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Button hails Hamilton for anti-racism and diversity stance

Jenson Button has praised former team-mate Lewis Hamilton for standing up and speaking out against racism and for his pursuit of diversity and change in Formula 1. In a year when Hamilton has become statistically the greatest driver in F1 history, he has also chosen to push himself to the foreground as a Black Lives Matter campaigner, as well as calling for F1 to embrace a cultural change and shift away from its perception as a white, male-dominated sport. Article continues under video Combining the on- and off-track roles have impressed Button, who has already declared Hamilton's achievement as a seven-time F1 champion as "extraordinary". "I think it is great so many...
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