The story he tell with a friend starts with Hamilton saying the awkward statement, “We were both in bed… playing chess” Leclerc quickly had to revert, “Not in the same bed! He was in London and I was in Monaco! And we were playing chess.”

Hamilton is impressed by Leclerc’s chess strength, goes online and finds a bot to help him. Literally that is cheating. But in a quick twist of the story, it turns out that they are both cheating and the games turn into bot vs bot. A fellow suggestion to both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc – next time you want to do this, go watch the Top Chess Engine Championship!

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The playing board alternates squares in carbon fibre and fibreglass.

The chess pieces inside are made from black and red varnished wood. The knight piece is inspired by the PH.

It also comes with 16 black and 16 red pieces to play draughts.

The set is hand-made in Italy, from 60% wood, 20% carbon fibre, 15% metal, 5% enamelled glass.

The price is 1230 EUR