F1 driver Lewis Hamilton reacts to hitting groundhog during Canadian Grand Prix

The F1 pilot Lewis Hamilton is “devastated” about the victim of his last race because he accidentally ran on a marmot.

During the start of the Canada Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, the legendary British driver was informed that he had struck an animal, and he could not stop thinking about it since.

“I started well [to the race]Held a position … So I felt optimistic, “Hamilton, who is vegan, told Sky Sports.” Then, and I didn’t see him arriving, but I heard that I hit a marmot, so it’s devastating. “”

The Ferrari pilot – who is also a producer in the next F1 The film featuring Brad Pitt – was more concerned with what happened to Marvoulare than on how it had an impact on his performance in the race, or how he damaged his car.

“I love animals, and it’s so sad,” he said. “It’s horrible. It has never happened to me here before. But the ground, the right side, there is a hole in it, and all the dawns are all parties.”

Due to braking problems and the incident with the marmot, Hamilton’s position went from fifth place to seventh, but he finally finished in sixth.

“Since [moment with the groundhog] And we also had a brake problem halfway … It went from one thing to another, “said Hamilton.” So I’m happy to be able to finish. “”

Hamilton is not the first pilot to hit a marmot on the Montreal racecourse. According to ESPN, several other incidents involving marmots have taken place in the past, notably Anthony Davidson in 2007 and Romain Grosjean in 2018. The two drivers have undergone significant damage to their cars accordingly.

In addition to providing its current expertise as a producer in the next F1 Film by the writer-director Joseph Kosinski about an aging fictitious driver (played by Pitt) who leaves retirement, Hamilton would also have appeared on the screen in a camée himself.

Before the start of filming, Hamilton said he had tested Pitt’s driving skills in a race track.

“I really wanted to see:” Can you really drive? “,” Hamilton told Reuters. “He already had talent. [Then] He really went deep [with training]. “”

The Kosinski filmmaker met the Superstar F1 Hamilton for the first time when they discussed the driver’s potential involvement with the director’s previous film, Top Gun: Maverick. Then, during the locking of Covid-19, Kosinski became hung The Netflix Docu series Drive to survive, Who follows the teams during the Formula One season.

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“I was fascinated by this notion that your teammate can be your greatest enemy,” said the director previously to Weekly entertainment. “Everyone always compares who is faster. It seemed very mature for the drama. So, I dropped Lewis an e-mail and I said:” Hey, I would like to make a film in this world. Would you be interested in helping me? “And he said he would.”

Kosinski also made sure to obtain the Formula 1 race community on board to support And appear in the film.

“We had a scene where each team went out with all its mechanisms, and they claimed that everyone was repairing their cars on the pit while we were shooting,” Kosinski told EW. “We fired on each race. We had a garage on the track of the stands next to their garages. We could not have made this film without them. It would certainly not look like that without their participation.”

F1 rushes into theaters on June 27.