In March 2024, Lewis Hamilton found himself in the thick of things when he signed a Ferrari cap in Malaysia. In his first fan meet since the event, it looks like Lewis Hamilton has learned from his mistakes. With fans lining up to get Hamilton to sign their merchandise, the Briton exclusively called out for them to hand him only Mercedes-related items, as seen in the clip uploaded on X by @goatforty4.
“Mercedes caps. No Ferrari caps”, the Mercedes driver said.
While Hamilton’s earlier actions did not sit well with a lot of Mercedes fans, his latest comment would surely do some damage repair. Some even became emotional upon seeing their favorite driver set off on the journey to transition into a Ferrari driver.
“mercedes caps, no ferrari caps” the marketing team got to him pic.twitter.com/PssTqOn82o
— rin (@goatforty4) May 2, 2024
Reportedly, Hamilton was attending a PR event for Almave in Miami ahead of the first American race of 2024. The seven-time world champion introduced the non-alcoholic tequila to American audiences back in October 2023.
It comes in two variants, namely – Ambar and Blanco. Per the company, the drink uses Blue Agave as its base but skips the fermentation process to keep the drink non-alcoholic.
Fans react to Lewis Hamilton saying no to Ferrari caps
With Hamilton busy signing only Mercedes merch in Miami, fans quickly drew comparisons between his latest actions to those in Malaysia. They took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their thoughts, as many of them claimed the Mercedes marketing department had to sit down with Hamilton again.
marketing team doubling as psych eval team for toto https://t.co/kOwbGaFXxb
— emmerica (@leclershine) May 2, 2024
Some fans speculated Toto Wolff had something to do with Hamilton’s words from behind the scenes.
toto saw he was smiling too big when signing them free my king https://t.co/ABbAB0mEQQ
— luna (@F1REAKS) May 2, 2024
oh they mad MAD, toto was probably found fuming and destroying yet another pair of helmets when they saw him sign the Ferrari cap https://t.co/szpzWNISOP
— novAAAHHHHHH (@graziecharlie) May 2, 2024
totos been fuming since the announcement marketing and lewis probs dont want him to get worse than he is rn https://t.co/1L66PQlucU
— tsukki¹⁶ (@tsukkitsum) May 2, 2024
Meanwhile, another claimed Hamilton would be doing the opposite from 2025.
Don’t worry, he’ll be doing vice versa next year https://t.co/km7m7hF9KU
— RyanTan「RT」 (@ryanwen_hui) May 2, 2024
Several other fans also joined the discussion.
marketing never knew how to have fun https://t.co/elZpsZdAUY
— n (@lehnshers) May 2, 2024
LMFAO they really told him “you have to stop acting so happy to leave” https://t.co/9CBi3ilfE0
— Bambi (@_bambiveggie) May 2, 2024
After completing PR duties, Hamilton will now look to shift his focus to serving his on-track duties with Mercedes. So far, the Brackley-based track hasn’t found much success in 2024. However, with the first upgrades of the season heading their way in Miami, the Silver Arrows will be hoping for the tide to take a positive turn.
