{"id":412018,"date":"2026-01-16T00:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412018\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:27:24","slug":"when-lewis-hamilton-celebrated-winning-a-title-defining-f1-race-by-partying-with-neymar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412018\/","title":{"rendered":"When Lewis Hamilton celebrated winning a title-defining F1 race by partying with Neymar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winning the 2017 Formula 1 title was a significant milestone for Lewis Hamilton. From then, he had equalled Sebastian Vettel for the most championships on the grid.<\/p>\n

Arguably, it was the greatest battle that the two ever had that year, let down by Ferrari\u2019s shocking reliability towards the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Mercedes gave Hamilton an excellent car throughout the season, which boasted strong straight-line speed and was always there at the end of races.<\/p>\n

The first half of the season was an incredibly close and intense fight. After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Vettel had a 14-point lead.<\/p>\n

But everything would change after the summer break, and the Silver Arrows\u2019 development was much stronger.<\/p>\n

The real turning point was the Singapore Grand Prix \u2013 a wet race that delivered all the thrills and spills any fan could hope for, and Hamilton was the main beneficiary.<\/p>\n

\"Mercedes<\/p>\n

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain speaks to journalists at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix, in Mexico City (REUTERS)<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton partied with Neymar one day after winning the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Immediately after starting the Singapore Grand Prix, Hamilton, who started in fifth place, inherited the lead after just four corners.<\/p>\n

Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen, and Vettel all collided before turn one, with the latter escaping seemingly unharmed.<\/p>\n

But two corners later, as a result of the damage he had suffered, Vettel would spin due to the hydraulic fluid pouring out the side of his car, spearing into the wall.<\/p>\n

Hamilton had threaded the needle and got past everyone, going on to claim a crucial victory in the context of the title fight. He moved 28 points clear, having held a three-point lead before the race.<\/p>\n

The following day, he travelled back to London from Asia, where he linked up with then-PSG forward Neymar at a LOVE magazine party.<\/p>\n

He ended the night at a Soho nightclub, which means he must\u2019ve had a pretty good time with the Brazilian, who he shared a strong friendship with.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

Photo by Mark Thompson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

When did Lewis Hamilton win the 2017 Formula 1 title?<\/p>\n

One of Hamilton\u2019s main strengths was that he didn\u2019t retire from a single race in 2017. In fact, he failed to finish any lower than ninth.<\/p>\n

The ninth place came at the race where he secured his fourth title in Mexico, after getting tangled with Vettel at the start.<\/p>\n

Following Singapore, Vettel suffered reliability issues at each of the following two races, qualifying 20th in Malaysia after an engine issue, before retiring again in Japan after encountering a similar problem.<\/p>\n

By then, it was almost too late already. Hamilton\u2019s lead was huge and just over a month after he was partying with Neymar, he had added another title to his collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winning the 2017 Formula 1 title was a significant milestone for Lewis Hamilton. From then, he had equalled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,3761,932,1164,3766,91565,82],"class_list":["post-412018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-kimi-raikkonen","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-race","tag-sebastian-vettel","tag-singapore-grand-prix","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412018","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=412018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}