Lewis Hamilton has driven some of the most incredible cars of all time. The photo of him standing in front of a Ferrari F40 on his first day with the team in 2025 is one of the most iconic of all time.
He loves his four-wheeled monsters and had built up quite the collection through the years. At one stage last year though, he admitted that he no longer owned any supercars.
As he grows into his 40s, he has other interests that now come first. Some of the more prominent models he ever owned were worth tens of millions.
The McLaren F1 stands out, but so too does the McLaren P1, and the LaFerrari. They span different generations, but are all remarkable pieces of work.
Understandably, his Formula 1 cars are likely to fetch massive prices, too, considering their rarity. In 2023, his very first Mercedes car (2013) sold for £15.1million.
Thinking about some of the other cars he has driven, such as the all-conquering W11 from 2020, which earned him a seventh title, it’s safe to presume that would fetch far, far more cash if ever sold.
Lewis Hamilton’s ‘terrible’ Pagani Zonda sold for a £7 million profit in 2021
Hamilton hopes that 2026 can be a positive year for his ambitions of achieving an eighth Formula 1 title. It’s the sort of car that would fetch an eye-watering sum at auction if sold after he wins one day, too.
But, first he has to win, which has proven difficult lately. This year’s car could end up representing the last of his career if he decides to walk away at the end of the season.
He’s earned plenty during his career, so he’ll leave with a strong bank balance, which was boosted a few years ago by the sale of a Pagani Zonda that he called ‘terrible’ to drive.
“The Zonda is terrible to drive! It’s the best-sounding car I own, but handling-wise it’s the worst,” he told the Sunday Times. “I got it in manual because I didn’t like the Tiptronic version.”
The Briton purchased the car for around £1.5 million when it came out in 2014, and sold it back in 2021 for more than £8.7 million.
That’s an incredible profit for a car he owned for seven years, and probably makes it one of the best investments he has ever made.
When will Lewis Hamilton be driving his Ferrari F1 car for the first time in 2026?
The unofficial start of the 2026 Formula 1 season is now less than two weeks away, and that means that teams are already completing their final preparations.
Ferrari will conduct their usual 15km shakedown test at their own track in Fiorano before heading to Barcelona, which could happen at some stage before next weekend.
With testing set to start on January 26 (Monday), they’re unlikely to take their new car for a spin on the weekend.
So expect to hear it fire up for the first time over the next week or so, before seeing Hamilton and Leclerc get in it for a handful of laps at most.
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