{"id":14769,"date":"2026-03-05T14:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/lewis-hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-an-african-grand-prix-before-retiring\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:09:14","slug":"lewis-hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-an-african-grand-prix-before-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/lewis-hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-an-african-grand-prix-before-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton sets sights on racing in an African grand prix before retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>British former champion hits out at former colonial rulers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m hoping countries unite and take Africa back\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton has called for a movement to \u201ctake Africa back\u201d, claiming the continent is being \u201ccontrolled\u201d by European powers. On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/feb\/18\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-f1-2026-season\">eve of the new Formula One season<\/a> in Melbourne, the seven-time champion outlined his ambition to compete in a grand prix on African soil.<\/p>\n<p>But the 41-year-old, F1\u2019s first black race driver, did not stop there. He suggested former colonial rulers still exerted undue power in the region and called for action to reverse that influence. \u201cI\u2019ve got roots from a few different places there, like Togo and Benin,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of that part of the world.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/mar\/05\/lewis-hamilton-race-africa-grand-prix-retiring-formula-one-colonial\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British former champion hits out at former colonial rulers \u2018I\u2019m hoping countries unite and take Africa back\u2019 Lewis Hamilton has called for a movement to \u201ctake Africa back\u201d, claiming the continent is being \u201ccontrolled\u201d by European powers. On the eve of the new Formula One season in Melbourne, the seven-time champion outlined his ambition to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86,718,719,717,716,720,436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-ferrari","category-formula-one","category-formula-one-2026","category-lewis-hamilton","category-motor-sport","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lewis Hamilton sets sights on racing in an African grand prix before retiring - World news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/lewis-hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-an-african-grand-prix-before-retiring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lewis Hamilton sets sights on racing in an African grand prix before retiring - World news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British former champion hits out at former colonial rulers \u2018I\u2019m hoping countries unite and take Africa back\u2019 Lewis Hamilton has called for a movement to \u201ctake Africa back\u201d, claiming the continent is being \u201ccontrolled\u201d by European powers. 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