Ahead of his appearance on Jonathan Ross' new ITV chat show tonight (Satur✨day), former F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been descri⛄bed by his notoriously colourful and outspoken interviewer as being 'about as charismatic as a clam'.

Hamilton will be the first person to appear on the show, followed by Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker and singer Adele - and Ross has playfully promised to 'tickle' revelations out🏅 of the McLaren-Mercedes star.

When it was put to Ross by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles on his BBC breakfast show that the 16-time grand prix-winner 'is a nice guy but he is quite shy', the television presenter - wh🐷o so famously courted major controversy and found himself briefly suspended by the Beeb after leaving lewd messages on actor Andrew Sachs' answerphone during a guest appearance on comedian Russell Brand's radio show in 2008 - was more than a little acerbic in his response.

"That will be my job, to bring him out of his little shell," the 5💃0-year-old mused. "Some of us know how to get to someone who looks to be about as charismatic as😼 a clam. By the time I have finished my magic, I will have tickled that little whelk and he will be out for all to see - you can tell him that from me."