Sir Lewis Hamilton has publicly declared being part of a consortium that is bidding to buy Chelsea off sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
The consortium, fronted by Sir Martin Broughton, is majority funded by Philadelphia 76ers co-owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer who would be forced to sell their stake in Crystal Palace should their bid succeed.
Hamilton and Serena Williams have both pledged around £10m each to the £2.5bn bid - an inconsequential amount of money in the grand scheme of things but it has been reported that Broughton's team hope their added publicity will get their bid over the line.