Last Friday, Lewis Hamilton (39), the seven-time Formula 1 world champion, the man we must call “Sir” since he was knighted by Prince Charles in 2021, was the guest of the YouTuber American Sean Evans and his show “Hot Ones”.
The concept of the program: the Briton, like all the stars who agree to participate in this show, answered questions while eating particularly spicy chicken wings.
For once, the Mercedes team driver, who will move to Ferrari in 2025, sweated for reasons other than his intensive training and races during which he is used to losing several kilos.
During the interview, Lewis Hamilton, 8th in the 2024 world championship ranking dominated by the Dutchman Max Verstappen, was notably questioned about his behavior at the wheel when he hits the road without a helmet or suit in a vehicle more ordinary than a Formula 1 that he will drive this weekend in Montreal.
He responded that when he hits the road, he goes slow. And that his attitude leads him to suffer aggression from motorists stuck in traffic. He said that drivers often shout at him: “Go faster,” adding a few words that decency forbids him to repeat.
These complicated situations, he says, occur when he is in Los Angeles and New York, “where the drivers are aggressive.”
However, there are even more undisciplined drivers elsewhere. In Swiss! “The worst is in Switzerland, more precisely in German-speaking Switzerland.” Between laughs, he added: “People are very aggressive. They are crazy.”
