Tuesday 28 June 2022 01:00 PM Lewis Hamilton dons a wetsuit as he goes surfing with pals ahead of the British ... trends now

He is a top racer with seven World Drviers' Championship titles to his name.

And Lewis Hamilton proved his talents don't finish on the track as he went surfing in Malibu with a group of pals on Monday.

The F1 driver, 37, donned a navy wetsuit as he took time off from his busy schedule to soak up the California sun.

Styling his locks into a ponytail, Lewis sat on his surfboard and chatted with his friends between surfing the waves.

Lewis will be making the most of his time off ahead of the British Grand Prix on Sunday.

The racer will descend on Silverstone for the 10th round of the 2022 season and will be joined by other favourites including George Russell.

Speaking ahead of the Grand Prix, Lewis said: I really hope, moving to Silverstone… it's such an important race for us and for me and so I really hope that… I just want to be in a battle [with Red Bull and Ferrari]. 

Earlier this month, Lewis finished third in the Canadian Grand Prix and declared: 'I am back to being young again!'

A week after struggling to climb out of his Mercedes in Baku after being bounced around in the cockpit, the seven-time champion's back pain had vanished.

Having finished behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, Lewis said: 'It's quite overwhelming to get this third place. 

'It's been such a battle this year with the car, but we continue to stay vigilant, focused and never give up. That's something I'm proud of.

'We're getting closer, so we've got to keep pushing and pushing, and hopefully we'll eventually be in the fight with these guys.' 

The Mercedes driver has not won any of his last 10 races - equalling the longest run of his career - and sits 98 points adrift of last year's title rival Max of Red Bull.

And three-time champion Sir Jackie Stewart admitted he thinks the time has come for Hamilton to pursue his various other interests.

'It's time for him to resign,' said Stewart, 83. 'He's got music, he's got culture, he loves clothing and the rag trade would be absolutely suitable for him.

'I'm sure he'll be very successful because he's been earning a huge amount of money — rightfully so because he's been the best of his time.'

It comes as Formula One slammed three-time world champion Nelson Piquet for using a racial slur to describe Lewis.

Piquet, 69, used the N-word while referring to the seven-time world champion on a Brazillian podcast.

The former driver, who won the world title in 1981, 83 and 87, had been discussing the accident between Lewis and Max on the first lap of last

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