Both of these things are true: In 2020, Hamilton said he was giving up his fleet of supercars to go electric because of climate change. In 2025, Hamilton declared that his dream is to design a modern Ferrari F40 with a stick shift.

Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula One world champion and newly minted Scuderia Ferrari driver, has revealed a personal ambition that reaches beyond the racetrack: designing an analog Ferrari supercar he would call the “F44.

Hamilton qualified almost a second behind polesitter Oscar Piastri and six tenths behind Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc.