Ferrari team-mates Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton shared a lighthearted second forward of the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the Monegasque driver hijacking a increase microphone to prank the seven-time System 1 champion.
In a video revealed throughout Ferrari’s social media channels, Hamilton was filmed finishing up routine media duties and signing group caps. Leclerc, having received his fingers on a big increase microphone, blindly dangled it round a doorway and immediately over his team-mate’s head.
Unaware that it was Leclerc, Hamilton appeared visibly pissed off by the sudden intrusion and batted the microphone away. The annoyance instantly became laughter when Leclerc leaned across the doorway.
The 41-year-old retaliated, joking that he would use the close by digicam to disclose one among Leclerc’s favorite pizza toppings to the general public. Laughing nervously, the 28-year-old walked away and mentioned, “Not on digicam! I depart with my mic. I’ve received some work to do, LH!”
Followers had been fast to react to the second. “Lewis regarded offended at first lol… now I understand how he regarded final yr beneath the helmet,” one fan commented on Reddit, whereas one other responded: “It is really humorous once you look nearer. He thought it was the Netflix crew. He begins laughing when he realises it is Charles.”
“The way in which he batted it away and regarded mildly irritated relatively than fuming offended recommended to me that it is not his first rodeo and it is occurred to him earlier than,” another person posted.
Additional reactions included: “Threatening to out his questionable pizza decisions in a constructing stuffed with Italians is savage,” and “Oh no, that is for certain going to gas conspiracy theories… F1 pizzagate.”
On the time of writing, the video had already been considered over 930,000 occasions on X, receiving greater than 13,000 likes. On Instagram, it had reached over 10.8 million views and over 520,000 likes.
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