F1 champion Lewis Hamilton lost 4kg in 10 days suffering from COVID-19
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Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed he lost 4 kilograms in weight while suffering from COVID-19 during a 10-day period last month.The 35-year-old Briton missed the penultimate race in Bahrain after contracting coronavirus but recovered in time to contest the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.In his latest post on Instagram, Hamilton admitted he was “starting from a low point in strength” as he begins training for 2021 having shed a total of 6kg over the past two months.“I’ve lost 6kg over the past two months, 4 of which I lost when I got COVID,” Hamilton wrote. “I’ve lost so much muscle.“Starting from a low point in strength now, not fun but I’m determined to get my strength back and to be 100% again.”Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); The top 10 F1 drivers of the 2020 season: 5 – CHARLES LECLERCaccImages.createImage(); Esteban Ocon happy with “very strong” progress over 2020 F1 seasonHamilton has kept his battle with coronavirus relatively private, refusing to go into details about his experience when asked in Abu Dhabi, though he did stress he was “not 100%” fit, while Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff indicated at the previous race in Bahrain that Hamilton was “not great”.After the season-ending race, Hamilton said he was “happy to be alive” after he rounded out a historic year by finishing in third place on the podium despite feeling “destroyed”.”Covid is no joke, I never thought it was,” he added. “I knew at some stage if I got it it would be tough because there are people out there losing their lives.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); F1 champion Lewis Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020accImages.createImage(); The top 10 F1 drivers of the 2020 season: 6 – PIERRE GASLY“So I knew it was serious. I always find it very strange to see world leaders laughing it off like it is nothing.”To be able to come back here this weekend, I knew I wouldn’t physically be where I have been the rest of the season but I made it. Where there is a will, there is a way.”Hamilton concluded a mightily successful year by winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time.”4
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