The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Lewis Hamilton Breaks the Mold in Formula 1

Episode Date: March 25, 2019

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton chats with Trevor about his journey to becoming a driver, breaking stereotypes and teaming up with Tommy Hilfiger. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Please welcome Lewis Hamilton. Welcome to the show. It is so good to have you here and I think for many of my viewers I have to situate you and who you are because it's a little bit crazy you are a four-time Formula One world champion. Formula One is one of the biggest sports in the world. You're a race car driver but oftentimes when I have to explain to people they go like, Formula One, they go like, what is that? What is it? Yeah, and I go like, it's NASCAR, but they turn the other way.

And like, is it strange for you, is it a bit surreal? Being in a position where you are in a sport that, genuinely is hundreds of millions. no clue what you do. I wouldn't say it's strange. I think here the people grow up and the drivers grow up to do NASCAR or an Indian car. So just like it's an NFL, for example, here you have, that's our soccer in England. And we only have one race here and we've not had a race here for many, many years. There was a gap we had to think up until 2007. It was Indianapolis and then not until 2012. But it's the th, and it's the the the th, but it's the they I I I I they I they I they I they. And it's they. And it's they. And it's th. And it's th. And it's th. And it's th. And it's th. th. th. th. th. thi, thiole, I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. I's theananan. I'm truea. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. it's growing here, but yeah, I'm educating. Every time I meet someone, I'm telling them something new. And particularly when I talk about the weight that I lose, they're like, wow. How much weight do you lose?

Because people don't know. Well, the most I've ever lost in the like, wow, I need to be a racing driver. You know, I think one of the reasons F1 is going in America is because of your presence. You're not a regular racing driver that's only on the track. You're out and about. People love your story. So what I think a lot of people have been really attracted to when it comes to your story is the journey that you were on. So I mean, you grew up in a sport that is rarely reserved for very rich people, right?

But you did not grow up rich at all, and your dad made your career possible. Like, how did that all begin? How hard was that journey getting into F1? It was incredible. I mean, I grew up on my dad's couch and in a normal council estate. And it was a weekend hobby for me and my dad. We kind of stumbled across it. We started racing RC cars when I was four. And he thought I had really good hand-to-wire coordination.

So he bought me a go car. And we arrived at the track for the first time. we were the only only only only only only only only only only only black the only black the only black, the only black, the only black, th, th, th, th, thiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, too, too, too, too, tooke, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, too, too, too, too, too, tooeded. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, they. And, they. And, they. And, thou?e.e.e. Soe. Soe. And, too. Soe. Soe. And, too, too.coe, too, too, too, t track for the first time we were not welcome we were the only first the only black people there right and you know and it was very very expensive so my dad had four jobs just to keep us going he was going to London doing his normal job which was IT at a railroad station and then he'd come home it would be putting up for sales signs vending machines anything he could find a little bit of cash to, because it's so expensive. Right. But I was lucky I got signed when I was 13, so that's really, but the goal in my dream started

when I was five was to be like Ettzenna, which you know very much about, and kind of we never lost sight about. But my dad, well my dad didn't want us to do is to struggle as he did. He's from Grenada, the the, you know, struggled really, finding money, finding good job. And he also, my brother's disabled, so he's like, I don't want my kids to struggle like I have. So he worked to the bone to create an opportunity for us. Right, the two of you were a team.

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sports you can see what a person looks like when they're in it. You're like yeah, yeah, you do you ride the horses you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, the the the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the the camera, the the the the camera, the the the the camera, the the the camera, the camera, the the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the camera, the horses, you're right. Like everyone's got that look and then it gets to you and it's like, I'm sorry, sir, how did you get in here? And a lot of people complained about that initially, they were like, is he bringing hip-hop to the sport? I know. Is he bringing, is he going to put like a sound system on his car? Is that what's happening here? But like you've, you've, you've, you, you, you, you, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th.. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th same time. Has that been an important journey for you? It really has and it's been really difficult to break that mold. You know, they, there was the saying that you have to, this is what a racing driver does is how they look and this is how they talk.

Right. And to break that mold has taken a long time. I've been here now, it's my 11th season. I think in today's world you have to transcend, you have to do something different, you have to show your uniqueness and not shy away from that. And that's really something that I've really worked hard on. And now it's accepted when I do all this traveling, which is a lot more than any other race I ever does. And then, and they're like, oh, he's going to be distracted, and I turned and I and I and I and I to to be like, and I to be like, and I to be. And I to be, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and I'm, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and.................. And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, and, that, that's... And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, One of the things that's really fascinating is that difference that you bring, right? The way you dress has been one of the key things. You're always in the magazines for your fashion sense and now you've taken that to the next

level. You've teamed up with Tommy Hillfiger, right? And I think it's the thing is Tommy X. the thing is Tommy X. And the the the the the way I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I's I's. th. th. th. The way I's. T. The way I's. T. T. Theau. The way I's. T. T. T. Theau. Theau. T. T. T. Theau. The way th. Thea. T. T. The way th. The way th. The way th. The way th. The way th. The way the way the way th. The way the way the way th th th. The way th. The way is th. The way is th. The way is th. The way is th. The way. The way. The way. The way. The way. The way. The way. The way. The way. T th. T th. T th. T th. T th. T th. T th. T th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the way the way the way the way the way the way the. the way the way the way the feel like we need to get this sorted out because like iPhone says it's not X it's 10 and then you guys say it's not buy it's X and then like like we got to agree on what this is but the fashion itself is being really well received you had a show in China which was phenomenal like you had everyone from Jiji Hadid there you you have the world now looking to your clothing and they're going like you're a fashion designer, how do you go from racing cars to designing clothes? Like they don't, because like racing drivers are very like very like yes we turns and we drive and we go straight and they come back.

That's a racing driver and then you're like yeah like the shapes and everything? Like where did that come from? Honestly it's been an incredible experience. I met Tommy here in New York like, thirty. I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to they. I they. I they. I they. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm their their th. th. their their their like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th. I'm, th. We's, th. We's, th. R. R. C. R.. C. R. R.. R.. R... R. R... R. R.. R... R.. Like, like, like York like five years ago and every time I saw him he was like I love how you're dressing we should do something together and I and I was like no wait Tommy wants to do something with me and I didn't truly believe what he was saying but I've had the same thing I had H and M to say like yo you dress really so I mean we're both you both in the same boat but yeah yeah that's how we roll that's that that's yeah, so Tommy Hill figure says he likes how you dress. Yeah, yeah. So obviously the partnership came up and I was able to bring them to the team, so another team sponsor and the opportunity to design my own clothing collection.

So I really took it on as an internship really because I get to learn from an icon like Tommy. And I did a lot of homework. I had been going to a lot of fashion shows. Well, fashion is just something I've always been into and also just discovering the looks that I like and discovering how I want to dress and express myself. Right. So and it's going really well. It's sold out in when I was in Tokyo it sold out there I think in the states for the first couple or a few weeks it came out. It was a large, like 77% of sales, men's sales was my collection. So it's going to be.

That's amazing. You also have really been advocating for, and you implemented it in having models who are diverse. Like when I saw the runway show, it was everyone who looked like everyone. It was really beautiful and different to see on a runway, and that wasn't a mistake. No, absolutely. So I like to get involved in everything and I micromanage everything. So I know what music we can play? So I did the music, the playlist for the show. Right.

When we had the, it is the men's show, so it was just going to be men and I was like, I really want it to be mixed. I do want women women women women women women women women women women women. to want women. to want women. to want women. to want women. to to to to to to to be m ma. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be mi. to be to be to be to be mi. to be mi. to be ma. to be ma. to be ma. to be ma. to be ma. to be ma. to be ma. I to be ma. I to be ma. I to be music. I to be music. I to be music. I to be music. I to And I think diversity and inclusivity is such an important message to get across today. And so that's what I wanted to do with my clothing. It's fantastic man. Congratulations on everything you're going. Excited to the race. The Formula One U.S. Grands. the today Grands. Tommy X-Lewis collection is available now. Lewis Hamilton, everybody. The Daily Show with Cover Noa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show Weekn,

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