Lewis Hamilton plants a kiss on his beloved bulldog Roscoe as he arrives back in London following emotional victory at the British Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton was spotted giving his dog Roscoe a kiss on the head as she arrived back in London with his pooch following his British Grand Prix win on Sunday.
The F1 racing driver, 39, won his first race in more than two years on home soil at the weekend, after storming to an emotional and historic victory at Silverstone.
Lewis ended an agonising 945-day winless streak after triumphing a record ninth time at the iconic track and cried as he reflected on his journey back to the top.
The British motorsports star told his team 'this means so much to me' as he successfully completed the 104th Grand Prix win of his storied career.
Lewis was clearly still in a winning mood on Monday morning as he flashed a thumbs up after arriving back in London with his beloved vegan pooch.
Lewis Hamilton was spotted giving his dog Roscoe a kiss on the head as she arrived back in London with his pooch following his British Grand Prix win on Sunday
Lewis was clearly still in a winning mood on Monday morning as he flashed a thumbs up after arriving back in London with his beloved vegan pooch
Lewis looked typically stylish in an oversized black T-shirt, which he wore with bright red trousers and accessorised with a cap and shades.
The champion held Roscoe in his arms as he walked along, wrapping him into an embrace and planting a kiss on his head.
Lewis previously described adopting Roscoe as 'one of the best decisions I ever took in my life', as he opened up about the moment he first saw the dog.
In an Instagram Q&A, Lewis said: 'I remember being online, looking online for rescues. There’s some page I found that had like 1,000 bulldogs and I just went through all of them and then I came across this one picture and I was like – "That’s him!"
Following his big win on Sunday, Lewis opened up on his mental health battle in the wake of his Abu Dhabi title heartbreak in 2021 and admitted he did not feel he would win a Formula One race again.
His victory marked his first since Saudi Arabia in December 2021, the race that preceded his agony in Abu Dhabi, where Max Verstappen denied him an eighth world crown in one of the most contentious races in the history of motorsport.
He had fallen victim to a human error by former race director Michael Masi and suffered from personal demons in the wake of the controversy.
Lewis told reporters at Silverstone: 'It is the adversity that we have gone through as a team, and the adversity that I have personally experienced.'
Lewis ended an agonising 945-day winless streak after triumphing a record ninth time at the iconic track and cried as he reflected on his journey back to the top
The British motorsports star told his team 'this means so much to me' as he successfully completed the 104th Grand Prix win of his storied caree
Following his big win on Sunday, Lewis opened up on his mental health battle in the wake of his Abu Dhabi title heartbreak in 2021 and admitted he did not feel he would win a Formula One race again
'Those challenges to get out of bed every day and give it my best shot.
'There are so many times where you feel like you give it your best shot and it is just not good enough. We live in a time where mental health is such as serious issue and I am not going to lie, I have experienced that.
'When I came back in 2022 I honestly thought I was over it [Abu Dhabi 2021] and I wasn't and it has taken a long time to heal that feeling and that is only natural for anyone that has had an experience like that.
'This is the longest stint that I have not had a win and the emotion that has accumulated over that time, could make this one of the most special victories for me, if not the most special one. I have never cried from a win before.'
Lewis, who will join Ferrari next season, embraced his father Anthony after stepping out of his Mercedes machine and wiped away his tears as he removed his helmet. He then jumped over a barrier, draped in a Union Jack, to celebrate.
Lewis lost out on an eighth world crown in Abu Dhabi in 2021 after the race director's error
But after almost 1,000 days, Hamilton broke his winless drought at his home circuit
'I am still crying,' Lewis added. 'There is no greater feeling than to finish at the front here. It is so tough for everyone. But the important thing is how you continue to get up and dig deep even when you feel like you're at the bottom of the barrel.
'There have definitely been days since 2021 where I didn't feel I was good enough or I would get back to where I am today but I have had great people around me and supporting me.'
Lewis saw off a late challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen before taking the chequered flag at the end of a gripping dry-wet-dry race.
Breaking down in tears, Lewis told his team over the radio: 'This means so much to me,' and was congratulated by his race engineer Peter Bonnington.
'This one means a lot to us all,' Bonnington replied.
