When you’re racing for the quickest team in Formula 1, you’re basically as big of a star as they come. Lewis Hamilton is not only one of the best race drivers in history, but also one of the most popular, and his personal car choices reflect that.
Of course, what do you drive when you’re not racing a state of the art Mercedes GP hybrid Formula 1 car? Or better yet, what do you drive for pleasure? Is there anything that can even remotely come close to that?
Well, performance wise no. Nothing that would come close. But you can maybe do ‘close enough’, especially if it’s something that appeals to the driver in you, something that will keep you on your toes and make sure you’re not just looking for a joyride. We’ve seen Lewis out and about in everyday cars such as a Maserati GranCabrio or a Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake, but those are fashion statement cars.
Of course, he’s got his SL 65 AMG Black Series, his SLS AMG Black Series, and he probably even has a McLaren MP4-12C stashed away somewhere, but the car he’s most famous for driving, other than his grand prix car, is a Pagani Zonda 760LH (where the LH stands for Lewis Hamilton) made specifically at his request.
It’s safe to say that car is breathtaking, especially in these recently posted images on his Facebook page, where Lewis tagged it as his ‘#batmobile’. We can’t argue with that! We also know that this amazing piece of engineering produces 760 HP and that it has a manual gearbox, which goes to show not only how much Lewis loves to drive, but also what type of car you’d need in order to feel happy with calling it a “driver’s car”, when the driver is a two-time Formula 1 champion.
By the way, the Zonda 760LH is the type of car that will hit 62 mph (100km/h) in less than 3 seconds. And if anybody is capable of hitting that mark with a manual transmission, it’s Lewis Hamilton.
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