Lewis Hamilton Lap and Interview | Top Gear

So when you get to Formula One, okay, the start of the year is Australia wasn't the first race. Are you expected to behave like a new kid? You know, yes, certainly, yes, yes, yes, I think so. I think everyone is surely hoping for the right thing. This is a new guy, he doesn't know what he's doing and you know it's going to be very easy to pass him and that wasn't the case, well it wasn't because in the first race you took the guy by the eyebrows and in the second you put one on. macedon was the second race i think it was huge kimi was drunk i don't know i really should have asked him because he was really on the left it's malaysia and he was just on the left and i probably didn't imagine it would make him burst inside but singing 69 songs fake, um, we just saw Richard Hammond make a complete clot, frankly, in a formula one car.

Are these things difficult to drive? They are very, very difficult when you are at high speed when you are going 150 180 miles per hour and you are in a curve and you hit a bump and you try to correct it and you know it will shoot you so you are not afraid because I think you already said that If you're going to die on the track, so be it, kind of attitude. No, no, I don't think so, I'm not looking to waste my life, but you know, I never have. that the problem of being afraid you know, you never think what happens if a wheel comes off now or not, you know, I've had that problem this year a couple of times well, of course, it's actually quite exciting when you're flying, you know, of course head towards a barrier, the initial part, the initial part is actually pretty much like that, no it is, especially when you hit the gravel trap and get some air too, you know it's cool, but then you hit, you see it coming . like it's going to hurt and you hit it, actually at that moment you think it's going to hurt.

I had a really good one this year, which is the beginning of the season, and this car, the team worked really hard to put out two new cars. for the first test and I swerved it at 180 miles an hour backwards into the wall and I remember walking on the gravel backwards thinking okay this is going to happen and I just braced myself and threw my head back and it was actually a good opportunity. How can you just watch die hard? It's exciting, so who do you want to be your teammate next year? I mean, someone useless, presumably you want a job, no, I can't fit into it, it'll be embarrassing, oh, the fat guy it's going to be. useless and it would be the same story.

He would fly past you screaming, but do you want to? You love somebody? Presumably everyone loves someone. No, honestly, having this year having someone who could push me all the way was evil, you know? I learned a lot from that, he's a very good driver, I'm telling you he is, yeah, I could have it. I did it once on the Oxford ring road, honestly I was doing like 80, I passed about 85, no, 765, I was doing seven, that doesn't work. Does it? When are you driving now? Obviously, your father has been a big part of preparing your entire career.

I mean, he's here now. Does he still tell you how to drive there like all parents do? We're driving along with him, yeah, if we're on the road or something, you know he really believes that he's a better driver for me and that if he had done it, if he'd been given the chance, he'd be told right now. . you have a mercedes, you have one of those cls, no, you know what i drive, a gl500, that's a gl420, why didn't you fight, what's a diesel, it's, it's a pimp van, you know, it's the fuel of satan.

You can get it, you can put 24 inch tires on it and just sit back and drive, man that's all you need on the road, what are you saying about yourself now? There is one thing we have noticed is Martin Brundle. We've noticed that every time you don't do so well in a race, brundler talks to you, but he talks to me, yes, you realize that yes, I think he's bitter, yes, I think he's breaking things in your car, I think that's what's happening, hit him, no, I mean, really. Who would win a fist fight between all the British pilots?

Well, I used to box. I also used to cry because you're a black belt, right? Yes, I like to defend myself more, so you wouldn't want to. to hit great, think about that, breaking your wrists, you'll probably break your hand, right? And I know Justin doesn't like to fight either and, oh, now you know, when you look at a formula one card, obviously, every ounce you can save. Save, I mean, he just doesn't have any excess fat, how is Jensen Buttons allowed to have a beard? But seriously, because that eliminated all the effort the designer puts in and then shows up with all those fungus on his face.

Well, you haven't started shaving. yeah I'm getting a little bit going, you really do have pubic hair, but no honestly it grows, it's ugly anyway, obviously now we have to get to this point, yeah these are the Formula One people who have been here before, obviously, the Stig Heads. the board 144.4 um ansel jensen button dill and then mark webber now mark was the only one that came here when it was wet and I think it's wet out there it's very slippery and like you said someone came and put some oil on the track It was, it was Mark, seriously, today we had the Vauxhall Vxr8 going around, which is Australian, yeah, and the only person you're really racing is Mark Webber, who's Australian.

Now I'm not suggesting that he came in and undid the differential. in the vauxhall but it was squirting oil all over the track so you've got oil and water out there so really wet that's the time you're looking for it's 147.1. I'm actually a little nervous about this because I had a little fun, actually, but I'm not here to compete, let's see what happens, yeah, sure, honestly, I'm here to have fun, would you like to see the lap, play the tape, here we go, oh that's aggressive. start, let's get into second

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, now let's take a look, let's take a look, where are you using the line stigs or even though that's where the lever says it should go?

All the other F1 drivers do it differently. Leave for Chicago. Getting sideways on the road and that was really nice and super tight out there, come on man, give me six miles an hour 56 is fast, now this is where everyone is pretty slow and neat. I was expecting more extravagance, now here we go. look at the grip, this thing will also encourage formula one cards shane won't won't won't won't there we are on the other side oh, you've gone for the slippery underside and are you taking this seriously? I've never seen anyone so nonchalant about whoa that was nonchalant but sideways and approaching Gambon now and that's pretty outlandish and there we are crossing the line faster or slower what do you think Mark is a fast guy ?

Okay, you didn't. competitive one minute and taking into account that it is on a track covered in water and oil 44.7 now