Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton , Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and the rest of the drivers kneel on the grid wearing an anti-racism T-shirt before the race July 5, 2020. — Reuters pic
“He sat down for the national anthem and got a lot of backlash... I thought that was a really powerful statement that he made and he lost his job,” said the Briton. “But back then I was kind of silenced, I was told to kind of back down, don’t support it. Which I will say that I regret. So it was important for me to make sure that during this period of time I did my part.”Hamilton wore a different T-shirt to the other 20 drivers yesterday, his reading ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the front instead of ‘End Racism’. He said he had yet to decide what to do for future races.
The 35-year-old recently took part in a ‘Black Lives Matter’ march in London but said he was supporting racial equality rather than taking any political stance.
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