Lewis Hamilton's parting gesture to Mercedes staff confirmed in now-deleted post

Lewis Hamilton commissioned a fig of pieces of artwork for his erstwhile colleagues aft helium near Mercedes to articulation up with Ferrari up of the 2025 Formula One season

Lewis Hamilton sent a peculiar acquisition to each 3,000 Mercedes employees aft helium near the squad to articulation Ferrari pursuing a hugely palmy 12-year stint.

Hamilton won six of his 7 world titles during his clip with Mercedes and the Brit commissioned artwork which helium talented to his erstwhile colleagues aft his departure. Acclaimed motorsport creator Paul Oz was commissioned for 1 of the works.

In a now-deleted station connected Instagram, Oz revealed that Hamilton asked him to overgarment a representation of the 40-year-old aft his triumph astatine the Monaco Grand Prix backmost successful 2019. Hamilton memorably dedicated that triumph to Niki Lauda, who had passed distant earlier that year.

Lauda served arsenic Mercedes' non-executive president from 2012 until his decease and played a relation successful the team's negotiations to motion Hamilton from McLaren successful 2013. The archetypal coating has been hung astatine Mercedes' office successful Brackley, portion each unit subordinate received a print.

"Now that it's nationalist cognition and each 3000 Mercedes GP employees person received their prints of this, I tin speech astir it," Oz said. "Commissioned by Lewis himself arsenic a departing contiguous for everybody astatine Mercedes… people act!

"My lone remit was that I should absorption connected the car alternatively than Lewis, and truthful I chose to overgarment an representation from Monaco 2019, conscionable a fewer days aft Niki Lauda passed and the squad ran a reddish halo to retrieve Niki. Lewis stuck it connected rod past dominated the race."

Artist Joel Clark besides shared a portion of artwork Hamilton commissioned him to nutrient titled 'An Ode to Senna' which depicts the Brit waving the Brazilian emblem aft winning the 2021 Sao Paolo Grand Prix.

"An Ode to Senna. Hand-cut vinyl applied to A1 Perspex panel. This portion was commissioned by @LewisHamilton arsenic portion of his leaving gifts to his teammates astatine @MercedesAMGF1," Clark shared connected societal media.

He besides included a video of him showing disconnected the portion and said: "It is with immense honour and stratospheric disbelief that I tin uncover to you my Lewis Hamilton commission. It's conscionable disconnected the scale!

"What we person present is titled 'An Ode to Senna'. It of people captures Lewis connected his triumph thigh astatine the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix. This on with, I think, 5 oregon six different artworks are fundamentally Lewis' leaving acquisition to Mercedes. The value and honour conscionable leaves maine speechless."

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