Lewis Hamilton “Pays the Price of Fashion” as Brit Turns Candid on Primary Interest Outside F1

Lewis Hamilton’s arch-rival Fernando Alonso has recently been spotted copying Lewis Hamilton, wearing some amazing outfits while arriving into the paddock. While Alonso looked quite good in the outfit, no one does it quite like Lewis Hamilton, whose outfit always catches the eye whenever he walks into the paddock. However, the Briton also paid the price for the same, as he recently opened up about his fashion.

While F1 has always been related to luxury, fashion was hardly ever a part of it. Drivers have to walk around the paddock wearing team apparel. The sponsors are on the teams’ heels to get as much sponsorship time as possible, and the drivers’ clothing is yet another opportunity for the sponsors. For the same reason, F1 drivers stopped wearing the Laurel Wreath during the podium celebrations. 

However, drivers just have little time to wear whatever they please when they enter the paddock and make it to their garages or team hospitality areas, where their performance coaches are usually waiting with a briefing and their team outfits. Lewis Hamilton was amongst the first drivers on the grid who brought glam with this limited time from paddock to garage. The Briton can be seen wearing different designer outfits, specially tailored for him, to show off the skill of the designer as well as make him look dapper.

In a recent interview, Lewis Hamilton opened up about how he selects what to wear to the grid; and how he sometimes has to suffer because the outfit is long and warm. As per wwwd.com, Lewis Hamilton said, “There’s a lot of planning. It’s ultimately looking at brands that I admire. I try to collaborate with designers, and they come up with custom pieces, which is always awesome. In the different locations I go to, I love to utilize my platform to highlight up-and-coming designers as well.”

The 7X champ further added, “There’s a lot of options but I only have four days, there’s only so much you can wear to the track. And then I have to get back into the [team’s racing] kit. I wish there were more days.” He continued, “I’ve been to Bahrain and the Middle East and worn some really warm clothing, and was dying for the 30 seconds I’m walking down to the track. But that’s the price of fashion.”

We can relate with Hamilton when we have to wear something uncomfortable for a special event and are super relaxed once we’re home, or are able to get out of those clothes. However, Hamilton was not always into fashion, and it all started quite late for him. Let’s get to that story.

“I Knew Something Was Missing”: Lewis Hamilton on how he discovered his love for Fashion and other things

Lewis Hamilton was awarded the GQ Global Creativity Award this year. While receiving the award, the Brit explained how he looks back at his time as a kid, when he was racing hard in karting and attending school at the same time, and how he never had time for anything else because it was all making it as an F1 driver. It was only when he achieved success in Formula 1 that he explored other aspects of life and fell in love with fashion, music, and all the other things that he does now.

Talking about how he discovered the creative side, Hamilton said, “But looking back now, I realize that I was suppressing a big part of myself, a part of who I am. Once I got to Formula 1, and I started achieving the thing that I’d worked so hard to achieve, I knew something was missing, so I started to explore my creative side, and I found things pulling me in like art, music, writing songs, and designing clothes, and now making films.”

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