While Formula 1 rivals compete in virtual grands prix and various esports series during the COVID-19 lockdown, six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has been busy racing against himself. The Briton has been a keen gamer since boyhood and for some years a brand ambassador for the Gran Turismo franchise on Sony’s PlayStation. “I’ve been working with them the last couple of years and I got to do this challenge, beat my time kind of thing,” the 35-year-old said in a Mercedes video interview discussing what he had been up to in the absence of real racing. “So I’ve been racing myself, trying to beat my own laps and stuff. It’s been frustrating as hell because my laps are pretty...
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