The vehicle that earned Lewis his first of many, many Mercedes Formula One victories is highly valuable.
The vehicle where Lewis Hamilton packed away the first of 82 F1 race wins for Mercedes (up until this point) has sold at closeout for £15 million ($18.8m), two times what RM Sotheby’s idea it would get. Yowzers.
The W04-04 case seen here was dashed by Lewis in 14 of the 19 grands prix that shaped the 2013 season, including that lady Silver Bolts triumph from post position at the Hungarian GP.
Yet, a long way from being the defining moment in a title battle, Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel hit back by winning the following nine races in succession, a record that represented 10 years until a specific Dutchman raised the stakes recently…
In any case, this vehicle likewise brought Hamilton three of his four other platform that year, in China, Malaysia and Belgium. He in the long run completed fourth in the title.
You’ll take note of it’s not controlled by the 1.6-liter V6 half breed with which Mercedes guaranteed an imposing business model on winning for a long time. No, this is from the last age of 2.4-liter V8s when F1 last really fulfilled our eardrums at 18,000rpm. Ahh.
The sale occurred at the Wynn’s Enlivening Performance center on Saturday in the development to the Las Vegas Stupendous Prix, which overcame all presumption and rationale by really being very energizing.
Different parcels that went under the sledge at the end of the week incorporated a Countach previously claimed by Ralph Lauren ($830k), one of Michael Schumacher’s old race suits ($102k), a Lexus LFA Nurburgring Bundle ($1.875m) and a Merc CLK GTR Roadster ($10.235m).
