Seven-time Method 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has continued his 2026 season preparations with an outing on a KTM motocross bike.
The British driver is a famous bike fan, having taken half in quite a few monitor days, together with a trip swap with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi in 2019.
Lewis Hamilton additionally put his title to an ultra-rare particular version MV Agusta, who was owned by KTM till its latest monetary disaster pressured it to unload its shares within the Italian model.
The present Ferrari driver has been linked to MotoGP workforce possession within the wake of Liberty Media’s buyout of the sequence in 2024.
He was initially linked to the Gresini squad, although the Italian outfit repeatedly denied this.
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Later in 2024, Liberty Media confirmed Hamilton had expressed an curiosity in workforce funding in MotoGP.
Earlier this yr, Hamilton was additionally linked to turning into a possible investor in KTM’s MotoGP mission because the dad or mum firm navigated its approach by its monetary disaster.
Whereas his hyperlinks to MotoGP lessened as 2025 wore on, Hamilton’s love of two wheels stays robust.
On his Instagram, Hamilton posted a sequence of images of himself driving a 2024-spec KTM 250 XC-F.
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Hamilton is making ready to embark on his second season as a Ferrari driver, however does so off the again of his worst season ever in F1.
Although he completed one spot larger within the championship than he managed in 2024 with Mercedes, Hamilton received no races and failed to succeed in the rostrum in any grand prix.
It was his third winless season within the final 4 years, with Hamilton nearly 90 factors down on team-mate Charles Leclerc within the championship.
Ferrari ended the yr fourth within the constructors’ standings.
