{"id":149011,"date":"2025-09-20T09:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149011\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T09:23:08","slug":"lewis-hamilton-flogs-entire-13m-car-collection-as-f1-star-turns-attentions-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149011\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton flogs entire \u00a313m car collection as F1 star turns attentions elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton has sold his car collection, which was worth around \u00a313million, as the seven-time world champion turns his attention to a new interest<\/p>\n

Harry Smith and Jake Bayliss Sport Writer – U35s<\/p>\n

10:13, 20 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"LewisLewis Hamilton has admitted to selling his car coleection(Image: Kym Illman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton revealed at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he’s sold his entire car collection, shifting his focus towards art instead.<\/p>\n

Among the cars he previously owned was a Mercedes AMG-One, which Hamilton helped develop during the design phase, along with his legendary Ferraris. The Formula One<\/a> icon has since left Mercedes, teaming up with the Italian team earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hamilton had been amassing vehicles since his early Formula One days, gathering up to 15 premium cars with a total worth of approximately \u00a313million, according to the Express<\/a>. However, the seven-time champion’s car-collecting phase has now ended.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have any cars anymore,” the Ferrari driver said ahead of the Baku race. “I don’t have any cars, so I got rid of all my cars. I’m more into art nowadays.”<\/p>\n

He added: “If I was going to get a car, it would be the [Ferrari] F40. But that’s a nice piece of art.”<\/p>\n

Hamilton possessed an extensive range of cars, featuring luxury Mercedes and Ferrari models. The British driver made two purchases of the Mercedes AMG-One – one for himself and another for his father – while also maintaining a Mercedes-Maybach S600 and a Mercedes EQC SUV within his fleet.<\/p>\n

\"GoodwoodHamilton had a Mercedes AMG-ONE in his luxury collection(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

The British driver also owned three Ferraris, featuring the exclusive 599 SA Aperta, valued at more than \u00a32m. It was restricted to just 80 models worldwide.<\/p>\n

In addition, Hamilton has parted ways with his vintage Ford Mustang Shelby, which carried a price tag exceeding \u00a34m. Although Hamilton does not wish to return to his collecting hobby, the 40-year-old has expressed keen interest in car design.<\/p>\n

Before his Ferrari debut in Australia earlier this year, he explained: “One of the things I really want to do is to design a Ferrari. I want to do an F44. Baseline of an F40, with the actual stick shift. That’s what I’m gonna work on for the next few years.”<\/p>\n

\"AHamilton also owned a Mercedes-Benz Maybach S600(Image: Patrick T. Fallon\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hamilton’s current attention remains firmly fixed on helping Ferrari in their Constructors’ Championship battle against Mercedes. He is also seeking to end his wait for a maiden podium finish with his new F1 team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Hamilton is pessimistic about his chances of securing a 106th Grand Prix triumph and inaugural victory with Ferrari this year.<\/p>\n

“A win is a bit far-fetched, considering I’ve been sixth, seventh and eighth for most of the season,” he admitted ahead of the Azerbaijan GP. “I would love to get a podium for the team at some stage.<\/p>\n

“Charles [Leclerc] has had five of them. I feel optimistic coming into the weekend. I feel like I’ve found a couple of things, and now I need to work on extracting them. So, I really hope that this weekend can be the start of that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton has sold his car collection, which was worth around \u00a313million, as the seven-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-149011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}