Lewis Hamilton says the sport should be wary of giving platforms to older voices with past links to Formula 1 in case their opinions are taken as a wider reflection on the sport. Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet has been banned from the paddock and received widespread condemnation from F1, the FIA, teams and drivers for using a racially-offensive term to refer to Hamilton on a Brazilian podcast. Then on Thursday morning, former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone said he would “still take a bullet” for Vladimir Putin and reaffirmed his admiration of the Russian leader despite the invasion of Ukraine, which also led to F1 distancing itself from the 91-year-old. After having seen so many...
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