{"id":183767,"date":"2025-10-02T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/183767\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:15:09","slug":"f1-world-mourns-passing-of-bulldog-roscoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/183767\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 world mourns passing of bulldog Roscoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton says the death of his bulldog Roscoe, who was a fixture in the Formula 1 paddock, has been \u201cone of the most painful experiences\u201d of the seven-time F1 champion\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Hamilton missed a day of testing last week as he cared for Roscoe, who was at the time in a coma following a pneumonia infection.<\/p>\n

\"Lewis<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton with his bulldog Roscoe.Credit: LAT Images<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter four days on life support, fighting with every bit of strength he had, I had to make the hardest decision of my life and say goodbye to Roscoe. He never stopped fighting, right until the very end,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n

The 12-year-old Roscoe, who Hamilton called his \u201cbest friend\u201d in a post on X, has been a regular sight in the F1 paddock for much of Hamilton\u2019s career and has 1.5 million followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I lost Coco (Hamilton\u2019s dog who died in 2020), I have never been faced with putting a dog to sleep before, though I know my mum and many close friends have,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one of the most painful experiences, and I feel a deep connection to everyone who has gone through the loss of a beloved pet. Although it was so hard, having him was one of the most beautiful parts of life, to love so deeply and to be loved in return.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lewis<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton and Roscoe at Monza in 2021.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Roscoe\u2019s death prompted condolences from across the F1 world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton says the death of his bulldog Roscoe, who was a fixture in the Formula 1 paddock,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-183767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}