'The first step of our story': Lewis Hamilton fina...
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- And, yeah, just looking at that red car and thinking, 'I wonder what it's like sitting in that red cockpit?'"
- He paused and laughed, remembering one of his few grievances with Ferrari's fast-improving 2026 car.
- "It was really amazing to witness and to see the joy in their eyes and to feel it with them.
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I was 12. And, yeah, just looking at that red car and thinking, 'I wonder what it's like sitting in that red cockpit?'"
He paused and laughed, remembering one of his few grievances with Ferrari's fast-improving 2026 car. "My cockpit happens to be white, which I've not been too happy about," he said. "I wanted [it] to be red like Michael's. I'll get it back red at some stage. But, yeah, [wondering] what it would be like to sit in that red car... then be in that red suit, standing in first place in front of that amazing crew who was singing the national anthem.
"It was really amazing to witness and to see the joy in their eyes and to feel it with them. I nearly passed out after I hugged them. My heart was exploding with joy."