Lewis Hamilton is one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, and one of the most popular names in all of sports. He has won seven world championships so far in his career, and at the age of 38, is still going strong.
Hamilton is one of the most marketable athletes in the world due to his popularity. He currently earns $50 million a year from his Mercedes contract and has numerous sponsorship deals that add to his F1 paycheck. Away from the track too, the Brit spends a lot of time on cars.
Hamilton has admitted on numerous occasions that he loves his huge collection of cars. Some of the cars he owns are very rare and expensive, which only a handful of people around the world can get their hands on.
Full list of cars owned by Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton spent the first six seasons of his F1 career with McLaren, where he won one World Championship. In 2013, he made the move to Mercedes and won a further six Titles with the Brackley-based outfit. Talking about his car collection away from the F1 paddock, Hamilton owns several Mercedes and McLaren cars but also has Ferraris and Fords in his collection.
The total value of Hamilton’s extensive collection of cars is estimated to be around $15 million. Here is the full list of cars owned by Hamilton:
| Mercedes-AMG One | $2.72 Million |
| Mercedes Benz AMG G63 6X6 | $615,000 |
| McLaren P1 | $1.15 Million |
| Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta | $2.2 Million |
| Ferrari LaFerrari | $1.4 Million |
| 1967 Shelby Cobra 427 | $1.15 Million |
| Pagani Zonda 760LH | $2.2 Million |
| Mercedes Benz AMG GTR | $189,750 |
| 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 | $150,000 |
| Mercedes Benz Maybach S600 | $173,000 |
| Can-Am Maverick X31967 | $8,600 |
| Cadillac Escalade | $76,195 |
| 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 | $2.1 Million |
| Ferrari 599 SA Aperta | $1.6 Million |
| Mini Cooper | $23,400 |
The Mini cooper was one of the first cars Hamilton added to his collection. He brought this 2002, which is when he first got his driving license. One of the rarest cars he has in his collection is the Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta, which costs a staggering $2.2 million! His rival and former teammate Fernando Alonso is the only other F1 driver today who has a LaFerrari.
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Hamilton once told his girlfriend that his cars meant more to him
Between 2007 and 2015, Hamilton was in a relationship with Nicole Scherzinger. Their relationship wasn’t smooth by any means, and several things Hamilton said or did led to some controversial moments that were covered by the media.
In fact, Hamilton once told Scherzinger that his car collection meant more to him than she did. “My cars are my babies,” is what Hamilton said.
The first picture of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari LaFerrari – #F1 #LAFERRARI http://t.co/3cxAoEbR3w pic.twitter.com/7HcnsDtkFL
— F1fanatic.net (@f1fanatic_tw) September 14, 2015
It seems that cars are the most important thing in Hamilton’s life. Like he told Scherzinger, one can be very important to him, but they will only come second to his ‘babies’.
