Apart from world championships, another thing that Lewis Hamilton has a lot of celebrity friends. The Mercedes driver’s friend list ranges from pop stars like Justin Bieber to Basketball legends like LeBron James. One of his newer friends, football legend Kylian Mbappe was spotted at the Spanish Grand Prix as he made his way towards the Mercedes garage, despite having a Ferrari Guest Pass around his neck.
Kylian Mbappé at the F1 Grand Prix of Spain, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on June 4 📸
©Eric Alonso pic.twitter.com/StpwLNUMty
— ✦ (@stvrmbappe) June 4, 2023
This happened two days after his Paris Saint Germain teammate Neymar attended the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday and met several Formula 1 drivers. Neymar took pictures with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz and even made a fun video with Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou. Neymar was also given the opportunity to sit in Lewis Hamilton’s car as a form of an apology for Hamilton not responding to Neymar at Monaco.
Amazing day with 🏁 @pumamotorsport pic.twitter.com/7BBsis2j2z
— Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) June 1, 2023
Kylian Mbappe is a guest at Ferrari
While Sky Sports F1 was doing their regular pre-race show, they spotted Kylian Mbappe walking to the Mercedes garage. He was seen wearing a black and white tee shirt and black shades. Mbappe had a lot of security around him, preventing the reporters from interviewing him.
Kylian Mbappe went to the Mercedes garage. We are getting that picturepic.twitter.com/kV6IDLJgiM
— Stefanie (@fastpitstop) June 4, 2023
However, a Ferrari ID card was spotted around his neck, and ESPN later confirmed that Mbappe was a guest for Ferrari ahead of the race.
Kylian Mbappé is Ferrari’s guest at the Spanish Grand Prix today 👀⭐️ pic.twitter.com/Mun2YdF5qK
— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) June 4, 2023
This is not the only time when Mbappe has been in the vicinity of Mercedes Star. The 24-year-old footballer was spotted partying with Lewis Hamilton and Neymar a few days after the Monaco Grand Prix at Travis Scott’s concert at Lilly’s Club in Monaco.
I want to know what Neymar told Lewis Hamilton and Kylian Mbappe.
They were laughing way to hard😂pic.twitter.com/kyNnQNqFeP— Stefanie (@fastpitstop) June 1, 2023
Fans were sent into a frenzy by Kylian Mbappe’s visit
Fans made various comments about the footballer’s visit to the paddock. One Twitter user explained that Mbappe must be a huge Hamilton fan because he is coming to see Hamilton right after the night he was playing for Paris Saint Germain. PSG lost the match to Clermont Foot by a scoreline of 3-2.
Bro was playing football yesterday till 11 pm today he went to watch sir Lewis drive that wheelchair. He is such a fan💗💗💗💗💗
— Det⁷ 10th anniversary ❤️ (@ba6ern) June 4, 2023
Another fan commented that Mbappe must visit Madrid now that he is in Spain. This is due to the rumors that Mbappe might join Real Madrid after their star striker Karim Benzema left the team recently.
He boutta stop in Madrid on the way 🥶 🥶 🥶
— myguyyyyyyy (@myguyyyyyyy1) June 4, 2023
Twitter user Monstar did not miss the opportunity to mock Ferrari. He commented that Mbappe is the fastest thing inside the Ferrari garage. This comes after a horrendous qualifying session saw Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finish in P19.
He’s the fastest thing in the Ferrari garage and it’s not even up for debate 😭
— Monstar (@Monstar_Man) June 4, 2023
Another fan pointed out how everyone is a Lewis Hamilton fan at the end of the day.
Neymar invited by Red bull went straight to see Hamilton at Mercedes
Mbappe invited by Ferrari went straight to see Hamilton at Mercedes
The sponsor ain’t sponsoring #SpanishGP
Everyone is a Lewis Hamilton Fan. pic.twitter.com/0GnPSW3deP
— Lu⁴ 🏎️ LANDO P3 (@LN4BITCH) June 4, 2023