Dailymail.co.uk - Thieves yesterday stole Lewis Hamilton’s luggage as he checked out of a Spanish hotel with his girlfriend, singer Nicole Scherzinger.

They ran off with a rucksack and leather holdall belonging to the Formula 1 driver, which they snatched from the open boot of his hired Mercedes. Bodyguards gave chase as Hamilton, 23, watched from the lobby of the five-star Malaga Palacio in the Costa del Sol. But the thieves disappeared into the crowds. An onlooker said: ‘Lewis’s driver was cleaning the wing mirrors when two men ran up to the open boot he’d just finished loading and pinched a rucksack and leather holdall. ‘They were opportunists and looked like drug addicts.’ Hamilton was visiting the city with his girlfriend, the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, who was performing there.