Overview
- Hamilton told reporters on Thursday that he thinks about his late dogs every day and keeps their pictures on a second phone.
- Roscoe, Hamilton’s English bulldog and a familiar paddock presence, died in September 2025 after a battle with pneumonia and Coco died in 2020 of a suspected heart attack.
- The comment came at his home Grand Prix media day, Hamilton’s first Silverstone without a pet companion and a moment that drew warm reactions from fans and colleagues.
- Hamilton lightened the mood with a paddock anecdote about Roscoe repeatedly leaving ‘presents’ outside former teammate Valtteri Bottas’s motorhome.
- Sporting context: Hamilton is third in the drivers’ standings after a Barcelona win and recent podiums, and he says Ferrari will focus on executing each weekend while Mercedes remain the team to beat.