Somebody set up a crowdfunding page and we will make a contribution. We want the car on weekends though.
Lewis Hamilton’s first race-winning Mercedes car is set to go under the hammer and could fetch close to $15million.
The 2013 W4 was the first car Hamilton drove since making the shock move from McLaren to Mercedes. While he did not win the title that year, he did finish first in the Hungarian Grand Prix before going on to pick up a second World Championship in 2014.The 04 chassis which powered him to victory in Budapest is set to go under the hammer during the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend with auctioneers RM Sotheby’s predicting it could fetch up to $15 million.
“In the world of automotive greatness, few marques match the allure of the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows,” RM Sotheby’s global head of private sales Shelby Myers said. “Driven by Formula 1’s most successful driver and sporting icon, Lewis Hamilton, this car delivered his very first win in a Mercedes-Benz, signalling the beginning of the marque’s most dominant period: the Hamilton Mercedes-Benz dynasty. This pairing can only be compared to Jordan and the Bulls, Brady and the Patriots, or Messi and Argentina.
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