Motorsport · Competition association · not ownership

Lewis Hamilton

2020 Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance /01

Lewis Hamilton driving the black no. 44 Mercedes W11 at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton driving the actual Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance /01 at Mugello on September 13, 2020, the day he won the Tuscan Grand Prix.Photo: Eustace Bagge · CC BY-SA 4.0. Joyride serves Wikimedia Commons’ proportional 1920-pixel derivative byte-for-byte; no further crop, recompression, retouching or generation. A responsive frame may crop displayed edges.
Lewis Hamilton speaking to reporters in a 2021 identification portrait.
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The black W11 that won Formula One’s first Tuscan Grand Prix

Connection
Competition association · not ownership
When
Driven to victory · September 13, 2020
Identity
Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance /01 · race no. 44 · 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix winner

Lewis Hamilton started the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix from pole in Mercedes race number 44 and won after a chaotic afternoon with two red flags. Mercedes’ own Sunday report identifies his entrant as F1 W11 EQ Performance /01 and records the win as the ninetieth victory of his Formula One career.

This is a competition association, not a personal-ownership claim. Eustace Bagge photographed Hamilton at the wheel at Mugello on September 13, 2020; the no. 44, black 2020 livery and W11 body are visible. The team’s exact /01 designation and official race record connect that photograph to Hamilton’s race-winning car rather than to a generic W11 display vehicle.

Follow the evidence

Sources for this story

Mercedes identifies Hamilton’s Tuscan Grand Prix car as F1 W11 EQ Performance /01 and records his first-place finish. Formula 1’s official result identifies no. 44 Hamilton, Mercedes, as the winner. No personal ownership or post-race custody is claimed.

  • 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix — SundayMercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team · 2020-09-13 · external source

    Hamilton’s win, ninetieth career victory and the exact team designation F1 W11 EQ Performance /01.

  • 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix — race resultFormula 1 · 2020-09-13 · external source

    Race number 44, Hamilton, Mercedes, 59 laps and first-place classification.

Reviewed

Why this is the actual car
  • Photo identity evidence

    Mercedes identifies Hamilton’s event car as F1 W11 EQ Performance /01 and records his victory.

  • Photo identity evidence

    Formula 1’s official result identifies no. 44 Hamilton of Mercedes as the winner on September 13, 2020.

  • Photo identity evidence

    Eustace Bagge identifies Hamilton driving his Mercedes W11 at the Tuscan Grand Prix; the no. 44 and black W11 livery are visible.

The matching photographer, venue, date and vehicle history establish the identification; the chassis stamp is not visible in these photographs.