Hamilton promised $4m McLaren F1 LM for winning title
#1
03-27-2008, 12:09 PM
Hamilton promised $4m McLaren F1 LM for winning title
Hamilton promised $4m McLaren F1 LM for winning title
Ten years ago, Lewis Hamilton was only 13 years old and was already under the wing of McLaren chief Ron Dennis. A young Lewis visited the McLaren headquarters in Woking, England, and fixed his eyes on a bright orange McLaren F1 LM supercar sitting on display at the factory. Good taste, Lewis: only five roadgoing LMs were made, and each one is said to be worth about $4 million. Produced in 1995 to commemorate McLaren's win at Le Mans, it was the fastest supercar of its day, and with a 0-60 time of under three seconds, it remains one of the fastest to this day.
Ron Dennis has now promised Hamilton that if he wins the world championship this year – and locks up the constructors' title together with teammate Heikki Kovalainen – the car will be his. Not a bad bonus.
Hamilton promised $4m McLaren F1 LM for winning title - Autoblog
Ten years ago, Lewis Hamilton was only 13 years old and was already under the wing of McLaren chief Ron Dennis. A young Lewis visited the McLaren headquarters in Woking, England, and fixed his eyes on a bright orange McLaren F1 LM supercar sitting on display at the factory. Good taste, Lewis: only five roadgoing LMs were made, and each one is said to be worth about $4 million. Produced in 1995 to commemorate McLaren's win at Le Mans, it was the fastest supercar of its day, and with a 0-60 time of under three seconds, it remains one of the fastest to this day.
Ron Dennis has now promised Hamilton that if he wins the world championship this year – and locks up the constructors' title together with teammate Heikki Kovalainen – the car will be his. Not a bad bonus.
Hamilton promised $4m McLaren F1 LM for winning title - Autoblog
Last edited by BSM; 03-27-2008 at 12:13 PM.
#7
03-27-2008, 04:39 PM
I doubt they would be giving up this example of the F1 otherwise.
#8
03-28-2008, 05:31 PM
its amazing how modern the F1 LM still looks given that it is now 13 years old.
and yeah, quite the motivator. would have been a pretty amazing story if he had been promised that car when he was 13 though.
and yeah, quite the motivator. would have been a pretty amazing story if he had been promised that car when he was 13 though.
#9
04-02-2008, 06:09 PM
yeah he makes money but, it sweeter to get a free 4mil LM than to buy one
also imagine 20 years from now him saying this was a gift for winning the championships my second season as a f1 driver.
also imagine 20 years from now him saying this was a gift for winning the championships my second season as a f1 driver.
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