{"id":1869522,"date":"2026-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1869522"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:00:00","slug":"stop-what-youre-doing-and-watch-lewis-hamilton-rag-an-f40-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1869522","title":{"rendered":"Stop what you\u2019re doing and watch Lewis Hamilton rag an F40 in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Different car, same headline: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/car-news\/formula-one\/stop-what-youre-doing-and-watch-lewis-hamilton-rag-r34-skyline-japan\">four years after sending social media into a frenzy<\/a> by showing very little mechanical sympathy to an R34 Skyline, Lewis Hamilton has gone and made a sequel\u2026 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/car-news\/retro\/heres-story-ferrari-f40-its-creators\">Ferrari F40<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The minute-long vid \u2013 which you can watch (likely many times over) below \u2013 features wheelspin, smokey tyres, drifting, smokey tyres, donuts and sm-&#8230; you get the idea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>The footage was reportedly captured at the renowned Daikoku Parking Area in the build-up to last month\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>And if the general malarkey and bangin\u2019 soundtrack weren\u2019t enough, there\u2019s also a surprise guest who\u2019s heard to remark, \u201cThat\u2019s insane,\u201d after experiencing a particularly smokey donut from the passenger seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Yep, tired parents everywhere will recognise that as the voice of Delores from <em>Paw Patrol: The Movie<\/em>, played by one Kim Kardashian\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyxmcAjHvo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyxmcAjHvo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWyxmcAjHvo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lewis Hamilton (@lewishamilton)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContentSpliced\">\n<div data-testid=\"PromosInContent\" class=\"sc-beqWaB fVphFz\">\n<div data-testid=\"MpuPremium2\" class=\"AdContainer-sc-6dj55u-4 glYrra\">\n<div class=\"Label-sc-6dj55u-0 iZbyrc\">Advertisement &#8211; 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