(Motorsport-Total.com) – Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is causing a stir online: With the long-awaited continuation of his “Tokyo Drift” series, the Briton has landed a viral hit.
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Filmed in the run-up to the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, the Formula 1 star took the wheel of a legendary Ferrari F40 to tear up the streets of Tokyo. He was flanked by two real cult cars: a Nissan Skyline R34 – a faithful replica of the silver-blue bullet of film character Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) from “2 Fast 2 Furious”, including blue underglow lighting – and a VeilSide Mazda RX-7 from the sequel “Tokyo Drift”.
Donuts in Daikoku: Hamilton makes the V8 scream
Hamilton is thus following up on his previous Tokyo Drift videos, which caused him a lot of trouble with a car rental company in 2022 because the rapid driving maneuvers were not authorized. In the latest clip, Hamilton lets the screaming twin-turbo V8 of the F40 whip through the street canyons, drifts spectacularly, and burns plenty of rubber doing donuts at the famous Daikoku parking lot in Yokohama.
The finale of the video packs a punch: the camera moves through the thick tire smoke of the donuts towards the passenger window. Sitting there is none other than reality TV icon Kim Kardashian, who has long been rumored to be in a relationship with the Briton. She looks into the camera and simply says: “This is insane”.
Was that the official relationship outing?
The video fuels the rumor mill that has been simmering for months. After the duo was already spotted together at a New Year’s Eve party in Aspen, at the Super Bowl, and finally during Japan Week in Tokyo, Hamilton provides new fuel for speculation with this clip.
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Although there has been no official confirmation from either side so far, fans are already interpreting the video as a “hard launch” – that is, the deliberate public outing of their relationship.
17 million views: The web is going crazy
The reactions from fans were not long in coming. “I don’t know what’s harder: the drifts or this hard launch,” one user commented. Others simply described the video as “iconic” or “epic.”
The numbers speak for themselves: at the time of publication, the clip on Instagram had already recorded 26,3 million views, 2,3 million likes, and over 18.000 comments. Hamilton simply knows how to move the masses, and not just on the race track.
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