Rap star to buy F1 team

(GMM) F1's traditional 'silly season' has taken a bizarre twist.

After championship leader Lewis Hamilton recently spent some time with the American rapper Sean Combs – otherwise known as Diddy, Puff Daddy or P.Diddy – a rumor has emerged that the formula one paddock could soon have a new team owner.

At an event for the launch of a Diddy perfume – 'Unforgivable' – Combs announced that he is thinking seriously about joining the circus by buying a team.

However, it is no surprise to learn that – at the night-time occasion in central London – more than (US) $200,000 alone was spent on champagne.

McLaren rookie Hamilton, 22, meanwhile, attended the event as a guest of the English pop star Natasha Bedingfield and another rapper, Pharrell Williams.

Both Diddy and Williams have attended F1 races in the past.