Lewis Hamilton turned up for media day in type forward of the Spanish Grand Prix.
The British driver flexed his newest restricted version watch in Barcelona as he seems to be to finish his look forward to a primary podium of the season.
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Hamilton has but to complete within the high three at a race since becoming a member of Ferrari firstly of the yr.
Forward of the race weekend, the seven-time world champion spoke to reporters on the monitor on Thursday.
The 40-year-old did so sporting a watch value a staggering $1.5million (£1.1m).
Hamilton was noticed sporting a Richard Mille 43-01 Ferrari Tourbillon Cut up-Seconds Chronograph.
The timepiece is one in every of solely 75 on this planet, having been produced by luxurious Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille.
Ferrari have labored in collaboration with the model since they took over from their partnership with Hublot in 2021.
Richard Mille beforehand produced a restricted version RM UP-01 look ahead to the Scuderia.
Their newest collaboration featured components impressed by the structure of the group’s engine.
In the meantime, Hamilton beforehand sported a Richard Mille at F1 75 again in February.
He wore an RM 74-02 Computerized Winding Tourbillon valued at £375,000 on the season launch.
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Previous to becoming a member of Ferrari, the previous Mercedes driver had beforehand worn a lot of IWC Schaffhausen watches.
They included a restricted version Portugieser mannequin as a part of a collaboration between Hamilton and the watchmaker, with solely 44 of the timepieces produced, every value £143,000.
Hamilton can even be hoping to catch the attention on the monitor this weekend at a race he has loved vital success.
He has received the Spanish Grand Prix six occasions in his profession, together with 5 seasons in a row up till his most up-to-date victory in 2021.
Nonetheless, his Ferrari solely went eleventh quickest in observe two on Friday as a pissed off Hamilton vowed Ferrari will ‘hold making an attempt’ to repair their woes.
Requested for his ideas on the finish of the day, he admitted: “Not enjoyable. It’s an attractive place, the climate has been superb, however no, not a great day.”
As for utilizing his expertise to inspire these round him, Hamilton added: “I wouldn’t say that I’m motivating the group in the mean time.
“You simply hold your head down and hold working away. You simply don’t surrender. You retain going, you retain pushing, you retain making an attempt to concentrate on fixing the problems, which we’ll attempt to do.
“However you arrive on Friday and are hoping for a great day, and it doesn’t go properly. Then you may have a weekend in Monaco, the place all of a sudden the automobile feels nice.
“Truthfully, I assumed the automobile was going to be good as we speak. It wasn’t too unhealthy in P1, however P2 was a lot worse. Naturally, that’s irritating for everybody, however we had some issues, which meant we had been shedding some downforce.
“Hopefully, with that mounted for tomorrow, we’ll be in a greater place.”
Hamilton will return to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Saturday for observe three and qualifying.
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He’s at the moment sixth within the Drivers’ Championship after eight races this season, having end fifth in Monaco final weekend.
Since becoming a member of Ferrari, his greatest outcome got here on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the place he crossed the road in fourth place.