Hamilton and Brady team up at Miami golf event

Lewis Hamilton and Tom Brady teamed up at a golfing rencontre in Miami as Formula 1 drivers were kept rented on their inrush in Florida.

The seven-time world champion and seven-time Super Bowl winner were paired together at an event for Mercedes sponsor IWC Schaffhausen, raising money for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. They took on former Oakland Raider legend Marcus Allen and Dibia Dream founder and CEO Brandon Okpalobi, the latter stuff one of the Miami-based nonprofits to goody from the event.

Brady and Hamilton took on a long momentum and closest to the pin challenges respectively, with Brady winning the first and Okpalobi tying it up by vibration Hamilton’s tweedle at the Miami Beach Golf Club.

“There’s a part of you that’s excited and then there’s the nervous part,” Hamilton said of this weekend’s race. “It’s a new circuit, there’s not a lot of time to practice, but it’s heady when you get out and find a new course. You get out and you’re discovering all the variegated features of the spin and the surroundings.

“This has been a dream for our sport to be in Miami. I’ve been here to see other sports, but our sport will hopefully earn its right to be here this week and put on a unconfined show for everyone.”

A number of drivers have been kept rented with events virtually the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, including some high-profile appearances at other sporting venues.

While Hamilton golfed, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were throwing out the first pitch at the Miami Marlins v Arizona Diamondbacks game, pursuit Charles Leclerc who had carried out the same duties in for Tuesday night’s event. George Russell was moreover getting involved in the local sports scene, peekaboo Game 1 of the Miami Heat v Philadelphia 76ers play-off series on Monday.