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Leclerc won't kneel due to link with violence
Aug.6 Charles Leclerc says he refuses to kneel before races due to the politicisation of racial issues, and the movement's links to violence. The Ferrari driver is one of seven drivers - including Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat, Antonio Giovinazzi and Kevin Magnussen - who remained standing at Silverstone last weekend. Lewis Hamilton, who wears Black Lives Matter branding as he kneels rather than the 'End Racism' message on the t-shirts of the other drivers, has said he would like to convince drivers like Leclerc with "more conversations". But Leclerc said: "I am against racism. I fight against it and I am glad that Formula 1 is using its...
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