I went to Geneva for the atmosphere

According to the BBC Formula One runner up Lewis Hamilton is to move to Switzerland to escape the excessive public and media attention he has had in Britain over the last year.

The reason is definitely to escape the excessive attention. Definitely, no question. It's just been insufferable hasn't it? And the sympathetic tax status is just an unfortunate coincidence of moving in next door to best pals Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen in Switzerland.

"Over there people don't come up to you, they leave you alone and give you space," the 22-year-old told BBC Sport.

A space that was made by shifting a few gold bars, but schtumm about the deutsch bullion eh?

Reports that James Allen has been holding a tearful candlelit vigil outside a Kart track in Stevenage listening to a Chris De Burgh mixtape that he made especially for Hamilton are as yet unsubstantiated.