Denver Broncos’ NFL Pre-Season Victory Provides a Glimmer of Joy for Lewis Hamilton Amid F1 Belgian GP Heartbreak

Lewis Hamilton is arguably one of the greatest drivers of all time. Although, even the greats make mistakes sometimes. Hamilton had an excellent chance to win his first race of the season. However, it was not Hamilton’s day as he crashed with Alonso in the first lap.

Fortunately for Lewis, his NFL-co-owned team Denver Broncos won their first match of the pre-season, giving him a reason to smile.

Things got uglier when Hamilton’s ex-teammate, Fernando Alonso labeled him “an idiot” after the duo collided. Eventually, Lewis Hamilton took the blame for crashing into Alonso and admitted he had nothing to say about Alonso’s remarks about him.

Hamilton said, “It was definitely my fault today.” He further added, “I tried to overtake on the outside of Turn 5, just didn’t leave quite enough space. It wasn’t intentional it just happened.”

Anyway, Hamilton brushed off his forgettable day in Spa by cheering for his co-owned NFL team, Denver Broncos. The 7-time world champion posted the score of the Broncos’ pre-season win on his Instagram story with the caption “Let’s go”.

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Neither Hamilton nor Mercedes could win yesterday, but his team’s first preseason victory would have brought a smile to his face.

Lewis Hamilton becomes a co-owner at Denver Broncos

Lewis Hamilton joined the Denver Broncos ownership group with one of America’s richest families – The Waltons. In a statement released by The Waltons on their club website, they said, “We’re delighted to welcome Seven-Time Formula One World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to our ownership group.”

“He is a champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team and a fierce advocate for global equality, including in his own sport.”

The statement continued, “With over 100 race wins, Lewis is considered the most successful F1 driver of all time. His resilient spirit and standard of excellence will be an asset to the ownership group and the Broncos organization.”

Denver Broncos is one of the most successful teams in the Super Bowl era, winning the title 3-times.

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In what was a forgetful evening for Lewis Hamilton, he will be hoping Mercedes improve on a disappointing race at Spa when they travel to Zandvoort for the Dutch GP. Lewis’ streak of crossing the chequered flag every race of this season also came to an unfortunate end. Do you think Mercedes can win a race this year?