Lando Norris was recently spotted putting some fuel in the latest addition to his incredible car collection on the streets of Monaco.
His new purchase is one of the most iconic Ferraris ever made, and many consider it to be the greatest supercar ever. Lando has taste.
Lando's car collection
Driving Formula 1 cars for a living means that most normal road cars are going to feel slow and boringt for a F1 driver like Lando. Thanfully for him, his hefty salary means that he a couple of quid spare to spend on some pretty exceptional road cars.
His collection is undoubtedly one of the finest of all the Formula 1 drivers. And it includes some cars that you probably wouldn’t expect a racing driver like Lando to own. These include his one off, custom built Retro Defenders Land Rover Defender.
The bespoke Defender was designed and built specifically for Lando to his own specifications. It doesn’t have a roof but it does have a windscreen that folds down flat. He’s already been spotted driving it around the streets of Monaco, where he lives.
If the Defender isn’t strange enough, then check out the car he used to use as his daily driver in Monaco. A Fiat 500 Jolly recreation.
As expected, Lando does also own some faster road cars. Being a driver for the Mclaren F1 team, it’s no surprise that one of those is one of the most powerful performance cars that Mclaren produce, a 765LT Spider.
This one in particular was customised for Lando by Mclaren Special Operations (MSO). They gave it a bespoke blue carbon paint job and custom interior designed for their F1 driver, complete with his logo dotted around the car.
Lando recently added something even more special to his fleet. This time is was another classic, and oe of the most beautiful supercars ever made. A Lamborghini Miura.
To make this stunning car even more special, Lando’s was customised with a bespoke dark blue paint job and orange leather interior. What a beauty. Although it’s not the most reliable, as he found out when taking it for a drive in Monte Carlo.
And now Lando’s added another incredible car to his already out-of-this-world collection. It may be his finest choice yet.
Lando Norris' Ferrari F40
Recently, Lando was spotted by some eagle-eyed Monaco car spottes stopping at a gas station on the side of the road in Monte Carlo.
He had just fuelled up his new to him Ferrari F40. This is the first time Lando had been spotted in this car.
Launched in 1987 to celebrate Ferrari’s 40th anniversary, the Ferrari F40 was the last model developed under Enzo Ferrari’s oversight. Production ran until 1992, with only 1,311 cars built, making it a rare and highly coveted collector’s item these days.
At its heart, the F40 is powered by a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, producing around 478 horsepower and 426 lb-ft of torque. This allowed the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in about 4.2 seconds and achieve a top speed of 323 km/h (201 mph), making it the first production car to break the 200 mph barrier.
The F40’s body is crafted from Kevlar, carbon fiber, and aluminum, materials chosen for their strength and lightweight properties. This focus on weight reduction brought its curb weight down to approximately 1,100 kg.
To help keep it light, the paint was so thin that you could see the weave of the carbon fibre body panels through it.
For their raw, uncomprimising performance, the F40 is heralded as being one of the purest and most desirable Ferraris ever built. For that reason, they now command serious money.
Prices for F40s in the UK start at around £1.5m – £2m. But for a very low mileage one in perfect condition, you can expect to pay a lot more.
Lando’s particular F40 is fitted with non-standard wheels. As we’ve seen from the other cars in Lando’s collection, he likes to add his own touch to his vehicles. So his F40 is fitted with non-standard wheels.
The wheels it’s running or are the Enkei style wheels that were found on the F40 LM, the road-going racecar that Ferrari only produced 19 of.
