The F1 world champion took delivery of the £25million Bombardier Challenger 605 in 2013 and regularly featured on his social media as he used it to jet across the globe.
Lewis Hamilton has sold his candy red private jet he purchased for £25m in 2013
Hamilton boasted about using the jet to fly his bulldog Coco from LA to London
After being mentioned in the Paradise Papers, it attracted criticism as well, even if he was found not guilty by way of a VAT payment.
Hamilton’s cherished bulldog Coco was a frequent traveler on the aircraft, traveling frequently from Los Angeles to London in order to see his friend Roscoe.
And after learning that he had urinate in the driver’s private restroom, the British Formula One racer allegedly got into a fight with the pilot of the plane.
The 34-year-old sold the jet, nevertheless, since it did not make sense financially and did not align with his principles of sustainable living.
Hamilton shared a vintage photo of himself when he was the owner of his own jet before of last week’s French Grand Prix.
The jet has a new designation; it was previously registered under the call sign G-LCDH, which stands for Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton.
Hamilton had been using it even though he was driving for Mercedes starting in 2012, even though it was registered to TAG Group, the owners of the British driver’s previous team, McLaren.
However, as of February, the aircraft was owned by Norwich Airport-based private aviation company Saxon Air.
Hamilton is vocal about several environmental problems and currently follows a plant-based diet.
He posted a critique of the killing of whales and dolphins on Instagram earlier this month. This is really distressing. How in the world are you able to harm another human? Shocked!”
Hamilton used the jet while driving for Mercedes even though it was registered to the owners of his former team McLaren
5Hamilton nearly fired his pilot after he found out he had used the F1 champ’s private toilet