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F1 champion Hamilton knighted in New Year's Honours List

Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton will be knighted as part of the New Year’s Honours List, it has been announced. He is the first driver in the 70-year history of the championship to receive the accolade while still active. Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Jackie Stewart are the only other World Champions to have been knighted while four-time runner-up Sir Stirling Moss was also honoured. He is only the fourth person affiliated with Formula 1 to be knighted this century, following on from Moss, Stewart and Williams co-founder Sir Patrick Head, who was recognised in 2015. Hamilton joins a select group of other contemporary British sporting icons, including Sir Andy Murray and Sir Mo Farah,...
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