Six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Saturday that he was “sad and disappointed” about what Bernie Ecclestone said. Former boss of Formula 1, he estimated on CNN that “black people were sometimes more racist than white”.
“I am so sad and disappointed to read these comments“wrote Lewis Hamilton on Instagram.”Bernie is out of this generation’s sport, but that’s exactly what’s wrong“, continued the British Mercedes driver.
Lewis Hamilton called comments by Ecclestone, who has led F1 for 30 years, “ignorant and uneducated“. Ca”show us how far we have to go, as a society, before real equality is possible“, continued the 35-year-old pilot, who is very involved in social networks in the” Black Lives Matter “movement.
“I fully understand now that nothing has been said or done to make our sport more diverse or to combat the racist attacks I have suffered in my career“added Hamilton.
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Ecclestone criticizes Hamilton project
Now far from the paddocks, Bernie Ecclestone founded in 1987 the company Formula One Management, responsible for the promotion and dissemination of Formula 1 throughout the world. He managed this company until 2017, the year of its acquisition by Liberty Media Group.
Ecclestone was questioned a few days ago by CNN about the creation by Lewis Hamilton of a diversity commission to attract more blacks in motorsport. “I don’t think it does anything good or bad in Formula 1,” said the 89-year-old Briton.
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