Lewis Hamilton won’t face action if he ‘takes a knee’ at F1 opener
Formula 1 wor🌠ld champion Lewis Hamilton will not face action if h൩e ‘takes a knee’ when the 2020 season gets underway in Austria next month.
The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that Hamilton is set to take a knee at the season🐠-opening Austrian Grand Prix on July 5 because he is determined to make a public display of support for the BlackLivesMatter movement.
Such an action would mirror those taken by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 when he kneeled d𒈔uring the pre-match national anth🅷em in protest of police brutality and racial inequality in the United States.
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will not face action if he ‘takes a knee’ when the 2020 s♏eason gets underway in Austria next month.
The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that Hamilton is set to take a knee at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix 🅠on July 5 because he is determined to make a public display of support for the BlackLivesMatter movement.
Such an action would mirror those taken by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 when he kneeled during the pre-match national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequalit💦y in the United States.
F1 has confirmed that it will allow any of its 20 drivers to take a knee in𝐆 protest against racial injustice if they wish.
“This is a very important issue and we support anyone who wants to show their support in♈ the fight against racism,” an F1 spokesman sai𓆏d.
Hamilton, who remains F1’s only black driver, has championed the sport’s anti-racis🧸m movement by posting a number of strong messages on his social media channels following the murder of George Floyd by a white policeman in Minneapolis on May 25.
Among his recent posts, Hamilton recently included a picture of Martin Lu♑ther King praying on 🀅one knee during a civil rights march.
The six-time world champion has received backing from his fellow drivers, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and F1’s managing director R🌼oss Brawn, who stressed the seriꦦes fully supports Hamilton’s stance on racism and diversity.
“Lewis is a great ambassador for the sport and hi🐠s comments are vꦦery valid," Brawn told Sky Sports. "We support him completely.”
In a recent post on Twitter, Hamilton said: “I have felt so inspired by the thousands of people across the globe using their voices to sp💦eak out against racial injustice.
“Fighting f☂or real change starts with us🐽, whether peacefully protesting, showing support on social media or signing petitions.”
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around the world. Often repo𓂃rting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people wh𒅌o matter in the sport.
