F1 world champion’s stunning £58m estate with 17 houses and huge farm | F1 | Sport
Laverstoke Park Farm is a 530-acre estate in Hampshire (Image: Laverstoke Park Farm)
Capturing a Formula 1 world championship brings immortal racing prestige – but for Jody Scheckter, it also laid the foundation for an extraordinary second act. The 76-year-old South African, who famously clinched the 1979 Drivers’ Championship with Ferrari after a fierce battle against racing icon Gilles Villeneuve, successfully channelled his sporting fame into a highly lucrative business empire.
Last year, the crown jewel of that wealth – his breathtaking Laverstoke Park Farm estate in Hampshire – was placed on the market with a staggering asking price of £58million. Following his legendary motorsport career, Scheckter founded Firearms Trading Systems, a weapons simulation enterprise that skyrocketed to generate over £100m in revenue during the 1990s. That immense fortune allowed him to purchase a 530-acre property near Overton in 1996.
Over the last three decades, Scheckter steadily acquired surrounding land to establish a pioneering organic and biodynamic agricultural operation.
His deep dedication to sustainable farming has even inspired other modern motorsport greats, such as four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel. However, after years of running a celebrated agricultural enterprise – which frequently caught the public eye and even featured on the BBC’s hit show Escape to the Country – Scheckter recently shifted gears.
Citing soaring operational costs, Laverstoke Park officially ceased its renowned buffalo farming and mozzarella production in early 2024. Now, as of mid-2026, he is looking to completely part ways with his expansive real estate portfolio.
Scheckter’s estate is valued at £58m (Image: Savills)
Listed jointly by luxury property agents Savills and Knight Frank, the vast Laverstoke estate commands a £58m valuation for the entire property, which encompasses 17 distinct houses and residential cottages.
It was split into three lots: Lot 1, the house, park and Home Farm, priced at £35m; Lot 2, Turrill Hill Farm, priced at £15m; and Lot 3, Berrydown Farm, priced at £8m. The latter two are currently under offer.
Beyond the expansive stretches of arable farmland, the future owner will inherit a private indoor swimming pool, indoor tennis and squash courts, and 1.5 miles of exclusive fishing rights along the picturesque River Test.
The property features private squash and tennis facilities (Image: Savills)
Reflecting on his ambitious agricultural journey in a 2019 interview with Hampshire Life, Scheckter was candid about his early challenges: “In the beginning, I didn’t really know what I was doing.
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“I started out doing it for myself and my family – a lot of it has come back to that. I’m proud that it’s now become profitable, but I would have liked to have achieved that much earlier.”
Scheckter bought the estate back in 1996 (Image: Savills)
He further explained how the estate had evolved prior to shutting down its animal operations: “The farm has changed dramatically from a farming point of view.
“Now the farm is much more of a dairy farm than anything with our buffalo milk… We’ve become more of a normal farm now than we ever were.”
Today, exactly 47 years after hoisting the F1 championship trophy and 30 years after first purchasing his Hampshire sanctuary, Scheckter’s £58m listing offers a rare opportunity to own an idyllic piece of combined motorsport and agricultural history.
