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Hamilton: Fellow drivers not the target of 'staying silent' rant

Lewis Hamilton says his recent words denouncing those who are silent on the subject of racism were not aimed at his fellow F1 rivals but at motorsport as a whole. Hamilton stepped up his anti-racism activism in the wake of the killing in May of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests organized by the Black Lives Matter movement. At the time, the six-time world champion took to Instagram to express his feelings and his disappointment in the F1 community's lack of reaction and support for diversity, apparently alluding to his colleagues. "I see those of you who are staying silent, some of you the biggest stars yet you stay silent in the midst of...
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