Lewis Hamilton will not boycott this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix in sympathy with American sports protests following the shooting of Jacob...
Lewis Hamilton will not boycott this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix in sympathy with American sports protests following the shooting of Jacob Blake in the United States, but said he felt unified with their cause.
The world championship leader and six-time champion told reporters via an official video news conference that he was impressed by the athletes taking action, which had led to the postponement of events.
“I stand unified with them and trying to do what I can over here (in Europe),” he explained.
“I don’t really know how not doing the race...it will still go on, but I will speak to Formula One to see what else we can do to continue to raise awareness and continue to push.”
A number of athletes in the United States led boycotts of sporting events this week after Blake - an unarmed, black man - was shot by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday.
Blake’s shooting sparked a wave of protests across the world amid on-going activism against racism, police violence and racial injustice.
Hamilton added it was “incredible what many out there in the States are doing within their sports all the way down to the people that are hosting – commentators, for example.
“But that is America and I don’t know...
