Lewis Hamilton switches track from Formula One to future pop star

Friday, 28th November The Guardian

Sportsman says he has been recording and writing music in-between racing, and is influenced by Michael Jackson, Prince, Kodaline, Jay Z and Nicole Scherzinger

Lewis Hamilton may have become Britain’s first two-time Formula One champion since 1973, but the Mercedes AMG racer is apparently “always” in the recording studio. The would-be R&B singer claims he is hard at work on a debut album, declaring, “music is everything to me”.

In recent interviews with BBC Newsbeat and the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Hamilton revealed that he spends as much time making music as he does in the driver’s seat. “I have been writing a lot, even on race weeks,” he said. “When I was in Japan, I was in the studio, Monday to Wednesday. Then, Thursday to Sunday, I was racing. Then I was straight back in the studio.”

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