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Website admits Marko comment that incensed Hamilton was fake!

A sports website has admitted that a quote it attributed to Helmut Marko which prompted a scathing reaction from Lewis Hamilton was in fact false. EssentiallySports.com published an article in which Marko labeled Hamilton's campaign against racism and the Mercedes driver's support for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement "a distraction". The six-time world champion was quick to react to the dubious story, criticizing Marko on social media and admitting to being offended by the asserted comments. Except that Marko's so-called quote was picked up by Essentially Sports from a Twitter parody account! 'Offended' Hamilton tells Marko to wake up to racism! The website issued late on...
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