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Wolff calls for ‘robust answer' to racism, not just ‘Instagram posts'

Toto Wolff has urged his rival teams to take a 'robust position' on racism, not just a 'few Instagram posts' supporting Lewis Hamilton. Formula 1 has been hit by not one but two incidents of racism in recent weeks, Juri Vips dropped from the Red Bull junior driver programme after using a racial slur during a live feed while triple World Champion Nelson Piquet has been reportedly banned from the F1 paddock for racially abusing Hamilton. The 69-year-old Brazilian was quick to apologise, saying he did not mean to offend the Mercedes driver. 'The term used is a term that has been widely and historically used colloquially in the Portuguese language in Brazil as a colloquial synonym of ‘guy’...
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