Promoted: How a bespoke race suit is made

Autosport went to see the factory where Lewis Hamilton's race suits are produced and found a cottage industry pushing for perfection

Matt Kew Aug 20, 2019, 1:43 PM

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A conflict with the country's health department meant Ferrari had to ditch its Mission Winnow branding for the 2019 Australian Grand Prix. The cars of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc instead ran decals celebrating the marque's 90th anniversary, which was a set of straightforward alterations to the livery.

Puma, on the other hand, faced a much larger task. As the manufacturer of the team's clothing, the drivers and all of the engineers required new racesuits flown out to the Southern Hemisphere in under two weeks.

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Author Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.