Lewis Hamilton's knighthood on hold yet again, F1 fraternity gets furious over omission

2019 season of Formula 1 season witnessed Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton lift his sixth World Championship. He also became  sportsperson of year. Fans were expecting that Lewis Hamilton will be bestowed with highest British hour i.e Knighthood which was earlier given to fellow racing drivers Jackie Stewart, Stirling Moss and Jack Brabham in past but he was t included in Queen’s New Year’s Hours list.

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F1: Lewis Hamilton knighthood takes centerst

English cricketers Ben Stokes, Alastair Cook and tennis player Andy Murray have already received knighthood, but in spite of brilliant performances on track, Hamilton's name is yet to be featured. Ben Stokes has also beaten Lewis Hamilton to BBC Sports Personality of Year, which didn’t go down well with many motorsports fans. Many fans believe that Lewis Hamilton will gain hour if he wins his seventh title and equal record,d set by Michael Schumacher but Formula One fraternity reacted strongly to Hamilton being absent from New Year’s list.

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F1: Lewis Hamilton thoughts about knighthood 

In 2008, Lewis Hamilton was awarded MBE (Officer of Order of British Empire ) after winning World Championship that year. During 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton was asked about his thoughts regarding knighthood. In reply, Lewis Hamilton said that he doesn’t really like to think too much about it and just fact that people have mentioned it, it’s already an hour, but it’s t been something that he has been chasing in his life.

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F1: fraternity reacting to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's knighthood 

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