Jamaican bobsleigh pilot Tyquendo Tracey has told Lewis Hamilton he would excel in the Winter Olympics sport, should the seven-time Formula 1 world champion decide to switch careers. Hurtling down icy tracks at speeds of up to 97mph, bobsleigh is one of the most dangerous and thrilling events at the Milan and Cortina Games.
Tracey, who captains the Jamaican team in Italy, backed Hamilton to be an outstanding pilot – the team member who steers the sled from the front. He told Reuters: 'I think he would do well. When you see people like Lewis Hamilton going around curves at 200-250 miles an hour, he's going to have the eye for it to be able to manoeuvre a sled.'
Hamilton, 41, recently revealed bobsleigh is the Winter Olympic sport he would pursue if he stepped away from his £41m-a-year Ferrari contract. The British driver, whose paternal grandparents are from Grenada, said the Disney film Cool Runnings – which documented the Jamaican bobsleigh team's 1988 Calgary Games journey – inspired his F1 career. He added: 'There's no Grenadian team, so maybe I would take my best friend Jan and then get a couple of other characters from Grenada and then create a bobsleigh team.'
While Hamilton supports the Jamaicans, his focus remains on Formula 1. After a disappointing first season with Ferrari, he has been working with new engineer Carlo Santi. Hamilton said he feels more assured and connected to the 2026 car, stating: 'I generally feel personally in the best place that I've been in a long, long time.'
