The heart-pounding finale of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship has delivered to the annals a new world champion, Max Verstappen who, at the end of a controversial and hard-fought season, won the drivers’ title by overtaking Lewis Hamilton. Beyond the controversy, the British driver was unable to win the eighth seal, postponing the overtaking to Michael Schumacher at least for now. It’s time for Hamilton to relax and recharge, and to do so, the seven-time F1 world champion will be able to enjoy one of the supercars from his private collection. A dream garage in which there are not only Mercedes but also many other dream cars: here the British world champion in fact keeps several supercars, including Ferrari, Pagani (a customized Zonda LH destroyed in an accident) and McLaren, which he has immortalized on social media on several occasions. For example, the F1 driver owns one of the very few examples of Ferrari LaFerrari produced.
It is an electrified supercar, one of the most exclusive in existence, a hybrid racing car with a total of 936 HP and over 900 Nm of maximum torque thanks to the combination of the V12 with an electrified system. Hamilton appreciated the LaFerrari’s handling qualities and driving pleasure so much that he bought a second one, one of 210 Aperta models, the open-air variant of the hybrid Red. Speaking of “reduced emissions”, the Mercedes champion also owns one McLaren P1, the Woking hybrid car powered by the electrified twin-turbo V8 capable of delivering 916 hp and 900 Nm of maximum torque. Hamilton was then personally involved in the development of the Mercedes A.MG Project One, a hypercar that benefits from the technology derived from the close collaboration between road engineers and those of the F1 team, with a powertrain capable of delivering more than 1,000 hp. After a few hitches in the testing phase, it seems that the evolution of the electrified car is proceeding to arrive at the deliveries of the first examples over the next year.
Among the models of the Three-pointed Star present in the British driver’s garage, we cannot forget the extreme SLS GT Black Series, a supercar powered by a 631 HP V8 engine that pays homage to the iconic 300 SL with gull wings, but also the Mercedes AMG GT-R, the street legal variant of the car used for years as a Safety Car in Formula 1. Not only performance but also luxury in the champion’s garage where you can also admire a Mercedes EQC, Maybach S600 and a Cobra 427.
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