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Kneeling 'against the Russian mentality' - Kvyat

Jul.14 It is a "personal choice" whether drivers want to kneel or stand amid the new wave of racial politics that is sweeping through Formula 1, according to Daniil Kvyat. For the second consecutive Sunday, only a minority of the drivers refused to join the Lewis Hamilton-led gesture in support of Black Lives Matter in Austria. "I already expressed my position last week," Kvyat, who was one of the dissenting drivers, told Russia-1 television. "All of the drivers are united in the fight against racism," said the Russian, who joined all of his rivals in wearing black 'End Racism' t-shirts. "But I am against kneeling. It's against the Russian...
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