The big bosses of Formula 1 are considering whether an investigation should be started into the political statement of Lewis Hamilton during the Grand Prix of Tuscany. That reports the BBC on Monday afternoon.
The six-time world champion wore a T-shirt before the race and during the podium ceremony last Sunday that read: ‘Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor’ – a black woman who was hit by police bullets eight times in her home in Lousville in March. On the back of the T-shirt was the text: ‘Say her name.’ Of Daily Mail reported earlier last Monday that the FIA - the umbrella motorsport body of Formula 1 – has now started an investigation into whether this was a political statement by the Briton. Making political statements in Formula 1 is prohibited.
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Of BBC a spokesman for the FIA has since spoken. The British medium does not write that an investigation is actually already underway, but that the whole issue is “actively being considered.” When asked whether the motorsport body thinks Hamilton’s T-shirt conveyed a political message, the answer was, “That’s the consideration we’re looking at now.” Should it be decided by the FIA that this was indeed a political statement, the Mercedesdriver is likely to receive a fine as punishment.
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