Lewis Hamilton moves from lapping to rapping on night out

London - Lewis Hamilton swapped pit-stops for hip-hop as he spent eight hours partying in London with Jay-Z protege J Cole, surrounded by a bevy of girls.
 
The F1 ace ended the night kissing a female pal back at his hotel in the early hours.

Lewis and J, whose first name is Jermaine, have now become such good mates that they are planning to collaborate on tracks in a recording studio.

The pair, who were introduced by Rihanna at a party over the weekend, kicked off Tuesday night’s bender with a four-hour dinner at posh restaurant Hakkasan.

“Lewis had a great night with J Cole. He’s a massive rap fan and J is really into F1 so they’ve bonded quickly,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“They had a long dinner with a group of girls and the rapper’s manager.

“J invited him to his studio the next time Lewis is in the US and said they could work on music together. Lewis said he’d repay him by sorting him out at any Grand Prix he wanted to go to,” the source said.

The group carried on partying at nightclub Funky Buddah before returning to the Mayfair Hotel where Lewis was seen in a clinch with pal Phreeda Sharp in the lobby.

While the race champ was out on the town, his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger had been spotted in LA wearing a T-shirt with the slogan: “Girls just wanna have fun.”