English football icon, David Beckham was one of the legendary personalities that were present at the Miami Grand Prix which took place during the weekend.
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, pictures of the former Manchester United and England national team captain were everywhere on the internet showing when the football legend was posing with some other sports legends at the Formula 1 event.
Note that the Miami Grand Prix is an inaugural Formula One Grand Prix that forms part of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. The car racing event took place at the Miami International Autodrome.
Futballnews gathered that Miami Grand Prix will be held at the Miami International Autodrome for 10 years including the 2022 edition of the event. Afterward, the 10-years contract could be reviewed.
Despite being the first time a car racing event took place at the Autodrome, it attracted celebrities from all works of life especially iconic sports personalities.
David Beckham, a renowned football legend who has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, La Galaxy, AC Milan, and Paris Saint, seems to be the biggest football icon at the event.
Recall that Beckham won six Premier League titles, one La Liga title, one Ligue 1 Cup, one MLS Cup, one UEFA Champions League, and many other major titles before he retired from football in 2013.
Since he retired from professional football, David Beckham has ventured into so many businesses and even modeling. The 47-year-old football icon has now settled for ambassadorial roles and football administration.
Currently, David Beckham is the president and co-owner of a Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and also co-owner of Salford City. Hence, his overwhelming presence at the Miami Grand Prix was not by accident.
While at the preliminary stage of the event, the British football icon met with one of the greatest American basketball players in the history of the game, LeBron James.
James was so excited about the meeting that he had to take to his Instagram page with 120 million people to share a picture he snapped with Beckham. In the caption, LeBron James wrote: “Always great seeing my guy!!! ALWAYS @davidbeckham love brother!!”
Ahead of the event proper, David Beckham met with arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, one of the greatest formula one stars of all time, Luis Hamilton, and arguably the greatest NFL player of all time, Tom Brady.
The four iconic sports legends gathered together to take a picture which is regarded as one of the shots featuring some of the greatest names in sports.
Tom Brady was so excited about the picture that he had to take to his Instagram page with 12 million followers to share the picture with the world. The NFL legend simply captioned it with: “Let’s Go!, tagging other legends on the picture.
David Beckham was present when Luis Hamilton failed to win the first edition of the Miami Grand Prix
Luis Hamilton was the face of the Miami Grand Prix. Unfortunately, the 37-year-old car racer who has won joint-record seven World Drivers’ Championship titles, and holds the records for the most wins, pole positions, and podium finishes, could not win the Grand Prix.
Hamilton who is contracted to Mercedes finished 6th with 8 points. The winner of the race was a 24-year-old Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen.
The Red Bull racer won with 26 points, 8 points more than second-placed 24-year-old Charles Leclerc, a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari.
