Lewis Hamilton and his father are now among the top eight most influential black people in Britain, according to a publication.
On the newspaper New Nation’s so-called top-100 ‘Power List’, the rookie championship leader and his manager Anthony Hamilton rank eighth.
Apart from premier league footballer Didier Drogba, ‘Team Hamilton’ are the only British sportspeople on the list, which is topped by businessman Damon Buffini, who runs the private equity firm Permira.
New Nation editor Michael Eboda said: “The Power List explodes the recently-trumpeted myths that African Caribbeans are not achieving anything and that there is a dearth of (black) role models.”
