Hamilton not distracted by tax evasion charges

TIL Desk Sports/ Mercedes racing driver and Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has said that the tax evasion allegations against him will not distract him from winning the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix. Hamilton was recently named in a Paradise Papers leak case for avoiding paying taxes on his private jet through an elaborate scheme.

He allegedly used an Isle of Man company to avoid paying a value added tax of 3.3 million pounds when he imported the aircraft into England in 2013 and is under investigation by the HM Revenue and Customs. “Obviously right now, there is a bit of a storm surrounding me,”Hamilton, as saying.

“There are many different stories around, but I don’t have anything to add to the whole scenario that has happened. It doesn’t distract me from my core values and also what I am here to do, which is to try and win the Brazilian Grand Prix for a second time in my life,” he added.