- Hamilton marked Arsenal’s Premier League title win with an Instagram post.
- Man City’s draw with Bournemouth handed Arsenal their first title since 2004.
- Arsenal now have a Champions League final against PSG to play on 30 May.
Lewis Hamilton may be chasing glory on the F1 circuit, but on Tuesday night, his heart was firmly in North London as Arsenal secured their first Premier League title in 22 years.
The seven-time Formula 1 world champion celebrated Arsenal’s Premier League title with a single Instagram post. He shared a photo of the Arsenal squad and wrote just four letters in the caption: “COYG.” It stood for Come on You Gunners. It said everything.
Arsenal clinched the title without kicking a ball. Manchester City could only draw 1-1 with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, and that result handed the Gunners the title.
It ended a wait that stretched back to the 2003/04 season, when Arsene Wenger’s side completed an entire 38-game campaign without losing a single match, earning themselves the name “The Invincibles.”
Hamilton was in preparation for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix and could not be at the Emirates. He marked the moment from wherever he was, the way supporters do when they cannot be in the crowd.
Hamilton sends a short but loud message
There is a small but striking detail buried in this story. Arsenal last won the league title in 2004. Hamilton made his Formula 1 debut in 2007. The last time his club were champions of England, he had not yet driven an F1 car. In the years since, he collected seven world titles. Arsenal collected none. Until Tuesday.
Hamilton has never hidden his attachment to the club. In an interview with GQ Sports, he spoke about Arsenal’s title challenge with unmistakable feeling. “Of course, I’m so happy,” he said. “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life.”
He was not the only famous face marking the occasion. Singer Jess Glynne celebrated on Instagram, writing: “Come onnn Champions!!!!!”
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joined the crowds outside the Emirates and described what he saw on X. “Incredible scenes outside the Emirates,” he wrote. “A moment I will never forget.”
David Beckham, a Manchester United legend, found himself on the receiving end of a call from his Arsenal-supporting son Romeo. Beckham shared a screenshot of the video call with a caption that read: “The moment Arsenal became champions and my son calls to remind me.”
The scenes outside the stadium captured the scale of the moment. Thousands of supporters gathered at the Emirates to celebrate.
Ian Wright, Arsenal’s second-highest scorer in history and a former league winner with the club, got into a cab with his wife and daughters and drove straight there. “I was absolutely over the moon,” he told Premier League Productions. “It’s amazing, honestly, and this club deserves it.”
Can Hamilton find his own version of this feeling at Ferrari?
Arsenal’s road to the title was not smooth. They led the table for much of the 2025/26 season but faced sustained pressure from Pep Guardiola’s City throughout.
Four consecutive league victories at the end of the campaign, combined with City dropping points against both Everton and Bournemouth, finally got them over the line. It was a close-run thing, and it nearly ended, as it had three times before, in second place.
The parallel with Hamilton’s recent years is not hard to draw. He has spent a long stretch near the top without getting there. His last F1 world championship came with Mercedes nearly six years ago.
His debut season at Ferrari in 2025 brought no Grand Prix wins and no podiums. He called it his “worst season ever.”
Heading into 2026, he has spoken about feeling “in a much better place” and said he is enjoying driving the SF-26. Ferrari has shown flashes of genuine pace this year, and the season still has much left to offer.
The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is next, a sprint weekend that brings its own pressures and its own possibilities.
Arsenal also have unfinished business. They face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on 30 May, with a trophy parade set for the following day, leaving open the possibility of a double celebration.
For Hamilton, watching all of this from the paddock, the timing of Arsenal’s title is perhaps more personal than it looks. His club showed that years of near misses do not have to define a story. They can just be the long way around to the ending.
