IN PICTURES: Tennis Meets F1 as Roger Federer Makes a Surprise Appearance in Mercedes Paddock at Spanish GP

We have seen different sporting worlds collide with one another at the recently concluded Miami GP. During that F1 event, famous sporting celebrities like Michael Jordan, David Beckham, Juan Martin del Potro, Venus, and Serena Williams graced us with their presence. Currently, F1 is in Spain, as they are having a race weekend in Barcelona. Meanwhile, the Mercedes camp gets a surprise visit from a certain 20-time Grand Slam champion named Roger Federer. 

Roger Federer joins the Mercedes camp with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell 

Today, it was a qualifying day at the Spanish GP in Barcelona and the Mercedes camp is getting some extra motivation from Roger Federer. Earlier, the official Twitter account of the Mercedes F1 team confirmed the news that Federer will be with the team through the qualifying. In that tweet, they posted a photo where the Swiss tennis star was posing with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. 

“Here’s the @LewisHamilton, @rogerfederer and @GeorgeRussell63 content you ordered. Great to have you with us for Quali, Roger!” Mercedes’ F1 team tweeted. 

Earlier, Roger himself posted a photo on his Instagram, and in the caption, he wrote, “#SpanishGP? Roger that!”

Moments ago, the Swiss Maestro added few more pictures of him in the Mercedes paddock and captioned, “I had a need for speed.”

Later, F1 also posted a photo of Roger Federer in his headgear with the Mercedes camp, possibly listening to all the radio conversations. Meanwhile, he was also standing beside the team principal, Toto Wolff.

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In the meantime, even Roger Federer could not bring luck to the Mercedes team, as they didn’t get the pole position in today’s qualifying. After the free practice 2, they looked one of the faster cars on the grid. However, in the qualifying, they again lost the Ferrari and Red Bull team. 7-time F1 world champion, Lewis Hamilton, finished 6th and his partner George Russell finished ahead of him in the fourth position. 

Federer has been training hard for his comeback 

Although Federer is traveling a lot recently, he is also working hard on his return. Recently, Federer posted on his Instagram a few pictures of his indoor training. In the caption he wrote, “And we keep going.”

Earlier, the 20-time Grand Slam winner announced his return at the Laver Cup, which will probably be his first tournament after the knee surgery. Also, we will get to see Nadal and Federer play again together after a long time. After the Laver Cup, he will play the tournament in Basel, which he won 10 times previously. 

Are you excited to see Federer return? Let us know in the comments. 

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