Aug.5 - "More conversations" should take place to convince drivers like Kevin Magnussen to kneel down before races, according to Lewis Hamilton.

Having kneeled for anti-racism with 14 other drivers in Austria and Hungary, Haas driver Magnussen elected to stand up with six of his peers at Silverstone.

"I do not fully support what the organisation Black Lives Matter stands for," the Dane told Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

Hamilton's boss Toto Wolff said the six-time world champion is justified in crusading against racism.

"We as middle-aged white men can never put ourselves in a situation of someone who has been racially abused," the Mercedes chief told the Guardian.

"I think he realised that a peaceful, silent protest hasn't changed anything in the last 60 years. So maybe it's time to utilise your voice in a more polarising and confrontational way with the hope that he can trigger change."

Wolff's wife Susie, who runs a Formula E team, agrees.

"As much as we think the sport might not be racist, if Lewis is telling us it is, it's from his own personal experience and that counts for so much," she told CNN.

So when asked if drivers like Magnussen should be forced to kneel rather than stand, Hamilton answered: "I'm not going to tell you my opinion on whether everyone needs to or not.

"But if you look at all the other sports - look at basketball, look at football, Spanish teams, Italian teams, teams all over the world - no matter what nationality or mixture, they are all doing it united," he said.

"I don't know why Magnussen hasn't done it, I've not spoken to him. Maybe there needs to be more conversations."


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17 F1 Fan comments on “Hamilton: Talks needed with drivers who won't kneel

  1. Neil lawson

    No if certain individuals don't want to kneel why make them you shouldn't force people to do what they feel they should do is that not some sort of slavery Lewis is standing up for what he believes is right others have there own beliefs after all we are one race and that what's makes us human

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  2. Dave Lee

    Hamilton is making F1 into a political front, this needs to be stamped out, let drivers show support for ALL lives not just black. If anyone wants do the knee thing then let them in their own time, not put us through this sh1t every race. Perhaps Hamilton's white mum should have a say!!

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  3. Les

    There are very good reasons why this kneeling shouldn't be happening.
    1. F1 is not the place to do it . If other drivers have a matter they feel strongly about are we going to have up to 20 separate protests /support . Do it privately . Lets just race.
    2. Lewis wears a black lives matters T-shirt . They are a political movement who have an agenda other than black lives. By kneeling with Lewis thats saying they also support black lives matters.
    3. All lives matter , not just black lives.
    4. You cannot force somebody to kneel , that is their choice whether to or not.
    5. I don't see racism has impeded the progress of Lewis through lower levels of motor racing to FI.
    Lets keep any political agendas / supporting movements out of F1 . Lets just race. It is starting to really annoy me that F1 is letting Lewis do this..

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  4. Graham Beevers

    People who abhor any racism... also see dangers to any form of politics getting into Motor Sport. It would be a real shame if that became a 'fault line'.

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  5. Keep PC Culture Out Of F1

    I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he tries to talk to KMag.

    LH: Yo Kev, I wanna talk to you about Black Lives Matter.
    KMag: Suck my balls!

    P.S: If you don't know why that's relevant, you obviously aren't a real F1 fan :-)

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  6. Monica

    Hamilton is out of line. Leave Magnason to his own views. Lewis, since you are so savy . . . why don't you research what BLM really is. It is not for racial justice, it is for anarchism.

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  7. Richard

    It's time the drivers had a conversation with Hamilton & told him what to do KEEP ALL POLITICS OUT OF F1 there's a place for it and our sport IS NOT THE PLACE

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  8. Joe Daddy

    BLM & diversity has killed the NBA, NFL, & NASCAR, ticket sales are down as is TV viewership. Now Screwy Lewis is going to kill F1, RIP and good by, you killed it for me. Been a fan since 1965 but no more.

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  9. Amaya locks

    No man should kneel down for BLM. Hamilton started this old pony and trap. I do not understand why he wants this to happen. how ironic that the police man
    Kneeled on George Floyd's neck and killed him. it is a stupid way to go forward. and YES ALL life's matter.

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  10. Bill Kesner

    Has anyone educated Lewis Hamilton that the Black Lives Matter movement has violently killed many black people? Before you support something, get your facts checked. This is a political movement. It says so on their website!

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  11. Rick

    There are 2 things going on here hamilton supports blm the rest of the drivers want to stop racism two different things. So he has no right to force anyone to kneel for his racist cause!

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