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 together at start of the 2016 F1 season, Hamilton an⛦d Cullen have been inseparable. 

The 47-year-old New Zealander is the seven-time world champion’s physio and performance coach and is always seen b♑y Hamilton’s side during grand prix weekends. 

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

Alongside senior race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington, Cullen is considered as one of the most important people in Hamilton’s iღnner 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 has hailed Cullen as “o💦ne of the ꦕgreatest things that’s happened” to him. 

"People for sure won't under༺stand it because they see it from a distance," said Hamiltไon. 

"But she has been one 🐻of the greatest things that's happened to me in my life.

"I've been f𒅌ortunate to work with a lot of people... and she's the single hardest-working woman that I get to be around. She's focused, selfless, and she m꧃akes my weekends peaceful.

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

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

"You need to be around🔥 people who can do that for you, and she's one of tไhem."

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 reportedly pays his confidante more than $100,ꦅ000. 

As well as supporting Hamilton at grands prix, the pair also spend time together away from F1 race track. They have been spotted partying, skydiving, surfing and training tog🍸ether. 

"Angela and I are naturally incredibly close,” Hamilton said.𝔍 “We pretty much live together.”

He added: “When you come into Formula 1, there’s this whole idea of physios, but a lot of t🌌hem, 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 through the weekend and I was like, ‘This do🐼esn’t make sense. I don’t need to train on the weekenꦑds.’ So I was like, ‘I need to find a physio.’ 

“Angela had done a bit of work on me back home, so I spoke to her and asked her, ‘Wou💖ld 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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