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Published 15:03 14 Apr 2022 BST
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Hamilton, 37, has made his love for Brazil well known over the years and has previously donned the nation's flag on his helmet when racing at the country's Interlagos circuit.
The seven-time world champion also took a Brazilian flag with him onto the podium when celebrating his win in 2021. After wearing the flag on his helmet last year too, Hamilton explained it was a tribute to one of Brazil's finest Formula One drivers, Ayrton Senna.
"It was the way he raced, his passion for life and for the sport," he said about Senna, who he admitted is his biggest inspiration.
"But more than anything it was the way he faced alone a system that wasn't always kind to him."
But his affinity to the nation may grow even stronger as a bill to make Hamilton an honorary citizen of Brazil is pending in the lower house of Brazilian parliament, however a vote on it has yet to take place.

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