News Details

Vitaly Petrov: Russia doesn't have a racism problem

Russian Grand Prix – Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov says he doesn't think Russia has a racism issue, and commented on the pre-race anti-racism message. With Formula 1 initiating a formal pre-race anti-racism ceremony ahead of each race in 2020, Vitaly Petrov has weighed in to say he doesn't understand why. Speaking ahead of this weekend's race at the Sochi Autodrom in Russia, Petrov gave an interview to Championat, in which he said he considered the kneeling and ceremony to be ‘superfluous' 'For me, a Black Lives Matter t-shirt is superfluous, as is calling on everyone to kneel,' Petrov said. 'That is a personal matter for every adult.' 'I don't understand the kneeling...
Full Story »
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lewis Hamilton’s Breonna Taylor T-Shirt Was ‘Too...

Ex-F1 racer Vitaly Petrov has said he believes the FIA will take action...
5y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Petrov: 'Hamilton goes too far with his shirt and call...

Lewis Hamilton is an advocate of the BLM movement and advocates recurring...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Ralf Schumacher Explains Why Hamilton Isn’t As Good...

With Lewis Hamilton in with a good chance of matching Michael...
5y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

F1 tipped to stop Hamilton podium activism

Sep.22 F1 will have clamped down on drivers making overtly political...
5y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

McLaren wins contract breach suit against Alex Palou

McLaren has prevailed in its lawsuit against star IndyCar driver Alex...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crowned the youngest ever Rallye Monte...

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson created a piece of Rally Monte Carlo...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 678 – 26.01.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

“It’s the first time” - Arsene Wenger says 2...

Arsene Wenger has said that Arsenal defenders Gabriel Magalhaes and...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Saudi Arabian billionaire previously linked with...

Saudi government official and chairman of the General Entertainment...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Someone like that at Arsenal would be game over”...

Former Leicester city striker Gary Linekar has said that Arsenal's premier...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.