Formula 1 followers will know that Valterri Bottas is no longer part of the Mercedes team because he started his career with Alfa Romeo last year. However, the change in team did not stop the Finn from receiving one of the German entity’s most prized gems: Mercedes-AMG One. He hypercar So rare that only 275 will be produced worldwide, one of them is the beautiful blue unit pictured.

Hamilton and Rosberg are also on the list

Via his Instagram profile, the current Alfa Romeo driver presents us with different images of his precious AMG One, an engine that incorporates exposed carbon fiber with a very striking bluish hue. This isn’t the first copy to have shipped so far this year, as the lucky owner who has been waiting a long time has already started taking his orders since January. Bottas’ former teammate, seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, was also among the 275 buyers, as was another old German team acquaintance in Nico Rosberg.

It should be remembered that Project One was presented under the prototype label in September 2017, but production will only begin in August 2022. The units mentioned above are not produced in any of the factories where Mercedes assembles its road cars, but rather at AMG’s facility in Coventry, UK, using hybrid drive system capable of removing more than 1,000 horsepower on asphalt, with the combustion engine reaching 11,000 revolutions. So do not be surprised if this car reaches 200 km/hour in 7 seconds and its top speed reaches 352 km/hour..

Of course, the engine is a bit iffy as the turbocharged 1.6-liter V6 needs to be rebuilt every 50,000 kilometers.Though it’s hard to think that many of the 275 produced reached that number. After all, this is the kind of car that will spend the majority of its life locked in a heated garage, with its owner patiently waiting for its value to rise. Given the rarity and the fact that Mercedes has said it will never build an F1-powered road car again, this is likely to happen.