Hamilton driven off track by his own fan: 'He had no idea he was racing me'

Lewis Hamilton was driven off the road by a fan over Christmas. Not in real life, but in the racing game Gran Turismo. His opponent at the time did not realise he was jostling the real Hamilton, the Mercedes driver says in a video provided by his team.

Hamilton driven off the track by... Russell?

In a joint chat with teammate George Russell, Hamilton shares an anecdote about the last time he played the game. "There was someone with my initials, something like Lewis or LH 44," the Brit starts his story. "And he kept taking me out! He had no idea he was racing me."

The story is met with much laughter from the audience in attendance. Russell hooks in at that point and quasi-blamefully suggests that he was the one who drove Hamilton off the track: "You've found me," the Mercedes driver admits.