WATCH: Lewis Hamilton gives emotional acceptance speech at GQ Creativity Awards

Lewis Hamilton is well-known among the F1 community for his interests away from racing.

WATCH: Lewis Hamilton gives emotional acceptance speech at GQ Creativity Awards

Lewis Hamilton (Via: Imago, X/FiaGirly)

Recently Lewis Hamilton gave an iconic speech at the GQ Creativity Awards. As the seven-time world champion was awarded, he got emotional and opened up about his life and what led him on his path toward a creative journey. 

The entire motorsports community knows Lewis Hamilton for his glorious F1 career. However, there are various creative sides to the British driver, which he likes to pursue off the racing track.

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While getting caught up with exhausting schedules of racing, he felt as if something was missing from his life. 

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Since I was eight years old, I was really forced to conform. There was no room for anything other than racing (…) Looking back now, I realise that I was suppressing a big part of myself, a part of who I am.
Lewis Hamilton said in his GQ Awards speech

As seen in the video, the 39-year-old has a passion for artistic pursuits. There was a certain void that he felt during his early racing years and that’s how he got into discovering and wandering through the realms of films, music, and fashion. An F1 driver’s on-track life is quite busy as they are continuously on the go traveling around the world with the various racing events, this leaves little to no room for the drivers to follow other interests.

Music is an extremely important part of Lewis Hamilton’s life

A master of many pursuits, Lewis Hamilton believes that music helps him properly lead his life. While being part of the F1 world and its hustle and bustle, the Brit believes he got lost in it and didn’t quite get the opportunity the explore the outside world. It was during his LA trips and off time, that he discovered his passion for art, and especially music.

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Lewis Hamilton ( Image via IMAGO)

Hamilton has immense interest in the music industry and has often been seen trying his hands at various kinds of instruments.

My mind is always moving. I have really, really vivid dreams, I have to wake up and write them down. I’ll have visions of something I’m designing. Or sometimes it’s music. Sometimes I have a song playing in my head. I’ll get up and go downstairs, play it on the piano, record it, and it becomes a part of something that I’m doing.
Lewis Hamilton told: GQ

Via his recent speech, Lewis Hamilton has spoken from the heart and let everyone know how he thinks about artistic fields. He has been competing in F1 since 2007 and has so far had a legendary career. However, keeping in view that he is already 39 years old, he could be seen following his artistic interests as a profession once he decides to bring the curtain down on his racing career.

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