A week after the racist insults received by the English Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford, after the Euro football final, another subject of the Kingdom has been the target of numerous offensive messages on social networks. Blame it, if we can put it that way, in the accident involving the British driver Lewis Hamilton and his Dutch counterpart Max Verstappen, who had to retire in the first lap of the Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.
“During and after yesterday’s British Grand Prix [dimanche], Lewis Hamilton was the victim of numerous racist abuses on social networks following a collision in the race, affirms, in a joint statement, Formula 1, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Mercedes team. [Nous condamnons] this behavior in the strongest possible terms. “
In support of Saka, Sancho and Rashford
The three organizations believe that the perpetrators of these hate messages “have no place in our sport and we urge those responsible to be held to account. Formula 1, the FIA, drivers and teams are all working to build a more diverse and inclusive sport, and such unacceptable cases of online abuse must be highlighted and eliminated. “
Public support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, Hamilton created in 2019 a commission supposed to improve diversity in the world of Formula 1 and motorsport. The Mercedes driver himself supported Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho a week ago.