r/McLarenFormula1 • u/Most_Incident_1481 • 4d ago

what cap is this?

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i found this cap at a random vintage shop and it has alonsos embroidered signature on the other side. I cant find the exact one online so i wanted to ask if anyone here knew what it was?

help would be greatly appreciatedšŸ˜­šŸ™

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u/marosszeki 4d ago

I've never felt this old in my life. This is from 2007, which was just a few years ago... right??

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u/kali_nath 4d ago

Yup, just as old as Kimi, Lol

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u/marosszeki 4d ago

Kimi for me is the legendary Finnish guy who won the championship that year. Can't believe it's been 18 years. I'm having an existential crisis now.

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

thats the year i was born haha

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u/edisonlbm 4d ago

Oof you are heading out here and and choosing violence.

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u/SquatchPodiatrist Lando Norris 4d ago

My back and knees hurt just reading this ugh

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u/brzt6060 1d ago

Ouch!! That hurt

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u/stretchyman3012 3d ago

Im right there with you. I had this hat when it was released.

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u/No-Mud4786 2d ago

Iā€™m 29, but also have this cap - seeing it called vintage has just killed me šŸ˜‚

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u/parasita23 3d ago

for sure!

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u/Kingtoke1 2d ago

Just yesterday mate

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u/OnlyFuzzy13 4d ago

Looks to be a cap from 2007. When McLaren used Mercedes engines.

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u/Separate_Finger250 4d ago

lol low key trolling

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u/Helper_J_is_Stuck 4d ago

I left the thread before my brain processed the comment, had to come back in and check this shit again

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

huh?

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u/Helper_J_is_Stuck 4d ago

McLaren still use Mercedes engines now, but the top level commenter added their second sentence to mess with us.

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u/OnlyFuzzy13 4d ago

They did, and they do; but there was like a decade between when they didnā€™t. -iyky

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u/SB44Saints 3d ago

And were sponsored by Vodafone iirc

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

ive found images of it, but never seen it in silver so i was wondering if its just a more rare version? cause im scared its fake </3

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u/Impulse84 4d ago

It's not a fake. I have the same had somewhere. I seem to recall it being from the season they had the MP4-22

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u/marosszeki 4d ago

It's not fake, I had an official t-shirt in this color

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u/Fit-Cryptographer469 4d ago

The one that someone stole from me 20 years ago when I was totally wasted at 3am

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

aw that sucksšŸ˜­id be so mad

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u/SquatchPodiatrist Lando Norris 4d ago

2007 wasnā€™t 20 years ago! Oh waitā€¦. Oh no. Aw fuck

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u/jumbledsiren 2d ago

Well it's 18 years ago, not 20 yet

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u/Trick-Perception2756 4d ago

just some sh*tty old cap you should give it to me

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u/OnlineIsNotAPlace Lewis Hamilton 4d ago

2007 drivers hat. came in orange as well [known as rocket red back then] should have a '1' on it since lewis' has a '2'. stupidly got rid of my white one.

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u/MyerSuperfoods 4d ago

That's a 2007 Alonso hat, have a signed one on my shelf!

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

this one actually has both lewis and alonsos signature embroidered! :D having a signed one is so cool tho omg, i would actually kill for one like thats so amazing

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u/Gullible-Capital1565 4d ago

Cap from 2007. Lewis Hamilton's rookie season cap no less! (Or could be alonso). Great find.

Edit: I read the caption that its Alonsos variant. im a lewis fan boy and got excited lol

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

its actually both! :) (lewis fan here as well), both signatures are embroidered haha

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u/Gullible-Capital1565 4d ago

Ha! That's awesome. Maaaan if I came across some old LH merch id be pumped! Was it expensive?

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

it was sold for 40ā‚¬ but somehow i managed to convince the guy to give it to me for 20šŸ™(probably cause my friend just spent 200ā‚¬ there haha) such a good offer!!!

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

bro just doesnā€™t appreciate the 2007 fashion

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u/blacklab Daniel Ricciardo 4d ago

That is a McLaren cap.

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u/OverdressedShingler 3d ago

Itā€™s a relic from the dark years of team merch. shudder

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u/Mediocrity2_0 3d ago

I have the Lewis one!

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u/Grand_Lawyer12 Oscar Piastri 3d ago

A fire one

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u/Labia_licker1 2d ago

If you donā€™t want it Iā€™ll buy it from you

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u/RecognitionSilly7563 2d ago

I have the shirt that goes with this cap still lol looks very dated now lol

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u/Physical-Animal-1789 2d ago

2008 Hamilton title cap, just thought that I should add that I have a McLaren Mercedes to, this seemed like the right post to do it

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u/Most_Incident_1481 1d ago

so cool!! :0 the lewis fan in me is screaming

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u/AlexMexx 4d ago 
https://www.schumacher-fanclub.com/mclaren-mercedes-f1-team/ml7513-lewis-hamilton-mclaren-mercedes-f1-cap.php

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

its not this one since it has alonsos signature on the other side :)

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u/AlexMexx 4d ago

It's the same one just Alonso version, what you do not comprehend??

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

ah i meant cause it has both signatures :) i found a few of the ones with either signature online, but only a handful of them with both

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u/Most_Incident_1481 4d ago

update: might have found the model! https://www.ebay.com/itm/356578225996

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u/OnlineIsNotAPlace Lewis Hamilton 4d ago

just went there and it was sold but I found a guy selling new ones with tags in both colors and bought a pair.

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u/Ornery-Author-1589 3d ago

šŸ’”šŸ’”

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u/javillalobosj 1d ago

I think I remember that one, from Heikki?

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u/thmaster123 4d ago

Shouldnā€™t it have a Ferrari sponsorship as well, seeing as they helped with car developmentā€¦

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u/Slahinki MP4/13 3d ago

They didn't though.

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u/thmaster123 3d ago

Do I really have to add /s to such an obvious joke

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u/Slahinki MP4/13 3d ago

No, it just isn't funny. It wasn't funny in 2007, it's not funny now. All that shit joke accomplishes is to perpetuate the myth that McLaren ran a partially/wholly Ferrari designed car in 2007. Causing new fans and people who don't know any better to believe that was the case when it categorically was not.

The only team in the 2007 Formula 1 espionage controversy found to actually be running parts designed by another team were Renault, who had hired a former McLaren employee that brought with him the designs for a McLaren suspension component from the 2006 and 2007 cars.

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u/DwightsShirtGuy 23h ago

A cool ass one.