Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has spent his restricted day off between the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix collaborating in a treasured pastime.
The Ferrari star loved a comparatively constructive begin to the 2026 F1 championship final trip when he finished P4 in the Australian GP, just one place behind team-mate Charles Leclerc.
But with the Monegasque racer having already picked up his first podium of the season, Hamilton will be keen to return to Shanghai with a bang having suffered a blended weekend their final 12 months.
And it seems as if he has been taking a really relaxed strategy to his race preparations, assembly some lovely companions alongside the means as he and his mom headed to meet some bunnies forward of a really busy race weekend.
Prior to the second spherical of the season in China this weekend, one fan took to social media platform ‘X’ to share a heartwarming video of Hamilton, writing: “Lewis posted on 抖音 [the Chinese version of TikTok]
“Made some cute new friends today!”
Along with the caption was an lovely clip of Hamilton and his mother, Carmen Larbalestier, who was current in the Ferrari storage final weekend in Melbourne to assist her son.
The pair could possibly be seen doting on a nest of rabbits, with Carmen stroking them as they huddled round her while Hamilton petted their extremely soft-looking fur and fed them loads of carrot sticks.
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A relaxed mindset it precisely what the 41-year-old wants forward of a busy dash weekend, the place he will be trying to proper a incorrect after a disappointing lead to China final season.
At the 2025 Chinese GP, the British icon celebrated his first win in pink, standing on the top step of the podium after winning the Chinese GP sprint. But on Sunday, he was bested by Leclerc and will solely handle to cross the line in P6, before the Scuderia then suffered a devastating double disqualification due to the skid block being beneath the minimal required thickness of 9mm on each of their automobiles.
The former Mercedes star now has two probabilities to redeem himself having failed to step on the podium in both a dash or a full-length grand prix since the 2025 race weekend in Shanghai, as the days since his final race win proceed to roll on.
The Ferraris seemed fast at the season-opener final trip, with Leclerc leaping from P4 straight up to P1 after lights out in Melbourne, with Hamilton becoming a member of him in the prime three after both cars showed off their lightning race start.
When is the subsequent F1 race?
Hamilton will be again in motion with Ferrari for the second spherical of the F1 2026 season at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.
The major race will happen on Sunday, March 15, at 3pm native time (CST), 7am GMT, and 3am ET, however Shanghai will additionally stage the first of six dash races this 12 months, with a full dash schedule in play for this weekend.
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