Lewis Hamilton parties with celebrities on yacht as he puts F1 struggles behind him

Lewis Hamilton is enjoying his two weeks off from F1 by spending time on a yacht with some fellow celebrities. The seven-time champion was all smiles as he enjoyed some down time on the Spanish island of Ibiza.

The 38-year-old wore a maroon tracksuit as he entered the yacht alongside tennis star Jenny Stray Spetalen and Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez, as well as film director Baz Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin. He then changed into his blue swimwear and took to a flyboard, and was photographed hovering over the waves with a friend who was on board a jet ski.

Hamilton spending time with Spetalen and Gonzalez comes days after he was spotted partying with pop star Shakira after the British Grand Prix. This came after the pair met up at the prior Spanish and Miami Grand Prix events, which fuelled dating rumors.

However, it seems they may now be put to rest following his holiday alongside Spetalen and Gonzalez. Hamilton has long been a fan of spending time in the ocean, which he elaborated on in a GQ interview.

"I would say I swim a lot more than I surf [laugh]," he said. "I'm so competitive so I paddle for pretty much every wave. I could be out there for hours and I might miss 100 waves but I get five good waves in the day.

“What I really love about it is you don't have your phone with you, it's time on your own, you have time to think and just let the waves continue to go and appreciate just how powerful mother nature is. I also feel the ocean is very cleansing and I just like getting rid of negative energy.”

Hamilton’s last F1 result was a positive one, as he finished third at the British Grand Prix in front of his adoring home fans. He finished behind fellow British driver Lando Narros and race winner Max Verstappen, who claimed his sixth consecutive victory.

The sport now moves to the Hungarian GP, which will be held this Sunday, and it is one of Hamilton’s most successful races having won there eight times, more than any other driver.

Mercedes have improved their front wing for the British GP and Mercedes' technical director James Allison Allison revealed it "should improve the balance and performance of the car through the slower range of the corners". And with the Hungary track "made up almost entirely of slower stuff", it should help Mercedes be more competitive with the front runners.

"The new front-wing is of course designed to make us go faster," Allison said. "That's why we do all our things. Early signs are promising, the new front-wing seemed to do what we expected and hopefully, it will bring us more at tracks which have a wider range of slow corners."