News Details

Lewis Hamilton explains 'poor place' India comments

Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments he made about India being a "poor place". Mercedes defended their driver, saying his intended juxtaposition between rich and poor had been taken "grossly out of context". Briton Hamilton, 32, told BBC Sport this week that it was "strange" to race in India and he "felt very conflicted". "I noticed some people are upset with my comment on India," he tweeted on Thursday. "My reference was that a grand prix there felt strange to drive past homeless people, then arrive in a huge arena where money was not an issue. "They spent hundreds of millions on a track that was now...
Full Story »
7y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton clears up India comments after backlash

Lewis Hamilton has clarified his comments about India after receiving...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Hamilton clarifies India comments after backlash

Lewis Hamilton has responded after comments he made about racing in India...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Force India's Szafnauer: Sixth place in Championship...

Racing Point Force India F1 Team‘s Otmar Szafnauer has said that it...

Lewis Hamilton – 'The car felt better than it...

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport‘s Lewis Hamilton was happy with...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Aggressive testing schedule planned ahead of Mick...

Following confirmation Mick Schumacher will make a switch to IndyCar next...

Mick Schumacher joins RLL in IndyCar switch

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Mick Schumacher will...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Runs the show in every match','He is a machine' -...

Arsenal fans on social media have praised Declan Rice following their 3-1...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal & Liverpool have concrete interest in...

Arsenal and Liverpool are keeping tabs on the RB Leipzig midfielder Assan...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Player ratings: Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich

Arsenal moved clear at the top of the Champions League table and made it 5...
6h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'They'll blow everyone away!' | Merse reacts to...

Paul Merson reacts to Arsenal's 'statement' win against Bayern Munich in...
5h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.