Lewis Hamilton has always had a flair for the dramatic. Seven F1 world championships, a move to Ferrari that stunned the paddock, and a career built from sheer hard work and dedication. But nothing he has done on the track has generated quite the same noise as pulling into Tokyo’s legendary Daikoku Parking Area in a Ferrari F40, doing donuts, and revealing Kim Kardashian grinning in the passenger seat. The video, posted on Hamilton’s Instagram account as the third installment of his Tokyo Drift series, is instantly iconic. As the smoke finally dissipated and the camera pulled in close on the passenger seat, Kardashian’s reaction said everything: “That’s insane.”
The Ferrari F40 holds a special place in Hamilton’s heart. He had long described it as his ultimate automotive dream, and the world got an early glimpse of that bond when he posed beside one outside Enzo Ferrari’s former residence during his first visit to the team’s Maranello headquarters. His personal car collection was valued at over $40 million, anchored by a 1995 McLaren F1 worth around $20 million alone, along with a Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta and a Mercedes-AMG One.
The F40 itself needs no introduction to enthusiasts, but its significance here goes beyond the price tag. The car that pulled into Daikoku that evening was valued at well over $4 million. More importantly, it was the last Ferrari personally approved by Enzo himself, a raw, twin-turbocharged icon from 1987 that’s now firmly in collectible territory. Drifting one in public is a statement few people on earth could even contemplate making.
Hamilton’s net worth sits around $450 million in 2026, earned through racing contracts, endorsements, his production work on the F1 movie, and investments. His companion that evening is not exactly short on resources either. Kardashian’s net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion, driven largely by Skims, her shapewear company valued at $5 billion.
Her own car collection includes a Rolls-Royce, a Lamborghini, and multiple Maybachs, all custom-painted grey to match the minimalist palette of her mansion. Still, nothing in that grey garage quite prepares you for an F40 doing donuts at midnight.
The relationship between the two has been an open secret for months. As the video ended, the smoke cleared on the person in the passenger seat, few people could engineer a more memorable relationship reveal than this.
