Lewis Hamilton — McLaren 2012 Race-Used Suit, Signed

2012 is the season in which Lewis Hamilton reached full sporting maturity. It is also his last year with McLaren, the team with which he debuted in Formula 1 and won his first World Championship: a season of pure speed, memorable victories and a historic move that would change his career for good.

This original McLaren 2012 suit, race-used and signed, holds exactly that moment of transition — the farewell to Woking and the close of one of the most iconic chapters of modern Formula 1. In 2012 Hamilton took four victories and seven pole positions, demonstrating crystalline speed in a car that was often unreliable; it is also the last “pre-Mercedes” Hamilton, before the era of absolute records.

McLaren suits from Hamilton's years are now considered the most sought after of his career, precisely because they belong to the beginning of the legend, to the first world title and to the purest, most aggressive phase of his driving. Mercedes material, by contrast, is far more numerous on the market. The suit comes from a private collection.