Inside F1 legend Lewis Hamilton's fortune, name change and star relationships

Lewis Hamilton was once again appointed the richest active athlete in Britain by the Sunday Times Rich list, with the net wealth of the Ferrari driver increasing after his shock change

The Formula -1 icon Sir Lewis Hamilton became a British active athlete again in Rich Times Rich Times 2025. The seven -fold world champion, who was previously classified as the 350th richest person in Great Britain with a net assets of £ 350 million, has risen his fortune.

This happens after his profitable change from Mercedes to Ferrari before the 2025 F1 season, which has increased his assets to an estimated 385 million GBP and took him on the list on the 324th place. Hamilton's unexpected move to Ferrari made it in the F1 community when it was unveiled last year.

He had concluded a two -year contract with Mercedes last summer before deciding to trigger a one -year break.

The 40-year-old is said to have concluded astonishing 50 million GBP with a two-year contract with a two-year contract with an option for a third year 2027. This amount breaks the record for the highest F1 content of all time, which was previously held by Max Verstappen and held a base content of 47 million GBP in the last season.

Lewis Hamilton's income could possibly exceed his GBP 50 million salary, since this number does not contain any performance bonuses, which could significantly increase its income if it has a successful season. Nevertheless, after six races with Ferrari, the British Ace did not manage to secure a podium finish, apart from a sprint race victory, whereby his best result at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last week behind Oscar Piatri, Lando Norris, reports, the express.

Hamilton last won the World Cup in 2020, won his seventh title and fit Michael Schumacher's record, strengthening his status as one of the most successful drivers in history. He missed a eighth title in a controversial final lap showdown with Verstappen the following year.

In 2021, Hamilton was knighted for his services with motorsport and set his mother Carmen, who separated from his father Anthony during his childhood, to the ceremony with which he was honored by Prince Charles in Windsor Castle.

Next year, he announced his intention to honor his mother by legally adding her girl's name Larbalestier to his own. “None of you could know that my mother's my mother [last] Name is a larbalest animal, and I am currently in my name, “said Hamilton and paid to his maternal descent.

“Because I don't quite understand the whole idea, why when people get married, the woman loses her name. I really want her name to continue with the name Hamilton.”

It is still in the air, whether Hamilton managed to change its name this year.

Who dated Lewis Hamilton?

Formula 1 and a global sports star was Lewis Hamilton's romantic life consistently under the media microscope. The racing legend was romantically connected to numerous top -class stars over time.

His most discussed relationship was with Pussycat Dolls' lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, who lasted almost eight years and was a regular component in the gossip columns.

Her romance began at MTV EMAS in 2007, but finally hit the skids after several separations, which led to a final separation in February 2015, which reported both parties “destroyed”. After her farewell, Scherzinger found love with Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov again and later engaged to the former rugby international of Scotland, Thom Evans.

In the meantime, Hamilton was connected to a variety of famous personalities from music, fashion and showbiz. He played rumors about his links to Supermodels Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner as well as the Pop icon Rihanna and claims that she is only a friend.

The British F1 Ace Lewis Hamilton was associated with a number of celebrities, including pop stars Rita Ora and Nicki Minaj, the Colombian singer Shakira and the former model Beau Juliana Nalu from Kanye West. When he triggered further speculation, he was seen in New York in the early this year and enjoyed dinner with the “modern family actress” Sofia Vergara, who is his senior for 12 years.

Despite the following gossip, TMZ reported that they were “deepened into conversations” during the meal and has been clear since then that the couple were only good friends.

Has Lewis Hamilton gave his film debut?

Later in the year, the racing icon of Lewis Hamilton will make his debut in an A-list Hollywood production along with Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem alongside Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem in 'F1: The Movie'. In the film, Pitt plays the retired racing driver Sonny Hayes and returns after an almost fatal accident to look after an emerging star.

Hamilton will be seen as himself under the line -up, the drivers of all 10 F1 teams of the 2023 season. Down from the camera, Lewis also took on the role of the producer and deserves praise to play an “instrumental” role in the development of the film.

Director Joseph Kosinski announced that the F1 star Lewis Hamilton was extremely practical in the early phases of her latest film to evaluate Brad Pitts. Kosinski told an unforgettable first day on the set and said: “I was together, Brad and Lewis Hamilton on the track, all of us in cars and drove each other to sports cars.

“Brad and Damson [Idris] If both drive in this film and to bring them to these racing cars, it required months, literally months of training. The first day was really fun.

“But what we learned and what Lewis was really interested in [in] Knowing Brad saw how to drive, right? Because if Brad cannot drive, this whole film will not work.

“What Lewis was very happy to discover was that Brad had a lot of natural skills from the start, and I don't know where he had or whether he was born with it, and he rides motorcycles, which in my opinion has something to do with it.

“But he is just a very talented, naturally talented driver who gave him a lot of confidence after this first meeting for Lewis that we could have a shot to tear it down.”