Lewis Hamilton Just Sold His New York Pad and Supercar For a Cool P2.57 Billion
Even non-F1 fans may have probably heard by now that seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton recently lost the world title to Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen in the year’s last race in Abu Dhabi. After the devastating loss, which could have given Hamilton his record-breaking eighth title, beating the record he shares with Michael Schumacher, the world-famous sporting personality has been off the social media grid, which is highly unusual for someone who has millions of followers.
A few days ago, however, a few motoring online publications reported that Hamilton sold his bespoke Pagani Zonda 760 LH supercar, which he bought for $1.5million (about P75 million) in 2014. The racer was able to sell it for $2 million (P100 million) through the Zonda Registry.
Hamilton’s purple-colored Pagani Zonda is one of only six 760-series ever made and his car is the only variant with the LH badge, which is a reference to his initials. The car has only been so far used only in the Principality of Monaco, where it was also registered. It is said that only about 1,000 kilometers were clocked in this car and videos of it being driven by Hamilton have been circulated online. Check out one of them here:
The car comes with a 7.3-liter V12 naturally aspirated engine that is rated at 760 horsepower and 780 Nm of torque and mated with a six-speed manual gearbox based on the owner’s specifications. Additional details like the purple paint and other finishing touches were ordered by Hamilton as well. Unfortunately, the car had a minor accident in 2015 but was carefully repaired and restored almost immediately.
There are no details as to who bought the car, but it seems that the car went to the U.K., according to the Zonda Registry. Speculations abound on social media and forums as to why he wanted to sell the car.
A few weeks earlier he also sold his three-floor apartment in New York built in 1883 for a cool $49.5 million (about P2.475 billion). According to People.com, it was purchased in 2017 for close to $44 million (P2.2billion) giving him a profit of $5.5 million (P275 million).
It’s not like Hamilton, who is arguably the “Greatest of All Time,” is in need of funds. Even after missing out on earning an extra £4million (around P267 million) for not winning the driver’s championship title this year, he is estimated to have earned approximately £40 million (P2.672 billion) by being the Mercedes team’s number one driver.
If you ask us, we think the reason for the sale of the car is that Hamilton is now getting more conscious of his carbon footprint. Mercedes-Benz is also releasing its fully electric vehicle the EQS in the European and North American markets soon, so odds are we might be seeing him driving around in that.
