(Reuters) -Seven times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton obtained his knighthood for companies to motorsport on Wednesday, days after he misplaced out on what would have been a file eighth title after a tense final lap on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Hamilton holds the file for many race wins with 103 whereas he’s tied with German nice Michael Schumacher on seven drivers’ championships.
The 36-year-old Briton, the game’s solely Black driver, was made a Knight Bachelor by Britain’s Price Charles throughout an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle in England.
Hamilton is the fourth F1 driver to be knighted after the late Australian Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss and triple champion Jackie Stewart, and the one one to have obtained the award whereas nonetheless racing.
Other energetic sportsmen who’ve obtained a knighthood are biking’s Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medallist Mo Farah, twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and England cricketer Alastair Cook.
Hamilton misplaced out on the 2021 title to Red Bull driver Max Verstappen on Sunday. The two had been equal on factors earlier than the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi, the place the Dutchman overtook Hamilton on the ultimate lap to raise his maiden title.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson and Christian Radnedge)
