What do you normally do when you visit Mexico? Well, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton likes to scare tigers out of their paws…err wits.

And we’re not even talking about sitting behind a thick layer of glass, as with regular zoo visitors do, going for a few knocks before taking pictures of the massive felines, but actually getting inside the cage with them, while having your mate filming you.

Sure, the tiger may look like a cub, one that apparently goes by the name of Nicole, but remember how your cat used to act before it grew up, add a crave for fresh meat, and you’ll eventually get the picture. As for the place where this was shot, according to FoxSports, it’s the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation, which is backed up by the Mexican government and rescues big cats, providing them with better lives.

The wildlife foundation is one of Hamilton’s regular stops whenever he is in Mexico, as his Twitter account proves, but he might be playing with fire. Imagine his personal staff trying to explain to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team why their driver hasn’t reported in.

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