While they may spend a lot of their time whizzing around at 200mph, these F1 stars can always spare 90 minutes to support their football clubs- which include the likes of Bristol City and Wolves
Some of the drivers join up for a Charity match before the Monaco Grand Prix. (Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
From La Liga to the Championship, Formula One is home to an abundance of football fans, not just in the stands but sitting on the grid. A few share a common interest and could watch their side together.
Some have switched allegiances over the years, an d one driver was in it to buy one of his club’s biggest rivals!
A Grand Prix for the drivers is a battle of wit, tactics, and a physically gruelling ordeal, sometimes competed in boiling temperatures and pouring rain. But that’s nothing compared to watching your side hold on to a 1-0 win, is it?
Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso
The only two Spaniards to ever be victorious in a Formula One Grand Prix channeled that winning mentality from their football club. Both former world champion Alonso and Ferrari’s Sainz are disciples of Los Blancos, the ever-present, always amazing Real Madrid.
The Spanish champion joined his fellow drivers in playing in this charity match. (Image: Icon Sport via Getty Images)
Sainz donned the pitch in Monaco, emulating his favourite Los Blancos stars. (Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The pair have publicly spoken about their love for the Spanish giants and attempt to catch their Champions League nights amid the drivers’ demanding schedule. With Jude Bellingham as the hook, line and sinker for their team, Sainz and Alonso will have some enjoyable days to come as fans of Real Madrid.
Charles Leclerc
The Monégasque man doesn’t just watch football but often plays it, and he supports the team you’d think he would, his local AS Monaco of Ligue 1. Like his Ferrari team, Monaco dons red and is often at the top of the French leagues, most known for being a conveyor belt for top-class talent.
Leclerc can not only operate an F1 car, he also has a strike on him. (Image: Icon Sport via Getty Images)
Have you heard of Kylian Mbappe? He started his career at Monaco before switching to the dark blue of Paris Saint Germain. Other players like Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Manchester United’s Anthony Martial have also played for the club.
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has his sister to blame for being a Gunner. He has spoken previously about how she influenced him to become an Arsenal fan. Hamilton shocked everyone when he announced his intention to join a consortium that had hoped to purchase Chelsea last year.
Football has always been a passion of Lewis’. (Image: Sipa/REX/Shutterstock)
This never amounted to anything, and Hamilton again blames his uncle for his attempted involvement with the Blues. His uncle Terry is a Chelsea fan, and Hamilton occasionally goes with him to watch both clubs battle it out on the pitch, as Hamilton often does on the circuit.
George Russell
The tiffany green of Mercedes may not be Goerge Russell’s favourite colour, as you’d think that might be orange based on the club he supports.
George’s dad is a season ticket holder at Wolverhampton Wanderers, meaning Russell’s allegiances lie with Wolves.
Russell has been presented with a shirt by his beloved Wolves.
Although his schedule doesn’t allow him to join his dad often, who is there week in, week out, he does state that every time he attends a game, he “gets converted into an even bigger fan.”
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen once claimed he’d give up winning any races for a year if it meant his beloved Dutch team would win the Champions League. That team is PSV Eindhoven, Verstappen’s greatest love, but he is also a known follower of all forms of the game, including Brazilian football.
Verstappen isn’t just fast on the track. (Image: Getty Images)
His girlfriend Kelly Piquet’s father, Nelson, co-owns Brazilian giants Vasco da Gama, and Verstappen has also dubbed this side his favourite in the country, as well as following other clubs like Barcelona.
Lando Norris
McLaren’s Lando Norris followed his boyhood club growing up but has shared his support between two different teams since one Cristiano Ronaldo graced English soil.
I think most would still rather play on this track than Astro. (Image: Formula 1 via Getty Images)
Norris grew up in Bristol, which left him with a choice: Robins or Rovers? His father, Adam, being close to City’s owner, Steve Lansdown, made up his mind for him, and so it was Bristol City that he would go on to support. He did admit that “people are going to slate me for it” before revealing his second club, which he insists he only followed during the eras of CR7.
Manchester United are that club, and Norris has gone on to state that he doesn’t follow football much anymore, choosing to watch as he glides by others on the track.
