Hamilton nonetheless targeted on Ferrari success regardless of distractions in profession twilight

Lewis Hamilton stated he was delivered a “curveball” of a query on the Miami Grand Prix when he was requested about David Beckham turning 50 this weekend.

The 2 are pals and beforehand shared the identical company and, having a couple of seconds to think about his reply, Hamilton spoke extra about what Beckham has carried out since retiring from a soccer profession that noticed him win a number of trophies and captain his native England.

It may have been seen as telling that Hamilton was impressed by Beckham’s post-playing profession achievements, given he’s now within the twilight of his time in Method 1.

Having received seven world championships, extra races than anybody else and shone for a lot of a season, Hamilton has hit the skids since transferring to Ferrari for 2025.

Apart from a shock dash race win in Shanghai, the 40-year-old has endured a troublesome begin to life with the Scuderia to the extent that Ralf Schumacher has even advised he ought to retire this summer season.

However, as he addressed the media on Thursday afternoon in Miami, it was apparent that bettering his Ferrari type is entrance and centre of his thoughts – even when he’s set to co-chair the Met Gala, an annual fundraising occasion at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork.

Requested what he can be carrying, Hamilton bullishly replied: “I do not even know. I’ve not likely put a lot thought into it.

“It is superb working with Anna (Wintour) and her staff. It has been a privilege. To have the ability to proceed to do stuff in vogue is enjoyable.

“Anna’s been actually understanding – I have not had lots of time to do an enormous quantity with it, however the work has been in drips over the previous two years already with Anna. So yeah, excited for folks to see it.”

Hamilton may not have relocated to Italy, nonetheless residing in Monaco, however he did discuss how a lot he enjoys travelling to Maranello – and never simply to work on ironing out the issues plaguing his begin at Ferrari.

“I adore it. Attempting to remain off the pizzas and the pasta, which I am not doing very properly with if I am sincere,” he stated.

“I used to be there final week and had like three pizzas in two days. I’ve my hookup – he retains bringing me a pizza. I textual content him late after the day and I am like, “Hey, can I get a pizza?” He retains bringing me one.

“However yeah, I actually am having fun with it. Not residing in Italy at the moment, however spending extra time continues to be one thing I actually wish to try to determine how one can do by means of the 12 months. My Italian isn’t actually progressing, so I’ve in all probability obtained to throw myself extra into the thick of it.

“However the staff’s been properly. A lot of adjustments, an enormous quantity of labor has been occurring from my first days there to regulate sure issues, for instance within the sim, and everybody’s been actually responsive and massively supportive. So I’ve actually appreciated it.”