Spectacular drifts and a world star in the cockpit – Lewis Hamilton’s latest clip from Japan generates millions of clicks – the finale has the rumor mill buzzing
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is causing a sensation online: the Briton has landed a viral hit with the eagerly awaited continuation of his “Tokyo Drift” series.
Filmed in the run-up to the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, the Formula 1 star took to the wheel of a legendary Ferrari F40 to make the streets of Tokyo unsafe. He was flanked by two real cult cars: A Nissan Skyline R34 – a faithful replica of the silver-blue bullet driven by film character Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) from “2 Fast 2 Furious”, including blue underbody lighting – and a VeilSide Mazda RX-7 from the sequel “Tokyo Drift”.
Donuts in Daikoku: Hamilton lets the V8 scream
Hamilton follows on from his earlier Tokyo Drift videos, which got him into a lot of trouble with a car rental company in 2022 because the high-speed driving maneuvers were not approved. In the latest clip, Hamilton lets the screaming twin-turbo V8 of the F40 whip through the street canyons, drifts spectacularly and lets off some serious rubber while spinning donuts in the famous Daikoku parking lot in Yokohama.
The finale of the video has it all: 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 Brit. She looks into the camera and says simply: “This is insane”.
Was this the official relationship outing?
The video fueled the rumor mill, which has been swirling for months. After the duo were spotted together at a New Year’s Eve party in Aspen, at the Super Bowl and finally during Japan Week in Tokyo, Hamilton’s clip provides new fodder for speculation.
Although there has been no official confirmation from either side so far, fans are already treating the video as a “hard launch” – in other words, the deliberate public outing of their relationship.
17 million views: The web goes crazy
The fans’ reactions were not long in coming. “I don’t know what’s harder: the drifts or this hard launch,” commented one user. Others simply described the video as “iconic” or “epic”.
The figures speak for themselves: at the time of publication, the clip on Instagram already had 26.3 million views, 2.3 million likes and over 18,000 comments. Hamilton knows how to move the masses, and not just on the racetrack.</p