Lewis ‘Luigi’ Hamilton: what laughs in the post-race for Vasseur live on Sky UK

The broadcaster misunderstood the nickname

At the end of the Canadian GP, via radio Hamilton and the Ferrari pit wall celebrated the second place of the seven-time world champion and team principal Frederic Vasseur called Hamilton by the nickname ‘Luigi‘ which is nothing more than the Italian version of the English driver’s first name.

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Sky UK did not catch it live and in the post-race interviews pit reporter Ted Kravitz asked Vasseur for clarification on what they thought was a nickname: “What did you call Hamilton on the radio? Old G?” Kravitz’s question to which Frederic Vasseur replied “Luigi” then unable to hold back some hearty laughter in a sketch that went viral.

The French broadcaster Canal+ in turn started the interview with Hamilton like this “Should we call you Luigi? Where does this nickname come from?” with Hamilton explaining that “In Italy I would be called that“.

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