Lewis Hamilton F1 News: Mercedes star handed SHOCK result after Las Vegas loss

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Hamilton handed SHOCK result after Las Vegas loss

Lewis Hamilton has been delivered a shock blow

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Sunday 24 November 2024 11:57

Lewis Hamilton received a shock result during the Las Vegas Grand Prix after one of his old race cars went under the hammer at an auction.

The seven-time world champion will enter a new phase of his career in 2025, when he leaves Mercedes to join Ferrari.

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Hamilton will be chasing down a record breaking eighth world title, after a number of disappointing years with Mercedes have failed to yield a championship bid.

However, in a latest auction in Las Vegas, the sale harked back to Hamilton’s past, as the F1 world prepares for his future.

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A 2006 McLaren goes under the hammer in Las Vegas

Lewis Hamilton car sells for less than expected

The 2006 McLaren-Mercedes MP4-21, one of the very first cars the champion tested prior to his F1 signing, went on sale in Las Vegas this weekend.

Not only is the MP4-21 associated with the champion, but was also designed under the technical directorship of Adrian Newey in his final season with McLaren.

According to RM Sotheby's, it was the first McLaren model powered by a 'Mercedes-Benz FO108S 2.4-liter naturally aspirated V-8, originally rated to produce 750 hp at a spine-tingling 19,000 rpm'.

The starting price for the MP4-21 was originally reported to be £2,200,000 - £2,700,000 but in a shock result, the F1 car sold for less than the original expected starting price.

Hamilton’s old car sold for $2.5 million dollars, which converted into pounds is just under £2 million at £1,994,812.50.

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