Pierre Gasly Isn’t Just Admiring Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari F40—He Wants to Drive ItLewis Hamilton recently acquired his dream car, the Ferrari F40, and it's already making headlines. Now, though, there is a possibility other drivers may want to drive it, and Alpine's Pierre Gasly has already admitted he wants to have a go in it during a media session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix weekend.The seven-time world champion arrived at Monza in the 1991 F40, a Ferrari icon that spent roughly 35 years inside a private garage before Azimut Automobile Heritage Enhancement found it in late 2025. Motorbiscuit reported that the untouched rarity that was left as-is in stock condition received some much-needed treatment by Ferrari in Maranello.Hamilton confirmed he found the F40 dusty after more than three decades of being left in a private garage. He said:AdvertisementAdvertisement"My very own F40. It's my dream car and has been for as long as I can remember. These cars are works of art and are incredibly rare."Introduced in 1987 to mark Ferrari's 40th anniversary, the F40 is powered by a rear-mounted 2.9-liter twin-turbo V8 making 478 hp, with a factory-rated top speed of around 201 mph (324 km/h). Ferrari built just 1,311 examples, making the model highly desirable for its rarity, performance, and history.And because it is so rare, every driver and petrolhead would at least want to drive it, if not own it, and Gasly is no exception. In Monza, Hamilton was being interviewed alongside Haas' Oliver Bearman and Gasly. However, most questions were addressed to Hamilton, which prompted him to remind the reporters that there were other drivers in the room. He said:"Can I also just say, look, we've got two great gentlemen here, please make sure you share the questions between us all, and not just at me."AdvertisementAdvertisementGasly replied:"I'd rather listen to you."He added:"Later, I want to ask for a ride, so [hinting at the F40]."The Story Behind Hamilton's Dream CarHamilton laughed it off, and we're not sure if he would share his favorite car with anybody else. The Ferrari driver opened up to Sky Sports Italy about his preference for a low-mileage Ferrari F40 and revealed the story behind the number 44 that was found on his F40's engine. He said:"It's a dream car of mine. I've been looking for one for a while and I wanted one with low mileage. I wanted one with a story, and lots have come up in auction over the past couple of years, some with low mileage, but just not particularly special, or maybe the paint's been redone or something like that.AdvertisementAdvertisement"I wanted to find the most authentic one and managed to come across this one that the owner had bought it, drove it from Maranello to his home, 69 kilometres, and then parked it and never started it again. The passenger door had never been opened, you know. It just had this cover on it and all this dust."Then the decision was kind of, 'What do you do? Do you keep it as an art piece, keep it all dusty, or do you have them clean it up?' So that took me a while to decide, and then I had them redo it because I wanted to drive it. Because I realised, actually, what's kind of crazy is, I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure none of the Ferrari drivers in history have ever arrived in the coolest cars that they have, you know, these iconic ones, the GTO or the F40."And I was like, 'It has to be done.'"What was – I know it's a long answer – but what was also crazy is when they were taking the car apart to check it, firstly, it stood the test of time. Everything was still working. Hardly anything had to be changed. And when they took the engine out, they found out the engine's number 44. It's got stamped on the engine number 44.AdvertisementAdvertisement"I couldn't believe it. I was like, 'Did you know? You've got to be lying.' So, it feels very much like fate. And I thought it was a real opportunity to kind of highlight the history of Ferrari in their home country, at their race, and when am I ever going to get to do that again?"
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