{"id":406290,"date":"2026-01-11T13:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406290\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:27:11","slug":"what-were-most-looking-forward-to-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406290\/","title":{"rendered":"What we&#8217;re most looking forward to in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s somehow fitting that, as Lewis Hamilton embarks upon what will be a career-defining season for him, among his opponents on the grid will be one driver \u2013 Arvid Lindblad \u2013 who was yet to be born when Lewis made his grand prix debut in Melbourne in 2007. Whether you count yourself among the \u2018Hamfosi\u2019 or not, it would be churlish to deny the burning competitiveness which has underpinned Hamilton\u2019s longevity \u2013 his single-minded determination to be the ultimate arbiter of his career and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>That latter word has a fascinating etymology, deriving from the Latin verb legare\u00a0\u2013 \u2018to delegate\u2019 \u2013 and its associated noun legatus, meaning an ambassador or envoy. These also rank among Hamilton\u2019s body of achievements, for his activism and charitable work are what earned him his Knighthood; unlike proponents of stick-and-ball sports, racing drivers have to be more than just good at their chosen pursuit to earn this honour.<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s somehow fitting that, as Lewis Hamilton embarks upon what will be a career-defining season for him, among&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,215392,817,813,126528,816,1325,5856,35552,955,10736,85,39693,94075,215391],"class_list":["post-406290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-british-gt","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula-e","tag-formula1","tag-general","tag-indycar","tag-le-mans","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-sports","tag-super-formula","tag-wec","tag-what-were-most-looking-forward-to-in-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}