Lewis Hamilton admits he’s cancelling work just to play new video game

Lewis Hamilton has always been a keen gamer but there’s one upcoming title he’s looking forward to above all else.

With video games more mainstream than they’ve ever been, it shouldn’t be surprising whenever a celebrity expresses an interest in them, but somehow it still is, like when Andor actor Muhannad Ben Amor joined the call for a new Star Wars Battlefront.

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has always described himself as a ‘big gamer’; so much so that he plans to cancel all his work plans just to play a certain game when it launches.

Unsurprisingly, the game in question is GTA 6, easily the most anticipated video game in history, to the point where many expect its success to help prop up the wider games industry.

Hamilton shared his enthusiasm during an interview following the Belgium Grand Prix, which took place last weekend, with the GTA 6 part shared online by fan account LH44(A).

‘I’m dying for the new Grand Theft Auto to come out,’ said Hamilton, a sentiment shared by everyone else considering it’s been over a decade since GTA 5 arrived.

‘I’ll have to cancel all my work when that game comes out,’ Hamilton added. Again, this is something many others are likely planning as well, which is easy to organise since GTA 6 has a set launch date of May 26.

If you’re curious, according to the 2026 F1 calendar, GTA 6’s launch happens to take place a couple of days after the Canada Grand Prix wraps up and about a week and a half before the Monaco Grand Prix. So, Hamilton will have some free time to himself to enjoy GTA 6.

That’s assuming GTA 6 isn’t hit with a second delay (something that other games publishers are worried about) although that hopefully shouldn’t happen since developer Rockstar Games is gearing up for a global promotional campaign.

Hamilton also mentioned that he enjoys playing the Call Of Duty and Assassin’s Creed games as well as the Gran Turismo racing sims. In fact, back in 2016 he was in Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

This is in stark contrast to Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick who, despite overseeing GTA 6’s launch and hyping it up, has expressed zero interest in playing it himself or any other video games.

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