Angela Cullen: Lewis Hamilton's inner-circle includes trainer who never leaves his side

Angela Cullen plays a vital role in aiding Lewis Hamilton’s on-track success in F1.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR)
Lewis Hamilton (GBR)

Since they started working together𝔉 at start of the 2016 F1 season, Hamilton and Cullen ha🎉ve been inseparable. 

The 47-year-old New Zealander is the seven-time wor🎃ld champion’s physio and performance coach and is always seen by Hamilton’s side during grand prix weekends. 

Cullen, who is a mum of two, and Hamil𝔍ton even share matching ‘Loyalty’ tattoos on their wristꦫs. 

Alo💖ngside senior race engineer Pe⭕ter ‘Bono’ Bonnington, Cullen is considered as one of the most important people in Hamilton’s inner circle. 

Angela Cullen (NZL) Mercedes AMG F1 Physiotherapist. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest,
Angela Cullen (NZL) Mercedes AMG F1 Physiotherapist. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13,…

Hamilton ha🧸s hailed Cullen as “one of the greatest things that’s happened” to him. 

"People for sure won't understand it because they see it from a dista﷽nce," said Hamilton. 

"But she has been one of the greatest things th🌃at's happened to me in my life.

"I've been fortunate to work with a lot of people... and she's the single hardest-working woman that I get to be a🥀round. She's focused, sel🦹fless, and she makes my weekends peaceful.

"Every day I wake up, whatever time it is, she's just positive - never a single day has s🎀he been negative, so that's very, very imp𝐆ortant.

“I think it's important in life to put positive people around you. You can't be ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚgoing around with deadweights, you can't be going 😼around with people who don't inspire you to be better and lift you up when you're down.

"Y🌳ou need to be around people who can do that f🦩or you, and she's one of them."

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrates his pole position in qualifying parc ferme with Angela Cullen (NZL) Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrates his pole position in qualifying parc ferme…

Hamilton reported🀅ly pays his confidante more th🍷an $100,000. 

As well as supporting Hamilton at grands prix, the pair also spend time together 𓆏away from F1 r🐽ace track. They have been spotted partying, skydiving, surfing and training together. 

"Angela and I are naturally incredib🐭ly close,” H💎amilton said. “We pretty much live together.”

He added: “When you come into Formula 1, there’s this whole idea of 🅰physios, but a lot of them, or some of them, are just trainers. 

“They ﷽still take on the title of ‘physio’ – but a physio is a physiotherapist, and for years, I’d always had a male trainer, but I noticed that I was always having different problems. I’d have, like, muscle tightness in my neck, or I’d have problems with my lower back, or glute,🉐 whatever it might be, and my trainer could never fix it.

“So you’d have to just deal with it th📖rough the weekend and I was like, ‘This doesn’t make sense. I don’t need to train on the weekends.’ So I was like, ‘I need to find a physio.’ 

“Angela had don🧔e a bit of work on me back home, so I spoke to her and asked her, ‘Would you like to come on the road with me?’ and little did I know that we would have the greatest partnership.”

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