Lewis Hamilton’s anger does not drop. The car driver, six-time Formula 1 world champion, had violently attacked a few weeks ago the lack of reaction of motor sport on the subject of racist violence. The Briton spoke again on Saturday to denounce the words of Bernie Ecclestone, the omnipotent ex-boss of F1. The now 89-year-old man said on CNN that “black people are sometimes more racist than white people”.
“I’m so sad and disappointed to read these comments,” said Lewis Hamilton on Instagram. Bernie is out of this generation, another generation, but that’s exactly what’s wrong. ” Ecclestone, who ruled Formula 1 for 30 years, sold the company that organizes and exploits the rights of the discipline in 2017.
“Now is the time for change”
“They show us how far we are going to have to go, as a society, before real equality is possible,” continues the 35-year-old pilot, originally from Grenada, a small island in the Antilles. I fully understand now that nothing has been said or done to make our sport more diverse or to combat the racist attacks I have suffered in my career. ”
Very involved in the “Black lives matter” movement, Hamilton is the only black driver on a circuit that does not shine by his diversity. “Now is the time for change,” he says. I will not stop pushing to create an inclusive future in our sport, with the same opportunities for everyone. I will continue to use my voice to give voice to those who do not have it. ” Formula 1, the company that organizes the F1 World Championship had dissociated from Friday the words of its former boss: “At a time when unity is necessary against racism and inequality, we completely disagree with the about Bernie Ecclestone, who have no place in Formula 1 or in society ”.
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