SINGAPORE-. Lewis Hamilton said Thursday there was a “racial element” to the president’s most recent comments. president of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayemabout drivers swearing at races Formula 1.
In an interview with motorsport.com, Ben Sulayem said “we have to differentiate between our sport, motorsport, and rap,” referring to drivers’ responsibility to stop swearing on the radio.
“We are not rappers,” he added.
Responding to the comments ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, seven-time F1 champion Hamilton said: “I didn’t like the way he expressed himself, what he said. Saying ‘rappers’ is a stereotype.”
“If you think about it, most rappers are black. So it says, ‘We’re not like them.’ I think that was a bad choice of words and there’s a racial element to it,” Hamilton said.
