Lewis Hamilton is the most popular F1 driver on the grid and on social media. The seven-time champion has over 37.5 Million followers on Instagram and close to 8.5 Million on Twitter. With Hamilton making the decision to join Ferrari next year, the number is likely to increase. Yet, the Brit feels guilty for not doing enough for the fans.
Multiple videos of Hamilton being gifted bracelets, and posters, among many other things, go viral on the internet. The Brit, in an interview with rollingstone.com, recalled one such moment with an old lady and felt guilty for not being able to give anything back to the fans.
Lewis Hamilton at the fanzone today, with loads of friendship bracelets 😁❤️ ! #DutchGP pic.twitter.com/DsUn6L5B8R
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Hamilton said, “I’ve got this one really sweet lady, for example, that’s traveled to quite a few of the European races, and she keeps turning up and giving me books of poems, and there’ll be a book on history, and she would have gone through and put tabs on all the important parts of the book.”