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Lewis goes undercover underground

A week off from Formula One means that Lewis Hamilton has some time to himself which he can spend in New York City. While he might be mobbed by fans at a typical Grand Prix, he seems to have no problem going undercover and avoiding any unwanted attention by travelling incognito on the NYC subway.

Hamilton posted this picture of himself on social media wearing a hoodie, jeans and brightly coloured footwar as he waited for a train at Houston Street station in the Greenwich Village district of Manhattan, only a mile from New York's iconic Times Square.

The 31-year-old will be heading to Shanghai in the next few days, focussed on making sure that he doesn't lose out again at the start of the next Grand Prix with another poor start as he seeks to reignite his 2016 Formula One world championship bid for what would be his third title in a row.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.