Ecclestone with dubious statements

“Nobody cared about it before. They're too busy winning races or finding sponsors or something," the 89-year-old Brit said in an interview with CNN Sport. However, he does not see Formula 1 as racist. Instead, he said: “In many cases, black people are more racist than white people.” To explain his dubious statement, Ecclestone cited things he “noticed over the years.” He described the fact that statues were dismantled during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations as “completely stupid”. World champion Lewis Hamilton nevertheless praised Ecclestone for his commitment against racism. His campaign for black people was “wonderful. "Lewis is something special," said Ecclestone: "He does a great job and it's people like these that people listen to." Ecclestone doesn't believe that the diversity commission set up by Hamilton will contribute to more diversity. He doesn't assume "that it will bring anything bad or good to Formula 1," he said. Hamilton’s experiences of discrimination in motorsport “surprised” Ecclestone. He was “really unhappy” if Hamilton “took it seriously. I didn’t think it would have affected him,” he explained.

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Ecclestone with dubious statements

Long-time Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone sees little effort in the fight against racism in the premier motorsport class.

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