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Hamilton criticized: "Unfortunately my name is associated with it"

Mercedes' recently announced partnership with new sponsor Kingspan caused a stir. The insulation company is said to have played a major role in the rapid spread of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, which killed dozens of people. Lewis Hamilton, who previously expressed his support towards the victims, clarified in a comment that he had no input in the new sponsorship deal. Hamilton has also been getting it in the meantime, given the message he posted on Instagram in the past. In it, he used the hashtag '#justiceforgrenfell', but he now seems to want to keep quiet about the sponsorship deal his team has struck with the company. He says the reactions the deal has provoked are 'news to him'....
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