{"id":180073,"date":"2025-09-30T12:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180073\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:58:07","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-makes-contact-with-lewis-hamilton-after-painful-roscoe-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/180073\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson makes contact with Lewis Hamilton after &#8216;painful&#8217; Roscoe experience&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity F1 fan Jeremy Clarkson has offered his sympathies to Lewis Hamilton after the Ferrari driver confirmed the death of his beloved dog Roscoe.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton announced on Monday that his pet dog Roscoe, 12, had died following complications from pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Clarkson sends condolences to Lewis Hamilton after death of Roscoe<\/p>\n<p>The English bulldog had been by the seven-time World Champion\u2019s side since Hamilton\u2019s first season with the Mercedes F1 team in 2013, with Roscoe making regular appearances in the paddock.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has been flooded with well wishes since the news of Roscoe\u2019s death, with his Instagram post receiving 8.7 million \u2018likes\u2019 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes team wrote: \u201cOur thoughts are with you, Lewis. \u201cRoscoe brought so much joy to those who met him and he\u2019ll always be a part of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s former Mercedes teammate George Russell added: \u201cI\u2019m so sorry for your loss mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams team principal James Vowles, who worked with Hamilton at Mercedes for a decade between 2013 and 2023, said: \u201cMy deepest condolences Lewis. Thinking of you both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best F1 quotes: Jeremy Clarkson on Lewis Hamilton and more<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/jeremy-clarkson-outrageous-f1-quotes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s most outrageous F1 quotes: Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen be warned<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/f1-quotes-lewis-hamilton-max-verstappen-2021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before 2021: What Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen said before F1 relationship turned sour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clarkson, the renowned television presenter, has been a consistent critic of Hamilton throughout the F1 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/lewis-hamilton-jeremy-clarkson-ferrari-theory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">doubled down on his stance that the 40-year-old<\/a> is \u201cpast his prime\u201d after Hamilton started work with Ferrari in January after 12 seasons with Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, meanwhile, Clarkson suggested that former Red Bull team principal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/jeremy-clarkson-cant-see-christian-horner-to-alpine-cadillac-audi-china-f1-team-options\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Horner might reject a move to Ferrari<\/a> to avoid having to work with Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>However, Clarkson put his personal differences with Hamilton aside on Monday to send his condolences to the Ferrari driver.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Hamilton\u2019s post announcing the death of Roscoe on Twitter, Clarkson said: \u201cReally sorry to hear that. It\u2019s hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More on Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/driver\/lewis-hamilton\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/team\/ferrari\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton revealed that Roscoe died in his arms on Sunday after four days in a coma having suffered a cardiac arrest while being treated for pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote:\u00a0\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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never stopped fighting, right until the very end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel so grateful and honoured to have shared my life with such a beautiful soul, an angel and true friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing Roscoe into my life was the best decision I ever made, and I will forever cherish the memories we created together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough I lost Coco, I have never been faced with putting a dog to sleep before, though I know my mum and many close friends have.<\/p>\n<p>\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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you all for the love and support you\u2019ve shown Roscoe over the years. It has been so special to witness and feel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe died on Sunday evening, 28th September in my arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/daniel-ricciardo-defining-the-f1-legacy-of-the-honey-badger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Ricciardo: Defining the F1 legacy of the Honey Badger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity F1 fan Jeremy Clarkson has offered his sympathies to Lewis Hamilton after the Ferrari driver confirmed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,930,1613,44962,932,44,22395,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-180073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-ferrari","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-jeremy-clarkson","13":"tag-lewis-hamilton","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-popular","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}