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Hamilton condemns Ecclestone for ‘ignorant, uneducated’ racism comment
Six-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has taken to social media to express his ‘sadness and disappointment’ at comments made by former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone in an interview over the issue of racism. Ecclestone touched on a series of topics related to F1’s recent drive towards improving diversity, which in turn was spurred on by Hamilton’s outspoken views on racism and inequality in recent weeks as a response to the global Black Lives Matter movement. While Ecclestone was praiseworthy of Hamilton himself for using his platform and global notoriety to push for change, saying ‘he's doing a great job and it's people like that - easily recognisable - that people...
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