F1 Social Stint | Hamilton recovers from Turkish GP in -100 degree

07:58, 04 Oct 2021
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After the Russian Grand Prix, the teams and drivers have another week off prior to the Turkish Grand Prix. In GPblog's F1 Social Stint you can read what drivers and teams are doing in the off week after the Russian GP.

Hamilton recovers from Turkish GP in -100 degree

Lewis Hamilton lives an extensive life outside of Formula 1 and says that he therefore needs to take good care of his body. His Instagram account now features a video of him standing with Angela in a Cryo room. It is -100 degrees there. 'I tell Angela, black people don’t do cold, we from the islands man,' Hamilton jokes.

Ocon shows completely worn tyres

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Esteban Ocon did something that had not been done for over twenty years: he drove an entire Formula One Grand Prix on the same set of tyres. The last time someone did this was Mika Salo. He did it at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix. Ocon's tyres could not have lasted much longer as can now be seen in the picture he posts after the Grand Prix!

Verstappen shines next to Sato in white Honda colours

Red Bull Racing will be driving a special livery at this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix, and Honda's media department has unearthed a stunning photo of them. It shows Verstappen and Takuma Sato with Red Bull's car in the background, but also Honda's historic car.
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Hamilton visiting Neymar and Mbappé in Paris

Where many Formula 1 drivers take a rest between the Grands Prix, we know from Lewis Hamilton that he is still busy between the races. This week he was in Paris and met two people he knows. He was photographed together with Paris-Saint Germain stars, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr. All three of them were also present at the party of model Cindy Bruna.
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