Lewis Hamilton got asked if the prompt response from the FIA/F1 is some kind of progress | 29.06.22
“It’s now a knee jerk reaction really, from companies all around the world when something like this happens.”
“They probably already have, I’m not saying that we do, but I’m just saying, you have got to imagine that everyone’s PR agency or PR people have already a script ready for something like that crisis management. It’s not enough. Now it’s about actual real action. We’ve got to actually start acting and as I said, it just comes back down to you know, up to F1, to the media, we should not be giving these people a platform.”
“These old voices are you know, whether they’re subconscious or consciously, do not agree that people like me, for example, should be in a sport like this, do not agree women should be here, discrimination is not something we should be projecting and promoting and giving a platform to create and divide people.”
“We need more than ever, we’re living in such a difficult time in the world. We need people to be bringing people together. You know, we’re all the same, and it is not helpful. The comments that we’re seeing from these people.
“ I don’t think the last couple of weeks, I don’t think a day has gone by where there’s not been someone from some of the older…that have not really been in our sport or relevant in our sport for decades, trying to say negative things and trying to bring me down, but I’m still here. I’m still standing strong”
“I’m focused on my work and really trying to push for diversity and inclusion within our organization. We really need F1 and al the teams that have committed to signing this F1-charter that I’ve done that work with the Hamilton-commission to work. (…) It’s not good enough just saying: ‘We are also focused on it and just lip service.’ We really need to push for action and that’s why I’m proud of the first step we’ve done with Ignite and that’s not the end of it. That’s just the beginning. I’ve got Mission 44 up and running. I’ve got a whole team of people there to early focus on it. I’ve got my own money in there and I’m out trying to raise money also to try and really push this… I got partnerships with Sky… You know there’s a lot of great work that’s happening.”
“But I can’t do it alone.”
