Formula 1 champion, Lewis Hamilton awarded Honorary Brazilian Citizenship in Brasilia.

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Formula 1 champion, Lewis Hamilton awarded Honorary Brazilian Citizenship in Brasilia.

British Formula 1 racing driver as well as seven-time Formula One champion, Lewis Hamilton became an honorary citizen of Brazil for winning the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix for the third time.

He was awarded the honorary citizen of Brazil by the country's lower house of Congress and dedicated the honour to his boyhood idol, the late Brazilian triple world champion Ayrton Senna.

Hamilton clinched his first world championship at Interlagos in 2008, beating Ferrari's then local favourite Felipe Massa with an aggressive overtake on the last corner of the last lap of the final round of the season.