Lewis Hamilton cashes out the garage: £13m of metal sold as Ferrari star pivots to art
Lewis Hamilton’s garage door has come down for good — at least for now. The seven-time world champion revealed ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he’s offloaded his personal car collection, a stash of ultra-rare machinery that once read like a greatest hits album for petrolheads. Price tag: about £13 million.
“I don’t have any cars anymore,” Hamilton said. “I got rid of all my cars. I’m more into art nowadays.”
That’s a statement with real weight when you consider what used to live under his roof. Hamilton’s taste has long been the envy of collectors: a one-off Pagani Zonda 760 LH, a 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, and, most notably, the Mercedes-AMG One — the road-going F1 tech showcase he had direct input on during development. He’s driven the lot. Now he’s decided to let it all go.
It isn’t a rejection of the automobile so much as a recalibration. Hamilton, in his first season with Ferrari in 2025, says if he ever dips a toe back into collecting, it’ll be with pieces that blur the line between machine and museum piece. One in particular has his eye. “If I was going to get a car, it would be the [Ferrari] F40 — but that’s a nice piece of art,” he added. As statements of intent go, that one’s very on-brand: the F40 is the rolling definition of poster art, and the most Hamilton pick imaginable for a driver forging a new chapter in red.
The pivot doesn’t come out of nowhere. Hamilton’s art streak has been visible for years, and it’s only intensified. Earlier this season he teamed up with Hajime Sorayama for a Japanese Grand Prix capsule after previously collaborating on a helmet. He’s also created multiple drops with Takashi Murakami through his +44 label. That’s not hobbyist dabbling — that’s a driver with a proper foot in the art world, and now a budget reshaped to match it.
There’s a practical, values-driven undertone too. Hamilton’s been vocal about sustainability and his own lifestyle choices — he’s gone vegan, he’s pushed his teams to tackle their footprint — and selling a fleet of seldom-driven supercars is consistent with the message, even if most of those cars were already tucked away and barely burning a drop. It’s a cleaner narrative, and a cleaner garage.
For F1’s most decorated active driver, this is also brand evolution. The Hamilton of 2007 and the Hamilton of 2025 are very different men, and the Ferrari era was always going to come with a reset. Off-track, the collection is now a blank canvas; on-track, he’s chasing the kind of weekends that will define this late-career chapter in scarlet. The F40 comment ties both worlds neatly: if the next car is art, it also happens to wear a prancing horse.
Collectors might wince at the idea of parting with icons like the AMG One, but Hamilton’s never been sentimental about metal. He’s always been about the next thing — the next race, the next project, the next collaboration. In that context, a £13m clear-out feels less like a goodbye and more like making space.
And if that space is eventually filled by an F40? Well, that would be one hell of a centerpiece. Until then, the world’s most scrutinized garage is quiet — and its owner seems perfectly fine with that.
