LEWIS HAMILTON has helped unveiled the new Mercedes hypercar.
The triple world F1 world champion was the star attraction at the launch of the 1,000bhp Project One concept.
6Lewis with the Project ONECredit: AFP
6The F1 driver unveiled the new Mercedes carCredit: AP:Associated Press
6Lewis described the car as ‘incredible’
The Project One hypercar can do 0-124mph in less than 6 seconds with much of the tech taken straight from Hamilton’s F1 racer.
Lewis said: “Mercedes has created history here.
“It’s incredible.
“Nobody has really done this the right way before.
“I’m hoping to have the first one.
“That’s the first time I have sat in the car and when the engine started I had the same grin as I have in the pit lane.”
6The Project ONE can do 0-124mph in less than 6 seconds
6The car costs £2million
Mercedes is building 275 cars at £2million a pop to celebrate 50 years of its high performance arm AMG.
They are sold out already.
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It can do 16 miles on pure electric.
A Merc spokesman said: “It doesn’t need any special oils and you don’t need a pit crew to run it.”
6The car is already sold out
Lewis Hamilton’s jaw-dropping car collection from Pagani Zonda to rare Ferrari
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is the proud honour of an extensive collection of vehicles that reportedly has an overall value of £13million
Lewis Hamilton is the owner of a jaw-dropping car collection that includes a Pagani Zonda and a rare Ferrari model.
The Mercedes driver is hoping to win a record eighth Formula One world title in Abu Dhabi this weekend as he goes head-to-head with Max Verstappen in the season’s final race.
Perhaps unsurprising for a professional racing driver, Hamilton loves cars and has built an impressive collection of personal vehicles over the years.
Explaining his love of cars, Hamilton once said: “I don’t know anything about wine. I don’t know a huge amount about art. But what I do know is cars, and I’m very particular about them.”
Lewis Hamilton’s car collection is worth £13million (Image: INTERENET PICTURE)
Hamilton’s collection is believed to be worth a total of £13million, with the vehicles spread across two garages in Monaco and Los Angeles.
It is also understood that he owns a tow-truck that he uses to return the cars home if he has driven them out to an event or restaurant.
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The most expensive vehicle in his collection is a 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra, which he uses while in LA and is worth £4million.
He also owns a £1.6million personalised Pagani Zonda 760 LH, which was made especially for him with purple interior and exterior.
Hamilton requested that a manual gearbox be installed after struggling with the car when he first got it, saying: “The Zonda is terrible to drive!
“It’s the best-sounding car I own, but handling-wise it’s the worst.”
Despite his career as a driver, Hamilton did once damage the car by getting into an accident back in 2015.
He is also one of a number of sports stars to own a LaFerrari, with the supercar valued at £1million.
They have a top speed of 217mph and can go from 0 to 62mph in under two and half seconds.
Hamilton has also been able to acquire a Mercedes-AMG Project One early, with the car not available to the public until 2022.
Only 275 will be made, with the car set to be valued at £2million and Hamilton having been involved in much of the design process.
He also owns another Mercedes in the form of his SLS Black, which has a 196mph top speed and costs a much lower £230,000.
Lewis Hamilton uses a tow-truck to bring his cars home (Image: INTERENET PICTURE)
His McLaren P1 is worth £2million and was purchased in 2015, with a top speed of 217mph and the ability to go 0 to 60mph in 2.7 seconds.
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The second classic vehicle owned by Hamilton is his 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, which was made famous by the film Gone in 60 Seconds.
Hamilton owns a customised version of the vehicle, which caused it to come at an added cost of around £750,000.
He also owns two Mercedes-Maybachs, a motocross bike and a dune buggy in his collection of vehicles.
