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  "id": 16139750,
  "title": "Lewis Hamilton hints at extending career in order to realize ‘dream’ of racing in Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/lewis-hamilton-hints-at-extending-career-in-order-to-realize-dream-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T01:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/10/23/more-sports/lewis-hamilton-africa-race/"
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  "summary": "The Ferrari driver will be 42 in January and has a contract for 2027. Fernando Alonso, the oldest active F1 driver, is 45 and recently signed up for another season.",
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        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "Lewis Hamilton “forced to stay a lot longer” in F1 amid African Grand Prix hopes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lewis-hamilton-forced-to-stay-a-lot-longer-in-f1-amid-african-grand",
        "published": "2026-10-22T20:28:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Hamilton sets sights on racing in African grand prix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-african-grand-prix-16119070",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:49:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Lewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand Prix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lewis-hamilton-aims-to-extend-career-till-early-2030s-so-he-can-race",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:53:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Hamilton sets sights on racing in African grand prix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/hamilton-sets-sights-on-racing-in-african-grand-prix",
        "published": "2026-10-22T22:30:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Approach African GP with humility, says Hamilton",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/approach-african-gp-with-humility-says-hamilton",
        "published": "2026-10-22T22:47:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Hamilton says he could keep going now that African race is planned",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/hamilton-says-he-could-keep-going-now-that-african-race-is-planned",
        "published": "2026-10-22T23:38:37.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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