Lewis Hamilton and Jude Bellingham have joined forces for a playful F1 25 promotional video centred on the game’s 2026 Season Pack and Madrid’s new Madring circuit. The 80-second collaboration brings Ferrari and Real Madrid together ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, with one particularly unexpected revelation giving the seven-time Formula 1 world champion an opportunity to tease the 23-year-old football star.
During the exchange, Jude Bellingham admits that he does not have a driving licence, prompting an amused and almost parental reaction from Lewis Hamilton. Rather than turning the appearance into a conventional advertisement built around scripted racing language, the clip relies heavily on the relaxed chemistry between the two sporting figures, with their contrasting levels of experience behind the wheel providing much of the humour.
Lewis Hamilton reacts to Jude Bellingham’s driving licence admission
The meeting works particularly well because Lewis Hamilton represents one of the most experienced drivers in Formula 1 history, while Jude Bellingham openly acknowledges that he cannot yet legally drive on the road. That contrast creates the central joke of the promotion without needing to manufacture a rivalry between the two.
The Ferrari driver responds to the admission with a playful sense of disbelief, giving the conversation the feel of an informal exchange rather than a conventional marketing appearance. The resulting dynamic also offers a different side of Lewis Hamilton away from the intensity of a Grand Prix weekend, while Jude Bellingham appears comfortable leaning into the joke.
The collaboration connects two of Madrid’s biggest sporting worlds. Scenes involving the Bernabéu stadium bring the Real Madrid element into the Formula 1 campaign, while other sequences move away from the football setting, including an infinity pool overlooking the Spanish hills. The changing locations help position the promotion around Madrid itself rather than treating the new circuit as an isolated addition to the game.
F1 25 puts the new Madring circuit at the centre of its 2026 update
The sporting backdrop to the video is F1 25’s 2026 Season Pack, which introduces the new Madring venue in Madrid. The circuit has a 5.4-kilometre layout featuring 22 corners and is presented alongside the updated 2026 Formula 1 cars.
Madring is only playable with those updated 2026 cars, making the circuit and the new machinery closely linked within the Season Pack. That gives the promotion a clear connection to the current Formula 1 season rather than simply using Lewis Hamilton and Jude Bellingham as recognisable faces around an existing piece of game content.
🗣️ Lewis Hamilton: Do you know how to drive, like on real life?
🗣️ Jude Bellingham: No
🗣️ Lewis : You don't have a driver license?
🗣️ Jude : No, no license, nothing… It's really bad
🗣️ Lewis: What? You're 23
🗣️ Jude: I know. Everyone keeps saying it. You sound like my mom pic.twitter.com/0Zb0ANn1ml— Scuderia Fans (@ScuderiaFansF1) September 10, 2026
The Madrid setting also gives the collaboration obvious timing ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at Madring. Formula 1’s arrival at a new venue gives the game an opportunity to introduce fans to the circuit in a different environment, while the presence of Jude Bellingham connects that new Grand Prix setting with one of the city’s most recognisable football institutions.
Ferrari and Real Madrid crossover gives the campaign a different tone
For Ferrari fans, Lewis Hamilton’s involvement naturally provides the Formula 1 focal point, but the appeal of the clip comes from how little it resembles a serious technical or sporting discussion. There is no attempt to turn the meeting into an artificial comparison between racing and football. Instead, the promotion uses the personalities of the two participants and the unexpected driving licence admission to carry the interaction.
That relaxed approach gives the F1 25 campaign a broader sporting crossover while still keeping the 2026 Season Pack and Madring firmly at its centre. With Ferrari, Real Madrid and Formula 1 all converging in the same Madrid-themed promotion, the video offers an unusually light-hearted build-up to a Grand Prix weekend that will put the new 22-corner circuit itself under far more serious scrutiny once the cars take to the track.
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