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The Briton told reporters on Thursday that a
decision to delete all the accounts he follows had made a
significant difference to his life.
"I think I just wanted kind of a fresh slate," he explained at
the Singapore Grand Prix.
"I just noticed that for me... you wake up and the first thing
you do is turn on your Instagram and check what’s happening.
You’re always catching up and I just decided to change.
"I wake up now and I have a bit of a read, I start my day
differently and I’m hardly ever on it and this has made a big
difference to my life, personally."
The five times world champion, whose interests outside of
Formula One include music and fashion, has never been shy about
sharing his life with his fans.
He has 12.8 million followers on Instagram and 5.6 million on
micro blogging site Twitter, where he still follows almost 850
people.
"Sometimes obviously people come up and say: ‘Hey, you’re not
following me but you follow that person'," he said. "So now I
don’t follow anybody and no one can complain.
“But I still follow everyone closely, I look at everyone’s
Instagram particularly within my sport just to see what they’re
up to and I still support people."
Hamilton, who is well on the way to his sixth title, said before
the sport's August break that he wanted to read and meditate
more.
The winner of eight of the season’s 14 races so far is 63 points
clear of team mate Valtteri Bottas in the overall standings.
(Editing by Alan Baldwin/Ken Ferris)
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