Lewis Hamilton has shared heart-breaking images of his beloved dog Roscoe on a ventilator after he fell into a coma. The Formula 1 star has stayed by his pooch’s bedside after rushing him to a vet earlier this week when his 13-year-old companion’s condition worsened.
Hamilton has even skipped a planned trip to Italy to take part in a Ferrari testing session at Mugello on Friday, after sharing on social media that he had endured a “scary few hours” and asked fans to keep Roscoe in their “thoughts and prayers”, as he shared an image of his pup in an oxygen kennel wrapped in blankets.
However, in a fresh update, Hamilton has confirmed the sad news that Roscoe’s condition has taken a turn for the worse. He wrote: “Please keep Roscoe in your thoughts. I want to keep you all updated. Roscoe caught pneumonia again and was struggling to breathe.
“He was admitted into hospital and sedated to calm him while they did checks on him and during the process his heart stopped. They managed to get a heartbeat back and now he is in a coma. We do not know whether he will wake from this. Tomorrow, we will try to wake him up. I am by his side and want to thank you all for your prayers and support.”
Along with that post were some more images of Roscoe, unconscious and breathing with the assistance of a ventilator. In the photos, Hamilton is seen embracing his beloved companion, who has now suffered from pneumonia twice this year after overcoming the illness earlier in 2025.
Speaking at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in May, Hamilton told reporters: “He’s 12-and-a-half years old so he’s an old boy. He had pneumonia, but he’s fine now. But definitely this is a time where every time I get a text message from the lady who’s looking after him, my heart stops for a second. You know, what’s next?”
Roscoe overcame that first bout of pneumonia and was even well enough to attend the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July. The bulldog was equipped with a special red harness with Hamilton’s LH44 branding on it, to mark his first appearance at an F1 race since his owner joined Ferrari.
Hamilton had also said at Imola that he hoped to be able to take Roscoe with him to the Italian Grand Prix, to mark his first race as a Ferrari driver at their home circuit Monza. However, the bulldog was nowhere to be seen at the track to the north-east of Milan and now, several weeks on, Roscoe is fighting for his life.