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Originally Posted by livi
And although he lost a wheel, Kimi stood up. Along with another handful of drivers. Good for them. They are there to drive. Not to make political statements. Basta.
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There's certainly room for some irony when it comes to F1 drivers and politics...
Consider on one hand, an unnamed Mercedes driver asking for statues of people who participated in slavery (what, 150/200y ago?) to be taken down (not sure there's many in Stevenage, but hey, it is a nice thought). On the other hand, he drives for Mercedes, a brand that 80 years ago was supplying limousines to an infamous mustachioed dictator with a stiff right arm, who was "a bit of a racist" as well... And the Hugo boss logo on his driving suit, well Hugo designed some pretty fancy Nazi uniforms as well. Should he park his ass where his mouth is, and switch to...Williams (a true british team, that smells of spitfires and Churchill's cigar) and leave the Mercedes spot for Vettel ? ;-) I'm being facetious but how far back do you go?
I should have used green font... It's actually nice that he's trying, but you need perspective too... That said I agree with him 100% on statues coming down, but that's PARFy...