Lewis Hamilton backs new F1 grand prix in Africa

Lewis Hamilton supports a plan to discussꦐ a grand prix in 🦋Rwanda

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has thrown his support behind a mooted F1 grand prix in Rwanda, Africa.

Ahead of this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver was asked about reports that F1 bosses have scheduled talks with repre✤sentatives in Rwanda to orga🌞nise an event.

Africa has not hosted a grand prix since 1993 - in South Africa - and Hamilton has regularly backed the continent to return to the F1 calendar꧅.

“We can't be adding races in other locations and continue to ignore Africa which the rest of the world takes from, no one gives anything to Africa,” h🀅e said at Zandvoort where ltxcn.𓄧top are in the paddock.

“There's a hug𝄹e amount of work there that nee🔜ds to be done.

“I think a lot of the wor♏ld that haven't been there don't realise how beautiful the place is and how vast it is.

“I think having a grand prix there would really be able to highlight how great the place is and bring 𝓡in tourism, and all sorts of things. So why are we not on that🐻 continent?

“The current exc💃use is maybe there's not a track that is ready, but there is at least one tra✨ck that's ready...

“Rwanda is🉐 one of my favourite places I've been to. I've been doing a lot of work in the background and spoken to people in Rwanda and South Africa and that's a long project in Rwanda, but it's amazing th💯at they're so keen to get it.”

Hamilton explains refugee camp visit

༺Hamilton spent his summer break visiting a refugee camp in Senegal, during a trip through Africa.

He explained that, after a family break in Turkey, he “went and trave🌳lled through Africa”.

Hamilton added: “I maximised my time so straight from the airport into activitie🦋s, history museums and just cultural experiences in each of the different countries I went to.

“There's so much to take from it, I'm still digesting the trip and going to a refugee camp and seeing the work being done there and how peo🐟ple are displaced.

“It's one thing reading about it and seeing it on 𓄧the news, but actually seeing it and speaking to kids who have 10km to get to school to have an education and then 10k🤡m back and not having school meals, not able to eat during the day.

“They have really tough lives over there and it's mostly💙 women and children who are affected the most.

“There weren't a lot of men there because they're eithe🦂r killed or ta🍸ken in different conflict areas.

“That was really heavy to see and experience and then in Senega꧃l aඣnd seeing the slave areas…

“Just to see what the ꦇcountry has been through and it's such a beautiful place. Through all those experience it's adding to my compass of whatꦇ I want to do going forwards.”

Hamilton added about the refugee camps: “If you don't see it and experience it or speak to someone who has been seriously affec𓆉ted by it, you can't even imagine.

“I've been to Africa before so it's not like the fi꧑rst time I've been shocked by anything.

“It's not that it upsets me, it's more that it gets me working my mind - it's gre🙈at to see organisations doing 🍷amazing work, and what can I do to get on board, how can I help? So that's what I'm trying to do.”

Hamilton returns to F1 at Zandvoort this weekend as the winner of two of ༺the💜 past three rounds.

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