Red Bull F1 Cost Cap Breach Mocked as Lewis Hamilton Takes “W-14 Leak” For A Ride

It is not every day you see an F1 driver going head-to-head with a fighter jet. But what do you do when you have won everything in F1, including the record for most race wins, and 7 world titles? Lewis Hamilton raced an Aero L-39 Albatros Jet for an IWC commercial.

In a video released by Mercedes in partnership with the IWC watches, Hamilton races a black fighter jet with his black Mercedes W12.

Lewis Hamilton is arguably the greatest racing legend of all time. The Mercedes driver holds several accolades in the sport. But it has been a disappointing season for the Silver Arrows man so far. Mercedes and Hamilton are yet to win a race this season. Hamilton has never finished a season without a win in a calendar year in his 15-year career.

However, in his latest advertisement video, he did more than just race an F1 car. In the commercial for IWC, which also sponsors Lewis, they put the former McLaren driver alongside an Albatros fighter jet.

Seeing this, fans took a dig at the Red Bull case cap breach and referred to the jet as the W14 (Mercedes’s next year’s F1 car) after Toto Wolff seemingly threatened to ignore the cost cap next year amid the ongoing drama.

Red Bull was guilty of a procedural breach as well as breaching the financial budget cap. Meanwhile, Aston Martin was only guilty of a procedural breach.

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Fans on Twitter lost their cool after watching Lewis race alongside a speedster. They were quick to troll the current Mercedes edition of the car as well.

F1 Twitter reacts to Lewis Hamilton racing a fighter jet in his W12 car

Twitter was rightfully buzzing after Mercedes released a video of Lewis Hamilton racing an Aero L-39 Albatros Jet. After all, it’s not every day you see an F1 car go head-to-head with a fighter jet. Fans shared their opinions on Twitter about the latest video. They even took a savage dig at Red Bull and their fans.

Furthermore, many fans joked about the fighter jet being Mercedes’ W14 car next year.

Subsequently, some users took a dig at Mercedes’ current W13 car as well.

Lewis Hamilton will return to action in the US GP, hoping to end the winless draught of the Silver Arrows. Moreover, he’ll be hoping to climb the championship ladder higher than his teammate, George Russell.

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Lewis Hamilton has raced against many quick individuals. However, none were as quick as a fighter jet. At the end of the video, we also see him sitting in the jet. Although, we are not sure if he is flying the jet or is sitting at the back as a passenger. But do you think the 7-time world champion can beat a jet it in a fair and square race?