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Sainz will not be pressured to kneel for racism

Jul.18 Carlos Sainz insists he will not be pressured to kneel for Black Lives Matter. The McLaren driver is just one of a handful of his Formula 1 rivals who stand on the grid before races rather than kneel, which is becoming a widespread anti-racism gesture. Lewis Hamilton is leading the political activism, revealing in Hungary that he met with the dissenting drivers like Sainz "just to have a chat". "I'd like to think that at some stage, we'll all be together, understanding, taking a knee," said the Mercedes driver. But Spaniard Sainz insists he will not. "I think it is no secret that Lewis is one of the most active athletes of the Black Lives Matter movement,...
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