Rio de Janeiro - British driver Lewis Hamilton, the youngest-ever Formula 1 world champion, said in Brazil that he would have supported Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, if he could vote in Tuesday's elections in the United States.

"I wish both candidates the best, but I really like Obama, and if I were (a citizen of) the United States I would have done my best to help him," the McLaren driver said, in comments that the Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo published Tuesday.

Obama is seeking to become the first-ever black president of the United States.

Hamilton, in turn, became the first-ever black driver in Formula 1 and on Sunday he won the title in Sao Paulo, on his second season in the category.

The Brit insisted, however, that he never really felt the race issue in his career.

"The truth is I never really thought about that. I never got to a race weekend thinking something like, 'wow, I'm the only black guy on the grid'," Hamilton said.

He praised Formula 1 as a multicultural "family."

"I hope that other cultures can see what I have done and that young people learn that dreams can come true. I am living through mine," Hamilton noted. (dpa)