Golf Asia — January 2018

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Lewis Celebrates With

Colleagues At PETRONAS

Company played a crucial role in the historic success of the Silver Arrows F1 team

L

ewis Hamilton specially made his

way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

to thank the PETRONAS family

for their continuous support throughout

the 2017 season. The Title Partner of

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport

played a crucial role in the historic success

of the Silver Arrows.

Before being officially crowned the 2017

FIA Formula One Drivers’ World Champion

at the FIA Prize giving ceremony in

Versailles, Lewis headed to Malaysia to

celebrate the fourth consecutive double

championship for the Silver Arrows with

the team’s title partner PETRONAS.

Lewis got on the plane to Kuala Lumpur

immediately after wrapping up the final

tests of the year in Abu Dhabi. Upon

arriving at the foyer of the PETRONAS

Twin Towers, the 2017 FIA Formula

One World Champion was welcomed

by thousands of employees and fans,

cheering and chanting his name.

“Today was the warmest welcome I’ve

ever had here in Malaysia. Every year we

come we always get a warm reception,

but today was just on another level – I was

not expecting this. I thought I was coming

to the press conference when all of the

sudden I see a sea of people and a lot of

great support. It meant a lot and it was

quite emotional to see it all!” Lewis added,

thanking the crowd for the reception.