Lewis Hamilton certainly made an entrance to the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix media day on Thursday. Riding his custom red MV Agusta F4 LH44 motorcycle, the seven-time champion arrived at the circuit to flashing cameras and cheers.
With both Hamilton and his bike wearing Ferrari colours, this race weekend follows a strong performance at Imola with the Scuderia team, as well as his appearance at the F1 movie private screening last night.
The exclusive MV Agusta F4 LH44 motorcycle
Hamilton’s ride of choice comes in the shape of the exclusive limited edition LH44 motorcycle. After a collaboration between the driver and the brand in 2017, 44 units – Hamilton’s racing number – of this rare machine were built. In fact, this makes it one of the rarest motorcycles ever built.
Built atop the F4 RC platform, which assimilates technology from the World Superbike Championship’s Reparto Corse Superbike, it boasts a four-cylinder, 998cc heart that produces 212 hp, seven more than the standard model. In something that weighs 190 kg dry, that’s an immense amount of power. That means a top speed of approximately 184 mph.
“I am very excited to continue my partnership with MV Agusta,” Hamilton said on the bike’s release. “I love working with Giovanni and the guys at MV Agusta, their passion for engineering and attention to detail produces stunning, original looking bikes.
“My projects with MV Agusta are a great way to combine my love of riding bikes with my interest in creative design process so I am very much involved with the CRC design team throughout.
“I am particularly excited to introduce my new bike, the F4 LH44. It looks quite stunning and I had the pleasure of riding on track a few weeks ago in Italy, it feels great and combines the best of both worlds, a race bike for the road! There will be 44 bikes produced so I hope the lucky owners will love it as much as I do”.
The machine features lashings of carbon fibre and titanium to maintain its lean weight, but the bright red paint job is what makes it stand out.
Hamilton started his race week with a private screening of the F1 movie alongside his fellow Formula 1 drivers. The highly anticipated Brad Pitt-led film sees the Ferrari driver serve as producer, with his responsibility mostly revolving around grounding the film in reality.
The majority of drivers, as well as a number of other team personnel, gathered at the Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum to enjoy the production.
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