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Lewis Hamilton’s first race-winning Mercedes F1 car from 2013 has been sold for a ridiculous $18.8 million.
Hamilton’s Mercedes W04, which he drove to win his first race for the team in the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, was sold for an astounding $17.1 million at RM Sotheby’s auction. This makes it the most expensive modern F1 car ever sold. The auction took place during the first-ever F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel. Interestingly, this car is now the only one not owned by Mercedes, Toto Wolff, or Hamilton himself. Previously, Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F12001 was sold for $7.5 million in 2017, followed by his 2003 machine five years later for $15 million. The highest sale price for an F1 car to date remains Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes, which fetched an impressive $29.6 million.
