Hamilton: Overwhelming to see how much Roscoe touched people

Hamilton announced that his dog passed away in the week before the Singapore Grand Prix after never waking up from a coma he was put in when being treated for pneumonia.

That only adds to an already difficult 2025 season for the seven-time Formula 1 Champion, who has failed to deliver the level of performance expected from him since joining Ferrari at the start of the season.

Facing the media in Singapore, Hamilton was asked about his loss; he responded: "It's been amazing to see the support from so many people around the world, and overwhelming just to see how much Roscoe touched people and meant to people.

“The kind messages that I've received have been really uplifting, so I'm really grateful for that. Anyone out there that knows what it's like to lose a pet, you know how painful it is.

"I read somewhere that grief is the last act of love, and I'm definitely feeling that," he maintained.

"I think choosing not to be negative in the difficulty," was Hamilton's response when he was asked how he plans to tackle the upcoming race weekend in Singapore following the death of Roscoe. "I've personally received a huge amount of support.

"That's been overwhelming, and so allowing yourself to receive that, allowing yourself space to grieve, and also just remind yourself every day is going to get a bit better.

"It’s just trying to cultivate a positive attitude through the tough phase, but also I have spoken to loads of people who have been through that experience. My mom just lost her dog three months ago; I've got a friend that lost her dog three weeks ago.

“Everyone in the world is experiencing stuff like this, but I think it's been really beautiful just to see at a time in the world which is relatively dark outside of this paddock.

“There's a lot of negativity, wars everywhere, conflicts going on everywhere, issues in all these governments, and people are struggling. There's a bigger disparity between poor and rich; there's so many problems.

"But through this little experience, seeing that there's a lot of empathy, there are empathetic people out there, there's a lot of love, a lot of caring people out there in the world, which gives me a lot of hope for mankind, if I'm really honest," the Ferrari driver explained.

Performance-wise, Hamilton appears confident following his recent improvement in performance despite not being able to translate that into results.

“I feel positive coming into this weekend,” the 40-year-old said ahead of this weekend. “It's a track I've generally gone well at, and I've started to feel a lot better in the car since the summer break.

“However, the results haven't shown that just yet, but it's going to happen, and I'm hoping it's going to be this weekend.

"This is my first time driving a Ferrari at this track, but having known places like Baku, how the car reacts, hopefully I can start a couple of steps further ahead than I was in the last race, for example," Hamilton concluded.

Hamilton has an impressive record in Singapore, where he started from pole four times and won there four times, in 2009, 2014, 2017, and 2018. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)