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Susie Wolff fires back at ‘negative comments' about Hamilton's activism

Former Williams reserve driver and current Venturi Formula E team principal Susie Wolff has spoken of her admiration for Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton, praising his distinctions from other drivers on the grid. Hamilton is the only black driver in Formula 1 and, while winning seven championships and 103 races thus far in an illustrious career, he has campaigned for more diversity in the pinnacle of motorsport. He launched the Hamilton Commission in 2021, and it found that only one percent of workers in F1 are black, while women are often subjected to “inappropriate banter.” He has been outspoken on F1’s decision to race in Saudi Arabia given its human rights record, and has raised...
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