'The first day I was going to take the knee, I didn’t feel like I could tell my team. Because I felt that they wouldn’t understand how important it is for me to do this on this day.' 📝 Formula_Nerds F1
Formula 1 returned in the summer of 2020 as one of the first international sports to do so during the Covid-19 pandemic. Overshadowing the joy was the murder of George Floyd, which spawned the Black Lives Matter protests. Lewis Hamilton now speaks out about that time.
Formula 1 responded by displaying the “We Race As One” initiative and the “End Racism” slogan on its cars. Drivers wore shirts with the sayings, and F1 held one-minute silence before races.decided to take a knee. This gesture was originated by NFL player Colin Kaepernick and is a symbol against racism.
“There’s a right way to do it but the first day I was going to take the knee, I didn’t feel like I could tell my team. Because I felt that they wouldn’t understand how important it is for me to do this on this day,” Hamilton explained.
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