Leading F1 drivers have rallied around Lewis Hamilton after he was subjected to racist abuse by former F1 champion Nelson Piquet.
Lewis Hamilton has spoken out about the racial abuse he has suffered throughout his life and called for serious change following the racial abuse incidents that have rocked the sport.
In addition, Red Bull terminated the contract of their junior driver and F2 racer Juri Vips after he used the same word during a live stream onThere have already been statements from F1, the FIA and several drivers and teams in response to the two incidents, while Hamilton has already spoken several times on the issue.
‘We all need to stand together to stamp this out. We as drivers and teams and the sport need to use our platform for the greater good and we need to see change.’Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin and four-time world champion ‘I don’t think there should be any room for these kind of comments and we still have to do a lot. I think we’ve come a lot further from many years ago but it doesn’t help when there are these things out there and people are still using inappropriate language and saying wrong things.
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