Hamilton: Traffic in England is wrong

Lewis Hamilton did not immediately go to Mexico after the US Grand Prix, but spent a few days in Los Angeles, where he also participated in the popular ABC talk show by TV host Jimmy Kimmel.

When Kimmel asked Lewis if he was coming to the studio himself or if he was being brought in, the seven-time world champion replied that he didn’t like to drive.

“No, I did not come myself. Actually I don’t like driving unless you can go really fast – laughing, the driver Mercedes. – To be honest, I’m the best passenger! Every time I visit my homeland and visit my parents, my father drives the car – he likes cars and likes to steer. Besides, my parents are here in Los Angeles now, they flew with me.

I don’t like traffic jams, city traffic is very stressful for me. But when I go to the UK I have an old Mini Cooper there – Mr. Bean had one! And then I can go to the city where I grew up, drive past the school where I studied, past the house where our family lived in my childhood. And nobody expects me to be able to drive a car like that, that’s for sure!”

The show’s host asked Lewis’s opinion, as he is British, which he considers more correct – right-hand or left-hand drive, and he gave a somewhat unexpected response: “To be completely honest, I think we’ve got it wrong. I grew up in the UK of course but when I get home I just don’t know which side of the road to drive on And all the time it seems to me we’re going the wrong way and we should !”

Jimmy Kimmel made his celebrity guest and everyone in the studio laugh by suggesting that now that Lewis was knighted and Sir Lewis had become Sir Lewis, he could afford to drive on any side of the road.

Hamilton was also asked to talk about his film project, which he is working on with Brad Pitt.

“Probably, like everyone else, I like film. I watch movies all my life and some movies have really inspired me,” Lewis replied. – Now film and TV cover a wide range of topics, and I want to participate in this process, I want to tell stories that can inspire young people.

So I started a production company, Dawn Apollo Films, and I’m currently working with Brad on a new F1 movie. He is a real star and it was a great experience working with him. That’s why Brad Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski were with us on the car dream in Austin. As for my potential participation in the film, I’m acting as producer, although I couldn’t accept Tom Cruise’s offer to play one of the roles in “Top Gun: Maverick” last year. , I still very much regret.