of double Formulation 1 world champion Fernando Alonso was bought at a Monaco public sale earlier this month.

The ultimate value paid, together with the customer’s payment, was a staggering 5.4 million euros (roughly $5.9 million). That is extra that double what Enzos usually transact for, even with immediately’s inflated costs for traditional and specialty vehicles.

The celebritty possession was little doubt one issue that juiced this specific Enzo’s value at public sale. Alonso even left a video message that was performed throughout the sale.

“It means rather a lot to me, and I’ve had a good time with the automobile…it’s a magic piece of artwork,” he stated within the video. “I do know that it’s going to be in good fingers…please maintain the automobile and revel in it.”

Fernando Alonso together with his Ferrari Enzo – Picture credit score: Monaco Automotive Auctions

Nonetheless, the automobile additionally boasts the primary accomplished Enzo physique—Scocca no.1—that means it is one of many earliest Enzos constructed. The provenance is confirmed by the automobile’s Ferrari Classiche crimson guide, in line with Monaco Automotive Auctions, which dealt with the sale.

Ferrari constructed simply 400 Enzo street vehicles, plus 30 Enzo-derived FXX monitor vehicles. Alonso’s Enzo is completed in Ferrari’s signature Rosso Corsa crimson and has simply 2,982 miles on the odometer, though it isn’t clear what number of of these miles have been really added by Alonso, who drove for the Ferrari F1 group between 2010 and 2014 and immediately drives for Aston Martin.

Named after firm founder Enzo Ferrari, the Enzo was Ferrari’s flagship supercar of the early 2000s, selecting up the place the F40 and F50 left off. Amongst different issues, it was notable for a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis and paddle-shifted transmission—normal fare in supercars immediately, however pretty novel on the time. That transmission is paired with a 6.0-liter V-12 that spits out 650 hp and can hustle the Enzo from 0-62 mph in 3.6 seconds on to a prime pace of 217 mph.

Additionally on the public sale was a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Boano that bought for 1,512,000 euros ($1.65 million), together with the customer’s payment. The automobile is one in all a complete 14 examples of the alloy-bodied coupes, and was raced on the 1956 Nassau Governor’s Trophy with buyer racer Jan de Vroom behind the wheel.