WATCH: Lewis Hamilton jokes about buying storage company to put 200 podium trophies

Lewis Hamilton has been amassing F1 accolades since 2007.

WATCH: Lewis Hamilton jokes about buying storage company to put 200 podium trophies

Lewis Hamilton (Via IMAGO, X/fiagirly, screenshot)

Lewis Hamilton has started to perform much better mid-way through 2024 than the season’s beginning. The Briton scored his long-awaited victory at the British GP after a gap of 945 days. Additionally, the 39-year-old amassed a podium finish at the recent Hungarian GP. Hence, Hamilton reflected upon scoring an astonishing total of 200 career podiums after his outing in Hungary.

Mercedes’ has showcased a great upturn in performance as Lewis Hamilton overtakes his teammate George Russell and Sergio Perez in the drivers’ standing. Hamilton shared a heartfelt message about achieving 200 career podiums. Apart from this, safekeeping of the 200 trophies would be a mountainous task and thus, the Briton revealed what he did to store so many trophies together in the same place.

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Lewis Hamilton joked that he would ‘rent’ a storage place just to keep these many trophies. Additionally, the Briton pointed out that there was more than enough storage in the place to store the trophies. However, with so much storage on rent, Hamilton joked that he might as well purchase the entire storage company.

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Oh God. I’m renting a storage place and I pretty much have all the storage in this company so… I might as well buy the company.
Lewis Hamilton said during the post-race interview.
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Lewis Hamilton claimed he ‘broke the ice’ with Max Verstappen regarding the Hungarian GP antics

The Hungarian GP was nothing short of a surprise following the extreme drama during the race. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were in an enticing battle towards the end of the race for the third position. Verstappen was extremely impatient and tried to make a late move toward turn 1. However, the Dutchman collided with the Briton and put an end to his dreams of a podium finish.

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton (Via: Imago)

Regardless, Hamilton reassured that he ‘broke ice’ with Verstappen after the incident and sorted the issue without further problems.

Nothing really [was said]. I just broke the ice, rather than walk past him. I thought it was the respectful thing. I have no problems.
Lewis Hamilton said during a similar interview.

The 2024 season has started extremely close in terms of performance and competition. Mercedes has joined the battle to contend for finishing in the top spot. Hence, the remainder of the campaign will be extremely interesting to witness how Red Bull fares against the rivals ever-improving pace.

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