Six F1 drivers not taking a knee

Lewis Hamilton has said that he will consider continuing to take a knee

before races this season, and expressed his belief that ‘every driver had the right to their own personal choice’ after six drivers chose to remain standing before the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Of the 20 F1 drivers who competed in Sunday’s season-opening race at the Red Bull Ring, 14 chose to take a knee in protest against racial injustice, with six-time world champion Hamilton among them.

The 35-year-old has been vocal in calling for change in an effort to bring about racial equality, following the killing of George Floyd in the United States.

But both Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen elected not to take a knee, as did Kimi Raikkonen, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Hamilton has said that he has no problem with any drivers who decide against taking a knee, but stressed that he does not want to see the campaign for change to “die a silent death” – and as a result will consider taking a knee before the remaining races this season as a way of using his platform to speak out.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/lewis-hamilton-takes-a-knee-austrian-grand-prix-black-lives-matter-leclerc-verstappen-a9602866.html


Finally some guys getting some balls and not following like sheep and kneeling before a sporting even.