Call of Duty with the brother, the fan on Gran Turismo and… Starfield

Lewis Hamilton will be a Ferrari driver from next year, with a surprise move worthy of the best transfer market sessions. Despite his age, higher than the average of his colleagues who regularly engage in esports as in the case of Lando Norris, Hamilton also has a rather consolidated relationship with video games. And he did not fail to make it clear, both directly and indirectly, given that the passion for gaming also runs in the family.

Brother Nicolas Hamilton —

One of the first hints about this relationship with gaming of the 7-time Formula 1 world champion comes from his half-brother Nicolas. As he said, Lewis had given him “a portable gaming station so that I can always stay in touch with him and play while I’m away from home for the races”. A fairly expensive device (we’re talking about a thousand pounds) known as Gaems Guardiano Pro, equipped with a PS4 Slim, with which the two could stay in touch even during longer journeys and enjoy a bit of Call of Duty Warzone.

The anecdote with Russell —

Obviously, the racing game Gran Turismo, a series of which he was also an ambassador, could not be missing from Lewis Hamilton’s personal list of favorite games. At the beginning of 2023, taking part in a Mercedes event, the Englishman revealed that he “played it during the Christmas holidays”, even competing with the online competition. The anecdote became more curious when Lewis explained that “there was someone with my initials, like LH or Lewis GB or something like that, 44 something”, therefore someone who admired him. The problem? This fan “kept kicking me out! He had no idea he was racing against me.” An assist for teammate George Russell, who immediately joked: “you discovered me!”.

“He had no idea he was racing me” 😂🎮 pic.twitter.com/RX2xEQbsj9

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) January 10, 2023

The Starfield surprise —

Not just great classics and automotive titles, though. Recently involved in a partnership with Fortnite, which saw him debut as a skin in the well-known battle royale, Hamilton surprised those present when he revealed that he was playing one of the most recent titles: “I really like Starfield”. Starfield is the latest role-playing game from Bethesda, a label known to the general public for Skyrim and Fallout, but not everyone is familiar with it given that it is an Xbox and PC exclusive, and it hasn’t had the enormous response of critics and audiences of his predecessors. “I also play Call of Duty and Fortnite back to back. I would say that I prefer Fortnite because I prefer the construction aspect”, however, was the British man’s opinion.

Hamilton defends himself again on F1 23 —

Obviously, the most successful in the history of Formula 1 together with the legendary Michael Schumacher could not be missing from the official video game of his sport. While he has never publicly committed himself to the game, unlike younger colleagues such as Leclerc and Verstappen, Hamilton is still one of the best drivers in F1 23 today: according toend of season update launched in December, it is worth 92, behind only the Dutchman (96) and Fernando Alonso (93). Despite the Asturian’s overtaking, the values ​​of the next Prancing Horse driver increased over the course of the season: just a few too many errors which cost him a few points under “Awareness”, but almost all the values ​​had a plus sign, from experience at speed, through driving quality. Good indications in view of the marriage with Ferrari.