Lewis Hamilton is under pressure for 2018 to use the n°1 race number traditionally associated with reigning world champions, but the Briton will have none of it.
For the past few years, drivers have allowed to choose a personal and permanent race number, leaving the world champion with the option of not using number ‘1’.
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Hamilton has been associated with number ’44’, and indeed the four-time world champion has built his brand partly around that double digit, and he wants to keep it forever although a bit of creative work could perhaps accommodate the demand for change.
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“My engineers want me to and some other people want me to,” he admitted to Brazil’s Globo.
“They’re trying to get me to put the number 1 on the car, but I don’t plan to change. The 44 is personal. Everyone has a lucky number.
“Maybe I’ll put the 1 in the 44 or something — maybe we can play around and do something like that.
“But I really don’t like this number 1 thing. Other drivers have had it in the past but 44, that’s mine,” Hamilton smiled.
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