LEWIS HAMILTON
It’s good to know that even seven-time Formula 1 champions I can be caught out by the ambiguities of Covid-era greeting etiquette. “How awkward is it?! Now it’s like, do you fist bump, do you elbow? Hug but breathe away?” laughs Lewis, over the conundrum of how to say a friendly yet hygienic hello in the pandemic era. Thankfully, T3 is talking to the racing driver via Zoom, where an uncomfortable wave is the worst it gets.
Our chat takes place a few days after the British Grand Prix – courtesy of INEOS Hygienics, whose hand sanitiser dispenser is responsible for keeping the British F1 team’s hands virus-free these days – and begins with Lewis happily reminiscing about picking up T3 magazine in airport WH Smiths in the days when travelling was much more of a regular occurrence.
“I love new tech!” he enthuses. “I love learning about, like, hypersonic planes, and drones, and I’m very much naturally into music
