Lewis Hamilton’s F1 Mercedes Race Car Sells For $18.8 Million
The silver and teal race car won the win the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2013.
The Mercedes W04 race car was the vehicle Lewis Hamilton drove to win his first Formula 1 race. It sold for $18.8 million Nov. 17 in Las Vegas.
Source: RM Sotheby’s
The car Lewis Hamilton drove to his first Formula One win for Mercedes sold for $18.8 million Nov. 17 at an RM Sotheby’s auction in Las Vegas.
The sale, which saw a hammer price of $17.1 million plus a 10% buyer’s premium, took place in the Awakening Theater at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel during the first-ever F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Set inside a round theater filled with a boisterous crowd that had been entertained by a dance performance and welcoming remarks by British comedian James Corden, it was the most money paid publicly for any modern F1 car to date. RM Sotheby’s had initially estimated the car’s value to be $10 million to $15 million.