Seven-time System 1 racing champion Lewis Hamilton hit the game’s summer time break after a second-place end on the Hungary Grand Prix on Sunday and added a brand new title to his in depth assortment on Tuesday.
Hamilton is becoming a member of the Denver Broncos’ new possession group as a restricted shareholder, the franchise introduced Tuesday morning.
“(Hamilton) is a champion competitor who is aware of what it takes to steer a profitable crew and a fierce advocate for world fairness, together with in his personal sport,” Walmart inheritor and the franchise’s incoming controlling proprietor, Rob Walton, mentioned in a press release. “With over 100 race wins, Lewis is taken into account probably the most profitable F1 driver of all time. His resilient spirit and normal of excellence will likely be an asset to the possession group and the Broncos group.”
Hamilton is the third identified restricted shareholder to hitch the Walton-Penner possession group, which is headed by Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton, and son-in-law, Greg Penner. The champion driver joins former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Ariel Investments co-CEO and Starbucks chairwoman Mellody Hobson as minority traders within the possession group.
“Excited to hitch an unimaginable group of householders and develop into part of the Broncos story!!,” Hamilton mentioned in a tweet Tuesday. “Honoured to work with a world class crew and serve for example of the worth of extra various management throughout all sports activities.”
Hamilton, the Mercedes driver, received his first F1 world title in 2008, then received the sequence championship in six of seven years between 2014-20. He has received 103 races, probably the most within the sport’s historical past.
Not solely that, however Hamilton has lengthy been the game’s preeminent voice for advocacy on a number of points, together with racial equality. He’s the one present Black driver in F1, the highest racing league on the planet.
Hamilton owns a house in Colorado and has advised information shops up to now that he spends elements of the winter there.
The monetary particulars, fairness stakes and any potential roles within the group for Hamilton, Rice and Hobson haven’t been disclosed.
The Walton-Penner Household possession group is predicted to be formally accredited by a full league possession vote Aug. 9 in Minneapolis. That’s the remaining step after the group obtained approval from the league’s finance committee final week.
The Walton-Penner group agreed to purchase the Broncos for a file $4.65 billion in June after the franchise was put up on the market by the Patrick D. Bowlen Belief in February.
