Lewis Hamilton’s father sells classic car collection for £1.7m

Ben Rumsby Mon, July 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC

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Anthony Hamilton’s collection comprised mainly British models, including a 1964 Triumph Spitfire 4 - Iconic Auctioneers

The saying “like father, like son” is not an uncommon phrase in the world of Formula One, where Damon Hill, Max Verstappen and Mick Schumacher all proved a chip off the old block.

But it appears the reverse is true, too, after Anthony Hamilton, father of seven-time world champion Lewis, followed in his son’s footsteps and sold off his classic car collection.

Anthony put 27 mainly British models up for auction last month with a combined estimated value of £3m. The vintage collection – which included a handful of rare Mini Coopers from the last 60 years, rare Jaguars and a selection of Mercedes from his son’s time driving for the F1 team – went under the hammer at Silverstone at the weekend, just a year after Lewis sold his own automotive treasures.

Nineteen of the cars were sold for around £1.7m in total, with eight others remaining available to buy after failing to garner the desired interest.

Among the sales was a 217mph 1994 Jaguar XJ220 that went for £506,250, the top lot from the “Anthony Hamilton Collection”. Anthony had owned the iconic green sports car from new and it had only done 3,277 miles since production 32 years ago.

Hamilton’s 1994 Jaguar XJ220 attracted the highest disclosed sum, selling for £506,250 - Iconic Auctioneers

The collection had been built up over several decades – stemming from Anthony’s own interest in motorsport long before his son became the best driver on the planet – and included five classic Minis, five Triumphs, three E-type Jaguars and three Aston Martins.

Also sold was a David Brown Automotive Speedback GT for £202,500, a vintage 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2-Litre Roadster (£119,250) and a 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL (£104,625).

The auction took place amid plans by Anthony to launch HybridV10, an independent single-seater motorsport championship.

He told Telegraph Sport: “HybridV10 has become my new focus and passion, so I thought it was the right time to let a few of my cars go to new owners who’ll enjoy them as much as I have. I’ve kept a few, but my focus now is on building HybridV10 and everything that comes with it.”

While Anthony is prioritising his single-seater championship designed for “the next generation”, his son’s reasons for trading in his own collection were more simple. Last year, Lewis said he had “got rid” of his accumulation of multi-million-pound cars because he was now “more into art”.

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The Ferrari driver said: “If I was going to get a car, it would be the [Ferrari] F40. But that’s a nice piece of art.”

It was Anthony who gave Lewis his love of motorsport and saw the potential in him from a young age that he could become one of the greatest drivers in the world when he bought him a second-hand go-kart at the age of four.

Such was his commitment to Lewis’s fledgling career, Anthony quit his IT consultancy role to prioritise life on the road, taking on contractor roles and balancing up to four jobs at a single time in order to fund his son’s rise through the British motorsport ranks.

Anthony was his son’s manager and helped secure his place on the McLaren young driver programme at the age of 13 by wooing former team owner Ron Dennis. But father and son went their separate ways when they split in 2010 in acrimonious fashion.

Anthony revealed he was paid at least £3m by Lewis for his services when he confirmed in a bitter legal spat with fellow F1 driver Paul di Resta that his son had agreed to pay his Hamilton Management Group £500,000 a year until 2012.

The pair subsequently reconciled as Lewis went on to bigger and better things, winning six of his seven world titles with Mercedes with Anthony by his side only as a devoted father, rather than career manager.

However, last weekend’s auction brought a full-circle feel to Silverstone as the sale took place alongside the Hamilton Straight, the section of the grand prix circuit named after the nine-time British Grand Prix winner.

A 1955 Swallow Doretti was the oldest car put up for auction but remains unsold - Iconic Auctioneers

Lionel Abbott, car specialist at Iconic Auctioneers, said: “The Anthony Hamilton Collection is a superbly curated group of cars with real depth, quality and personality.

“From the Jaguar XJ220 and XKSS recreation to the Triumph prototypes, Aston Martins and Mini Cooper S models, it reflects a clear passion for British motoring at its most characterful.

“To present these cars at Silverstone, alongside the Hamilton Straight, feels entirely fitting.”

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