Hamilton dedicates F1 Belgian GP pole to US actor Boseman
Lewis Hamilton has dedicate🍸d his pole position for꧂ Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix to the late US actor Chadwick Boseman.
Hamilton twice broke the circuit lap record at Spa-Francorchamps on his way to claiming a dominant pole position in Belgium, outpaciꦕng Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by more than half a second.
The six-times world champion paid tribute to American film star Boseman, who died of colon cancer overnight at the age of 43. Hamilton stood on top of his car W11 after claiming his 93rd career pole to do the Wakanda salute made famouꦬs by Boseman in the Black Panther film.
After qualifying, Hamilton said: "It was a very clean session. Every lap was gettಌing better and better.
"It is a really important pole to me. I woke u🦋p to the saddest news of Chadwick passing away and it has been such a heavy year for all of us and that news really broke me.
"It was not easy to get back in focus with that hanging in my heart but I wanted to get back up there because what he has done ♏for our people will ಌbe remembered for ever.
pole for Lewis and a special tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman — Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1)Speaking in the post-qualifying press conference, Hamilton recalled the fir🌟st time he met Boseman during fashion wee❀k in New York.
“I didn’t know him, know him,” Hamilton explained. “I wasn’t in touch with him personally, I wish I had the privilege of that.
“But we met in New York during fashion week last year or maybe the year before during the Met Gal𒁃a week.
“We were out at the same dinner, saw him a couple of times throughout the night and we a♊ctually partied away together and were oඣn the same table.
“It was just an incredible scenario. I remember talking to 🐓him. I remember when Black Panther came out and I’m a huge Marvel fan.
“Knowing how Hoཧllywood has been for such a long time a𒀰nd just seeing the first black superhero come out, everyone was just so proud. This whole thing in general, this under representation is such a common thing.
“So, to be able🔯 to see somebody like him make it, suᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚch a powerful figure within the Avengers world, it was such an honour.
“It was inspiring and I can imagine young black kids looking at that and imagining they can be a su⭕perhero now. His legacy will always live on.”
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for ltxcn.top around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells⭕ the stories of the people who matte꧒r in the sport.
