{"id":289162,"date":"2025-04-24T10:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/brazils-congress-gives-hamilton-honorary-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:05:05","slug":"brazils-congress-gives-hamilton-honorary-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/brazils-congress-gives-hamilton-honorary-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s congress gives Hamilton honorary citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brazil\u2019s congress gives Hamilton honorary citizenship\" title=\"Brazil\u2019s congress gives Hamilton honorary citizenship\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>Brazil\u2019s congress passed a symbolic motion on Thursday to make seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton an honorary citizen of the South American nation.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Andre Figueiredo first made the suggestion in November after last year\u2019s Brazilian Grand Prix, which Hamilton won at Interlagos. The Mercedes driver carried a green and yellow flag on his victory lap and at the podium to celebrate with local fans.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>\u201cSpeechless. Today I was granted honorary citizenship to one of my favorite places in the world,\u201d 37-year-old Hamilton said on Instagram, posting pictures of himself with the Brazilian flag. \u201cI don\u2019t really have the words right now. Thank you Brasil, I love you, I can\u2019t wait to see you again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CemD-wupio8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hamilton has many fans in Brazil due to his F1 racing and his respect for three-time world champion and local hero Ayrton Senna, who died in an accident at Imola, Italy in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, who lost the 2021 drivers\u2019 championship to Max Verstappen on the final lap of the season, is struggling this year. He is in sixth position with 50 points ahead of this weekend\u2019s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the eighth race on the calendar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/motor-sport\/brazils-congress-gives-hamilton-honorary-citizenship-7961748\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil\u2019s congress passed a symbolic motion on Thursday to make seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton an honorary citizen of the South American nation. 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