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Lewis Hamilton’s Brother Defends Neymar Jr. With 6 Word Message Amid Friendly Jibe From F1 Legend

Published 06/02/2023, 1:11 PM EDT

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A healthy rivalry seems to be brewing between the worlds of Formula 1 and the beautiful game! Ever since Neymar Jr made an appearance at last weekend’s Monaco GP, Lewis Hamilton, and the PSG star have been going at each other in equal measure. Needless to say, it’s all fun and games between the two stellar athletes. However, with how loyalties lie in sports, safe to say the era of F1 v. Soccer has begun.

Recently, Neymar was spotted in the paddock again. He’s in attendance at the Spanish GP this weekend as a guest of Hamilton and Mercedes. But after last weekend’s gaffe where Hamilton unintentionally ignored the PSG star, and later apologized only to be hilariously shut down by Neymar, the duo added more fuel to the fire in Spain.

His own brother ditched Lewis Hamilton

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After the hilarious social media exchange that ensued last week, Hamilton took this opportunity to poke some fun at Neymar Jr’s expense. During a courtesy seat fit, Hamilton joked, “Your a** is so big!” after the Brazilian struggled to lower himself into the cockpit. Brownie points for the F1 driver in this friendly battle, right? But his brother, Nicolas Hamilton, chose to defend the 31-year-old forward instead.

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Hamilton shared a video of this exchange on his Instagram account. However, instead of siding with the plethora of F1 fans in his brother’s corner, Nicolas Hamilton decided to stay on Neymar’s side! He took to the comments section to write the six worded-response, He got in like a pro.

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Neymar Jr. Hilariously Rejects F1 Legend Lewis Hamilton’s Public Apology After Being Snubbed by Him at the Monaco GP

During the Monaco GP weekend, Neymar expressed his affinity towards Red Bull. Then why did the Silver Arrows welcome him with open arms?

Mercedes welcome Neymar despite Red Bull’s snub

During the Monaco GP weekend, the media asked Neymar in attendance about who he was rooting for. Neymar replied, “I love F1 and above all I love [Lewis] Hamilton, who is a great friend of mine. I will support Red Bull and root for my friend.”

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Even after the Red Bull snub that Mercedes received courtesy of the 31-year-old, he made an appearance at the Spanish GP as a guest of the Silver Arrows. And this boils down to Neymar and Mercedes both being associated with PUMA.

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Anirban Aly Mandal

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 500 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports.
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Akash Pandhare