CNN Sports | Formula One drivers divided as several choose not to kneel in support of Black Lives Matter movement
(CNN) The Formula
One grid was divided ahead of the sport’s return as several drivers, including
Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, chose not to kneel in support of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
All 20 drivers congregated on the start line before the Austrian Grand Prix,
the first race of the season following the three-month delay due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
Lewis Hamilton, who has been using his sizable platform to speak out against
racial and social injustice, knelt on the front line wearing a Black Lives
Matter T-shirt, while the rest of the drivers had “End Racism”
written on theirs. —more—
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