The most valuable car Lewis Hamilton has owned is his one-off Pagani Zonda 760 LH, worth about $11 million today by our estimate, but he sold it, and in 2025 he told reporters he had got rid of every car he owned. Of the nine cars we could document, only one is his now: a restored Ferrari F40 he unveiled in 2026, which puts his current collection at about $3.5 million, our estimate as of November 2026. The other eight are past cars, counted down below to the Zonda.
| Rank | Car | Status | Est. value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1967 Shelby GT500 | Owned | $250,000 |
| 8 | Ferrari 599 GTO | Owned | $900,000 |
| 7 | Ferrari 599 SA Aperta | Owned | $1,800,000 |
| 6 | 1967 Shelby Cobra 427 | Owned | $1,900,000 |
| 5 | 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 | Owned | $2,200,000 |
| 4 | Ferrari F40 | Owns | $3,500,000 |
| 3 | Ferrari LaFerrari | Owned | $4,000,000 |
| 2 | Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta | Owned | $6,000,000 |
| 1 | Pagani Zonda 760 LH | Owned | $11,000,000 |
| Total, cars he still owns (our estimate) | about $3,500,000 |
Eight of the nine are gone, so the total counts the F40 alone. The past cars stay in the ranking at what they would fetch today, which shows how much metal one Formula 1 driver cycled through before switching to paintings.
9. 1967 Shelby GT500: about $250,000
Hamilton has never been sentimental about this one. Asked about it in a 2018 newspaper interview, he called his 1967 GT500 a beautiful car and, in the same breath, “a heap of junk.” That is the honest review of a big-block Mustang from the 1960s: gorgeous to look at, heavy in the nose, and happiest in a straight line.
His car was reported as a customised build in the style of the “Eleanor” Mustang from the film Gone in 60 Seconds. It left the garage with the rest of the collection.
Genuine 1967 GT500s and high-end restomods both trade in the low hundreds of thousands, and $250,000 sits in the middle of that band.
8. Ferrari 599 GTO: about $900,000
The 599 GTO was Ferrari’s road-legal take on its 599XX track car, and only 599 were built. Hamilton mentioned in the same 2018 interview that he used to have one and had already sold it, so it was the first car on this list to go.
Clean 599 GTOs have been changing hands for roughly $800,000 to $1 million at recent sales, and our figure takes the midpoint.
7. Ferrari 599 SA Aperta: about $1.8 million
Ferrari built 80 of these open-top V12s to mark the 80th birthday of the design house Pininfarina. Hamilton told the 2018 interviewer he still had his, a car with a 670-horsepower V12 and no fixed roof at all, only a cloth cover for emergencies.
It was part of the 2025 clear-out. With so few made, SA Apertas rarely come up for sale, and when they do they tend to land between $1.5 million and $2 million, so we put it at $1.8 million.
6. 1967 Shelby Cobra 427: about $1.9 million
One Cobra was never going to be enough. Hamilton has said he owned two 427s, a 1966 and a 1967, and his explanation for doubling up on cars is one of the better quotes in the series: when a more limited version comes out, he “has to have it.” The 427 was Carroll Shelby’s answer to anyone who thought the earlier Cobra was too tame: a 7-litre Ford V8 in a car that weighs about as much as a family hatchback.
Original 427 roadsters sell for anywhere from $1.5 million to well over $2 million depending on history, and without a public chassis number we sit slightly below the 1966 car.
5. 1966 Shelby Cobra 427: about $2.2 million
This is the Cobra with the better story. Hamilton found it himself and, before buying, rang Carroll Shelby to look it over. Shelby reportedly told him it was one of the best he had seen in a long time, all original. The car lived in Los Angeles, far from his Monaco base.
A car that the man who built it inspected and approved carries a premium, which is why we value it a little above its sister car, at about $2.2 million.
4. Ferrari F40: about $3.5 million
Here is the only car Hamilton owns today. When he announced in 2025 that his garage was empty, he left one door open: if he were ever to buy another car, he said, it would be an F40, which he called a nice piece of art. Within a year he had one.
The story is pure car-collector fantasy. The F40 had sat in a garage for more than three decades, covered in dust with only 69 km on the clock, before Hamilton bought it and sent it to Maranello, where Ferrari’s classic department restored it in Ferrari red. He showed it off as his own F40 in 2026 and drove it into the Monza paddock in September for the Italian Grand Prix, which is a bold move for a Ferrari driver with a weekend job to do.
F40s in top condition have been selling between about $3 million and $4 million, and a factory restoration plus a seven-time champion’s name on the logbook push this one toward the upper half; we settled on $3.5 million.
3. Ferrari LaFerrari: about $4 million
Hamilton had the red LaFerrari coupe, Ferrari’s first hybrid hypercar, with a V12 and an electric motor combining for close to 950 horsepower. He was famously careful with mileage on his hypercars: rather than drive them home from events, he was reported to have them carried back on a truck.
The coupe was sold along with everything else. Recent LaFerrari coupe sales have clustered around $3.5 million to $4.5 million, and we went with $4 million.
2. Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta: about $6 million
Then came the open version. The Aperta was built in a run of just over 200 cars and offered only to Ferrari’s chosen customers, and Hamilton took a white one to park next to the red coupe. That pair is the clearest example of his habit of buying two of the same car when a rarer version appears.
He no longer owns it. Apertas have outpaced the coupes at auction, with strong examples going for $5.5 million and up, so our number is $6 million.
1. Pagani Zonda 760 LH: about $11 million
Pagani built this one for Hamilton alone. The 760 LH was a purple Zonda with a 760-horsepower Mercedes-AMG V12 and, at his request, a manual gearbox, part of a tiny family of one-off 760 cars. He reportedly paid about £1.4 million for it.
He loved the noise and hated almost everything else. “The Zonda is terrible to drive,” he said in 2018, calling it the best-sounding car he owned but the worst for handling. In late 2021 he sold it to a private UK collector, and the price reported at the time was about €10 million, which would make it one of the most profitable car sales any racing driver has made.
Since that reported €10 million sale is the only market price on record, our figure converts it to about $11 million, hedged because neither side ever confirmed it.
Reported, not confirmed
- Mercedes-AMG One: Hamilton helped develop the hypercar and was reported to have signed up for one (and one for his father). We found no confirmation that he took delivery.
- McLaren F1 (chassis 044): named in some reports as the anonymous 2017 auction buy; never confirmed by Hamilton or the auction house.
- McLaren P1: listed in several roundups of his garage with no confirmed purchase details.
- Mercedes-AMG SLS Black Series, Mercedes-AMG G63 6×6, Mercedes-AMG GT R, Mercedes-Maybach S600: repeated in lists of his former collection, without dates or purchase details we could check.
What the empty garage tells you
- He bought cars like a fan and sold them like an investor. The Zonda alone reportedly returned several times its cost, and the LaFerrari pair sold into a strong market.
- Doubles were the habit. Two Cobras, two LaFerraris, two 599s. When a rarer version appeared, he added it rather than trading up.
- Driving them was never the point. Hypercars that arrive home on a truck are objects, which makes his move to collecting art less of a leap than it sounds.
- The F40 is the exception that explains the rule. After selling everything modern, he kept room for a turbocharged, analogue Ferrari from his childhood posters, and he describes it the way people describe paintings.
FAQ
What is Lewis Hamilton’s most expensive car?
The most valuable car he owns today is a restored Ferrari F40, worth about $3.5 million by our estimate. The most valuable car he ever owned was the one-off Pagani Zonda 760 LH, now worth about $11 million, which he sold in 2021.
Did Lewis Hamilton sell all his cars?
Yes. In 2025 he said he no longer had any cars and was more into art. In 2026 he made one exception and bought a Ferrari F40.
How much is Lewis Hamilton’s car collection worth?
About $3.5 million as of November 2026, our estimate, because the F40 is the only car he still owns. The nine documented cars he has owned would be worth roughly $31 million today.
Why did Lewis Hamilton sell his Pagani Zonda?
He said openly that he disliked driving it, calling it the best-sounding car he owned and the worst-handling. He sold it in late 2021, reportedly for about €10 million.
How many cars has Lewis Hamilton owned?
He said in 2018 that he had about 15 cars. We could document nine of them with confidence, eight of which are gone.
Does Lewis Hamilton own a Mercedes-AMG One?
He was reported to have ordered one, but we found no confirmation that he took delivery, so it is not in our ranking.
How we valued the collection
We counted only cars the owner is documented to own or have owned, through their own interviews and posts, auction records, and consistent public reporting. Each value is our estimate of what that car is worth today, based on disclosed purchase prices, recent auction results for the same model, and list prices adjusted for depreciation or collector demand, all compiled in an internal valuation model. The total is our estimate, not an appraisal, and figures change as cars are bought, sold and revalued.
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Last updated: November 2026.
