The move had been proposed by congressman Andre Figueiredo after last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix was won by the British driver who unfurled the Brazilian flag at Sao Paulo’s Interlagos circuit.
“Today I was granted honorary citizenship to one of my favourite places in the world,” Hamilton, who is racing in Azerbaijan this weekend, told his 28.4 million followers on Instagram. “I don’t really have the words right now. Thank you Brazil, I love you, I can’t wait to see you again.” Figueiredo, a member of Brazil’s Democratic Labour Party, praised the Mercedes driver for celebrating the country at last year’s race and noted he has always held up the late Brazilian triple world champion Ayrton Senna as his boyhood idol.
Congressman Jhonatan de Jesus of the Republicans party said in a report that Hamilton has a “deep and strongly emotional” relationship with Brazil and the tribute was well-deserved.
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