{"id":28014,"date":"2026-03-07T13:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28014"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:01:56","slug":"hamilton-pushes-for-formula-one-return-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/hamilton-pushes-for-formula-one-return-to-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton pushes for Formula One return to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he has been quietly engaging stakeholders over recent years to help bring Formula One racing back to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old driver said hosting a Grand Prix on the continent would be personally meaningful as it connects to his African heritage, while also helping to grow motorsport opportunities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton said he hopes African leaders and stakeholders can work together to strengthen the continent\u2019s global influence in sport and development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really hoping that the people who are running those different countries all unite and come together and take Africa back. That\u2019s what I want to see, take it back from colonial powers and build the future of the continent,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that hosting major international sporting events in Africa would help inspire young talent and create new economic opportunities across the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has previously spoken about increasing diversity in motorsport and expanding Formula One\u2019s global footprint into underrepresented regions, including Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13687,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-28014","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Lewis Hamilton says he has been quietly engaging stakeholders over recent years to help bring Formula One racing back to Africa","published_date":"2026-03-07 13:01:49","news_description":"Lewis Hamilton says he has been quietly engaging stakeholders over recent years to help bring Formula One racing back to Africa","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28015,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28014\/revisions\/28015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}