Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was made an honorary citizen of Brazil.
The British sportsman with Caribbean roots dedicated the honour to his boyhood idol, the late Brazilian triple world champion Ayrton Senna.
“I feel like now I’m one of you,” the Mercedes driver said in a crowded session of Congress packed with admirers in Brasilia days ahead of this year’s Brazilian Grand Prix on Nov. 11 in Sao Paulo.
The lower house passed in June a bill to make the 37-year-old an honorary citizen that was proposed by congressman Andre Figueiredo after the British driver won the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix for the third time.
