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 addition to 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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