Lewis Hamilton Net Worth 2025

Lewis Hamilton net worth 2025: Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes

Born and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton enjoyed a successful ascent up the racing ladder and was signed to the McLaren young driver programme in 1998. This later resulted in a Formula One drive with McLaren in 2007, making Hamilton the first and only black driver to race in the sport, as of 2020

Lewis Hamilton Net Worth

Lewis Hamilton net worth 2025 is reported to be $285 million. The Formula one driver earns over $50 million a year from endorsements and salary according to Forbes

He won the F1 title in 2019, becoming just the second driver in history, after Michael Schumacher, with six championships.

Hamilton is the most marketable driver in the sport. He added telecom Vodafone to his endorsement portfolio in 2020.

He has also been voted one of the all time best black athletes of all time.

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In 2015, Hamilton was ranked as the richest British sportsperson, with an estimated personal fortune of £88 million.  In 2018, it was reported that Hamilton had a net worth of £159 million.

Hamilton is currently the best-paid driver in Formula One, and since joining Mercedes in 2013 has been one of the highest-paid drivers on the grid. Ahead of the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, Hamilton signed a contract to stay with Mercedes until the end of the 2018 season in a deal reportedly worth more than £100 million over the three years, making him one of the best-paid drivers in Formula One.

 In the week leading up to the 2018 German Grand Prix, Hamilton signed a two-year contract with Mercedes, reported to be worth up to £40 million per year, making Hamilton the best-paid driver in the history of Formula One

Lewis Hamilton Biography

Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, his father, Anthony, is Black British, while his mother, Carmen “Brenda” Larbalestier, is White British, making him mixed-race.

Lewis’s parents separated when he was two, and as a result, he lived with his mother and older half-sisters Samantha and Nicola until he was twelve,  and then lived with his father, stepmother Linda and half-brother Nicolas, who is also a professional racing driver and has cerebral palsy. Hamilton was raised a Catholic

Hamilton’s father, bought him a radio-controlled car when he was five,  which gave him his first taste of racing competition before finishing second in the national BRCA championship the following year. 

was educated at The John Henry Newman School, a voluntary aided Catholic secondary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Lewis Hamilton Net Worth

 In addition to racing, he played association football for his school team with eventual England international, Ashley Young.

Hamilton, an Arsenal fan, said that if Formula One had not worked for him he would have been a footballer or a cricketer, having played both for his school teams.

 In February 2001 he began studies at Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS), a private sixth-form college in Cambridge

career

Hamilton began karting in 1993, when he was eight, at the Rye House Kart Circuit and quickly began winning races and cadet class championships.

Two years later in 1995, he became the youngest driver to win the British cadet kart championship at the age of ten: that same year, at the end-of-season Autosport Awards, he approached McLaren Formula One team boss Ron Dennis for an autograph, and told him, “Hi. I’m Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars.” Dennis wrote in his autograph book, “Phone me in nine years, we’ll sort something out then.”

Hamilton continued his progress in the Intercontinental A (1999), Formula A (2000) and Formula Super A (2001) ranks, and became European Champion in 2000 with maximum points.

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In Formula A and Formula Super A, racing for TeamMBM.com, his teammate was Nico Rosberg, who would later drive for the Williams and Mercedes teams in Formula One; they would later team up again for Mercedes from 2013 to 2016. Following his karting successes, the British Racing Drivers’ Club made him a “Rising Star” Member in 2000.

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 In 2001, Michael Schumacher made a one-off return to karts and competed against Hamilton along with other future Formula One drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton ended the final in seventh, four places behind Schumacher. Although the two saw little of each other on the track, Schumacher praised the young Briton

Awards and Honors

Formula One

• Formula One World Drivers’ Championship: 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020^[
• Formula One World Constructors’ Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• DHL Fastest Lap Award: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
• FIA Pole Trophy/Pirelli Pole Position Award: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Other awards

• Hawthorn Memorial Trophy: 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• GP2 Series Championship: 2006
• Formula 3 Euro Series Championship: 2005
• Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship: 2003
• Autosport British Club Driver of the Year: 2003
• Autosport Rookie of the Year: 2006, 2007
• Autosport International Racing Driver Award: 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year: 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Bambi Award (Special Jury Prize): 2008
• Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2008
• Lorenzo Bandini Trophy: 2009
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2014
• PAP European Sportsperson of the Year: 2014
• GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2014, 2015
• Best Driver ESPY Award: 2017
• Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering: 2019
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2020

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