Lewis Hamilton wins a cap with the acronym CPX, one of the symbols of Lula’s campaign

Seven times Formula 1 world champion, British driver Lewis Hamilton spent the afternoon of this Monday in Brasília, where he was honored by the Chamber of Deputies and received a gift from communicator Rene Silva, from Complexo do Alemão.

The driver, who uses the strength of his name and influence to bring up issues such as the fight against racism, homophobia and social injustice – a rare, perhaps unique, case among F1 drivers – received from Rene a cap with the initials CPX.

Except for the difference in colors, it is the same accessory with which the founder of the newspaper Voz das Comunidades had presented then-candidate Luis Inácio Lula da Silva during the PT’s visit to the favela complex in the north of the state capital, in the final stretch. of the first round of presidential elections.

Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign and the president himself soon spread fake news relating the three letters embroidered on the cap to an organized crime faction, which generated a reaction from people who condemned the criminalization of the acronym and from residents not only of Complexo do Alemão, like all favelas.

Asked by the reporter Sheet Italo Nogueira about the spread of fake news, Bolsonaro lost patience and abandoned an interview.

Lewis Hamilton, who in December 2021 was named Knight of the Queen by Prince Charles at Windsor Castle (the highest honor of the British crown), received the title of honorary Brazilian citizen in Brasília, as well as a copy of the Voz das Comunidades newspaper. and the CPX cap, an accessory that became a symbol of Lula’s campaign.