Lewis Hamilton rekindles childhood passion with remote control car race against Esteban Ocon in Suzuka pit lane
Hamilton and Ocon were picꦍtured remote control car ra⭕cing at Suzuka on Thursday.
The seven-time world chaꦍmpion has often spoken a꧙bout his love for RC cars in the past.
In 19🦹92, Hamilton featured on British TV programme ‘Blue Peter’, competing i🐟n an RC race.
Unsurprisingly, even a🦹t the age of 7, Hamilton came out on top.
In the FIA press conference, Ha🍸milton shed light on his ‘race’ with Ocon in the Suzuka pit lane.
“So Esteban and I had planned a while ago that while we are here we would get our remote control cars together and ꦬhave a bit of a race in the pit lane," Hamilton explained. "For me it was very reminiscent of when I was a kid on Blue Peter and it was really cool. We all share more in common than we probably think other than the fact we are pure rare. It’s very rare we all get to do things like that. It was fun.”
Haওmilton and Ocon then shared more details on how th📖ey both fared.
“It was just a bit of fun,” Ocon said
“We🉐 were spinning around. I wasn’t far oꦡff your [Ocon’] pace," Hamilton added.
Ocon replied: “I was super i𓆉mpressed because he hadn’t done it in years. He was like start slow and all that. I practise a lot - I am constantly on it. Straᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚight away, first braking point he nails it. That’s more than impressive.”
“I flipped it a lotꦗ of times but I had a softer setup,” Hami𓃲lton concluded.
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