Hamilton: Andretti doesn’t agree

Lewis Hamilton has campaigned extensively against racism in general and in Formula 1 in recent weeks. For example, he made the ‘Black Power’ gesture in the podium in Austria and asked his team to paint his car in black. Former world champion Mario Andretti thinks Hamilton is going too far with this.

“I respect Lewis very much as a person and as a driver, but why become a militant? He has always been accepted and earned the respect of the whole world. I think the goal of this is pretentious. So I feel it and he is creating a problem that doesn’t exist”, said the American in the newspaper El Mercurio.

“Painting your car black I don’t know what it will do. I have met drivers of different origins, races and I have always welcomed them with open arms. In motorsports, no matter the color, you have to earn your place with results and that is the same for all.”