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Lewis Hamilton Puts $1.7 Billion Worth NBA Legend Michael Jordan in the Same Class As His Father

Published 09/24/2022, 9:30 PM EDT

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Undoubtedly, Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes in the world. He can be regarded as the Lewis Hamilton of the NBA or Hamilton can be regarded as the Michael Jordan of Formula 1. Despite this, Hamilton recently made an interesting comparison with Jordan also being a part of it.

The Mercedes ace compared the NBA legend as impactful as his father when the billionaire athlete visited the garage of the Brackley-based outfit. Jordan paid a visit to the Mercedes camp when Formula 1 was in the United States of America earlier this season.

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Michael Jordan took a photo with Anthony Hamilton, the Silver Arrows ace’s father. Hamilton took this photo and posted it on his Instagram story with “Two of my hero’s.”

This says the volume of respect the F1 star has for the NBA legend.

The Miami race in May 2022 was a star-studded event with a host of celebrities attending the event. Stars from Tom Brady, and Serena Williams, to Michael Jordan and David Beckham, all graced the occasion with their presence.

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Lewis Hamilton, who considers Michael Jordan a hero alongside his father, has pinched another NBA legend LeBron James with a comment at My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman on Netflix.

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The seven-time world champion was asked, “What it feels like to be in an F1 car?” on the show. To which he replied,Everyone I talk to, they’re like, ‘Yeah, but you’re just sitting on your backside

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I really wish that you could all feel what I feel in a Formula 1 car. We can all go and try and be LeBron James and get a swoosh. But you can’t go and get in a Formula 1 car and feel the forces that I… There’s no way of even… You’ve just gotta imagine it.”

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Even though Lewis Hamilton has massive respect for Jordan, doesn’t mean he tried to undermine James and his ability with his words. Don’t believe us? Hamilton’s “King of kingscaption will better tell you.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 and NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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Ranvijay Singh