Lewis Hamilton Opens Up About His Former Lucky Charm and …read more
Lewis Hamilton, the renowned Formula 1 driver, recently shared an amusing story about his former lucky charm during an event in Milan. The British racer, alongside his new Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, participated in the Scuderia Ferrari Drivers’ Presentation, where hundreds of passionate fans gathered to support the duo. During the event, fans were given the opportunity to ask questions, and one curious supporter asked Hamilton about any pre-race rituals he may have had over the years.
Hamilton, who has been in the sport for over a decade, admitted that he doesn’t have any specific rituals before races anymore. However, he did recall a time when he used to rely on a lucky charm for good fortune. “I don’t have any pre-race rituals,” Hamilton began. “When I was younger, I did. I had lucky boxer shorts. And my mum, she shrunk them.” It was a funny anecdote, but he explained that his lucky charm didn’t stop there.
Hamilton also mentioned having a “lucky conker,” a chestnut from a tree, which he kept as a good luck charm. He would carry it with him during races, storing it in his suit for that extra bit of luck. However, despite its importance, the conker mysteriously disappeared during one of the races. “I had a lucky conker and I put it in my suit. Somehow, it disappeared in the race. I don’t know how it got out,” he recalled. The story left everyone chuckling, but it also pointed to an important turning point in his career.
At one stage, Hamilton had a set routine or “sequence” of actions he would follow before each race. But after one such sequence went awry, resulting in a crash, he decided to abandon the idea of rituals altogether. “There was a time where I had a sequence, a ritual, and I got it wrong and I crashed. After that, I decided, ‘No ritual,'” Hamilton explained. This incident marked a shift in his approach
