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Lewis Hamilton's image stares down at him from a mural painted on a Sao Paulo school wall. It is newly created and, in a sense, stands for all this sprawling city has meant to him down the years.
It is here that his hero Ayrton Senna was born and is buried.
It was in a suite at the Hilton hotel, in the same Morumbi district as Senna’s graveyard, that he excused himself as he chucked up in the bathroom after drowning his sorrows at missing out on a dream world title in the final race of his debut season.
Lewis Hamilton is a popular figure in the country and held up their national flag after his superb drive to win last year's Brazilian Grand Prix after overtaking title rival Max Verstappen
The seven-time champion earlier this week was made an honorary citizen of Brazil
It was on the undulating Interlagos track a year later, in 2008, that he overtook Timo Glock in the rain to clinch his first of seven championships on the last lap. He was not the hometown hero then. Felipe Massa was, and hisses
