World champ loves his isolated winter training camp

Lewis Hamilton is loving McLaren’s week-long winter training camp at the Kuortane Sports Institute in western Finland. The annual event is scheduled so that McLaren’s drivers can work on their core strength and physical conditioning.

The remote location also means Lewis gets a few days to escape from the glare of the spotlight, before he returns home and prepares for the gruelling awards season (he has just been named on the BBC’s short-list for its Sports Personality of the Year).

“Travelling to Finland for our winter training camp is one of the best weeks of the year for me,” Lewis says.