Video. Gifts, bright sweaters and songs: when motorsport celebrates Christmas

In case you haven't noticed, Christmas is around the next corner. The world of motorsport is approaching this final stretch of the year with relaxation, as demonstrated by the videos and other greeting cards posted on social networks.

En Formula 1, Liberty Media had the great idea of ​​offering each pilot the chance to give a gift to a colleague. For seven minutes, admire the wonder of Lewis Hamilton receiving a fake diamond bowl for your dog or the contained joy of Valtteri Bottas who throws away the gift of Max Verstappen :

Like on New Year's Eve, some will sing along, likeEsteban Ocon. The Frenchman knows the English-speaking classics just like Romain Grosjean :

“They wish you a Merry Christmas, they wish you a Merry Christmas…”

Season's Greetings from the #F1 grid pic.twitter.com/MytfVLVATP

- Formula 1 (@ F1) December 24, 2017

On the side of Red Bull, we do not forget the good atmosphere typical of their first years in F1. To end the year in style, Max Verstappen et Daniel Ricciardo meet around a buffet to treat themselves to colorful pajamas and discuss the rain and good weather between bursts of laughter. This video tells us that the Dutchman is master of the “dab” while the smiling Australian gives voice:

Nico Hulkenberg as for him, he wore his best sweater for a video broadcast on Twitter. Please note, this luminous sweater is not an official product Renault :

pic.twitter.com/Dm7WyACWTN

- Nico Hülkenberg (@HulkHulkenberg) December 24, 2017

The EKS team, third in the World Championship Team ranking Rallycross in 2017, decorated an Audi A1 Quattro with a multitude of garlands, a year after taking the mount from Mattias Ekstrom cutting down a fir tree in the northern woods :

Santa Claus is coming to town in our Audi S1 ​​EKS RX quattro … #EKSRX #WorldRX #MerryRXmas #MerryXmas #Xmas @FIAWorldRX pic.twitter.com/CRiLXcJjse

— EKS (@EKSRX) December 24, 2017

Santa Claus finally came early PH Sports. The Langres structure (Haute-Marne) received the Citroën DS3 in its museum WRC hired by Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena during the rally d’Alsace 2013:

Thank you Santa! This iconic #DS3WRC join our tiny museum… We chose the #RallyedFrance delivery, specially designed for the (temporary) farewell of @SebastienLoeb & @DanosElena. We hope you'll get nice presents too… Merry Christmas! pic.twitter.com/Y0nnlpiGM6

— PH Sport (@PH__Sport) December 24, 2017

All the editorial staffSelf wishes you a pleasant holiday season. Be careful, however, with excess logs at the table, your outings karting will suffer!