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Todt, Ecclestone respond to Hamilton over racism

Jul.24 FIA president Jean Todt says he wants to keep "political debate" out of Formula 1. Last week, Lewis Hamilton called out both Todt and F1 CEO Chase Carey for lacking "leadership" amid his Black Lives Matter activism. The Mercedes driver also criticised F1 legends Emerson Fittipaldi, Sir Jackie Stewart and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, even accusing the latter of lacking education. Ecclestone has now hit back in the pages of British newspapers, declaring: "Lewis, you state that I am uneducated and ignorant. I have the same level of schooling as you. "At least I had a reason - I was at school during the last war, not always under the best conditions. You...
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