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Ecclestone rubs it in - defends personal stance on racism
Bernie Eccletone moved to defend his controversial comments on racism in motorsport expressed earlier this week and which were heavily criticized by Lewis Hamilton. In an interview with CNN Sport released on Friday, Ecclestone downplayed the importance of racism in the sport and minimized the impact on Hamilton's career of the discrimination the six-time world champion claims to have endured. Ecclestone, who insisted he was not a racist, praised Hamilton for his racial injustice activism and fight for more diversity but doubted it would any bearing - good or bad - on F1. The 89-year-old's controversial words were met with a barrage of criticism, by Hamilton, who called the comments...
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