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      F1 Belgian Grand Prix practice: UK start time, TV channel, live stream and full schedule for Spa-Francorchamps race

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      THE Belgian Grand Prix will kick-off the third round of triple header races on the F1 2020 calendar this season.
      This comes after Lewis Hamilton cruised to victory in the Spanish Grand prix earlier this month, with the Brit star hoping to bag another victory at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

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      Hamilton’s victory at the Spanish Grand Prix was the 88th of his careerCredit: Splash News
      Triple Headers were introduced as a solution to complete the F1 season which came to a sudden halt when coronavirus outbreak hit.
      The F1 season usually runs for 22 matches, but this will impossible to meet because of the pandemic.
      Despite this, F1 bosses are optimistic that can still acheive a 15-18 race season.
       F1 boss Ross Brawn said: “That’s not great, but it’s better than no racing at all.”

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      F1 managing director Ross Brawn believes the F1 season can still be completedCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      When is the F1 Belgian Grand Prix?
      The Belgian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday August 30, 2020.
      First practice will be on Friday, August 28 and begins at 10am BST.
      Second practice then follows at 2pm.
      Qualifying will be on Saturday at 2pm, before the big race on Sunday.
      What live stream and TV channel is the F1 Belgian Grand Prix on?
      The Belgian Grand Prix will be shown live on Sky Sports F1.
      If you’re not a Sky customer, you can grab a NOW TV pass from just £8.99 to stream on your mobile, tablet, games console or PC.
      Existing Sky customers can watch the race on the move by downlaoding the Sky Go app, which is comaptible with most smart devices.

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      The Belgian Grand Prix will be the seventh race of the seasonCredit: Getty – Contributor
      What is the F1 Belgian Grand Prix full schedule and timings?
      Friday, August 28
      10am: Belgian GP Practice One
      2pm: Belgian GP Practice Two
      Saturday, August 29
      11am: Belgian GP Practice Three
      2pm: Belgian GP Qualifying
      Sunday, August 30
      2.10pm: The 2020 Belgian Grand Prix

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      F1 Driver’s Championship standings
      1. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes 132 points
      2. Max Verstappen – Red Bull 95 points
      3. Valterri Bottas – Mercedes 89 points
      4. Charles Leclerc – Ferrari 45 points
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      Lewis Hamilton ‘fully aligned’ with US athletes’ Jacob Blake protests but will NOT boycott Belgian GP

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      LEWIS HAMILTON will NOT boycott the Belgian Grand Prix despite being “fully aligned” with the Jacob Blake protests.
      A number of American athletes boycotted games after widespread unrest in response to the shooting of Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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      Lewis Hamilton will race in Belgian despite his support for American boycottsCredit: EPA
      Blake, a black man, was shot seven times in the back by Police in horrifying footage and has been left paralysed from the waist down.
      In response, three NBA play-off games, two Major League Baseball matches, three WNBA games and five MLS football fixtures were postponed after player-led protests.
      Hamilton – a leading voice during the Black Lives Matter movement in recent months – will still race on.
      He told Sky Sports: “It’s a shame that’s what’s needed over there to get a reaction.

      “But that is in America and I don’t know if really me doing anything here will particularly have any effect.
      “We’re in Belgium, we’re not in the United States.
      “I haven’t spoken to anyone about it but I am really proud with so many out there and I do stand unified with them.
      “Trying to do what I can over here, I don’t really know how us not doing the race, it will still go on, is a thing. 

      “But I will try to speak to Formula 1 to see what else we can do to continue to raise awareness. 
      “Naturally as a sport, I think we all need to be aligned, supportive of each other, even though it’s a different sport.”

      The six-time world champ elaborated on his feelings about the racial injustices across the Atlantic.
      He added: “Ultimately it’s disgusting that minorities and people out there have to protest to get justice.
      “And even when they do, justice is still not given.
      “It’s such a mess over there but I’m really so inspired and proud of the other athletes out there that are utilising the platform they have, using their voice.
      “We already started seeing it with Colin Kaepernick a long time ago – it’s like four years ago now – who lost his job for standing for what was right.

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      “There needs to be change and it’s going to take all of these great athletes and people coming together to really push and force for change, because it needs to be forced.
      “Because at the moment you’ve got the president sitting there not doing anything and you see Martin Luther King obviously was fighting for the same issues 60 years ago and gave his life up, and we’re still fighting it today.
      “I just take a lot of inspiration from it and I feel fully aligned with them. My heart and thoughts and prayers go out to those continuously on a daily basis are losing their lives through racism.”

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      Anthoine Hubert’s fatal F2 crash left pal Ilott in tears as he recalls emotional moment 12 months on

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      FORMULA ONE will return to the Spa circuit this week 12 months on from it claiming the life of young racer, Anthoine Hubert.
      The Frenchman was killed in the smash at the top of notorious Raidillon hill when he struck a tyre barrier and his Formula 2 car was spat out into the path of Juan Manuel Correa’s car.

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      Callum Ilott has recalled pal Hubert’s fatal crash in an emotional interview 12 months on Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Hubert died following a collision with Correa at Spa a year agoCredit: AFP

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      Hubert succumbed to his injuries after hitting a tyre wall and spinning into CorreaCredit: Rex Features
      The two collided and while Hubert succumbed to his injuries, Correa was left fighting for his life after striking the wreckage at over 150mph.
      The sport was plunged into mourning and for British racer, Callum Ilott it was especially tough.
      The 21-year-old from Cambridge was teammates with Correa while he was incredibly close to Hubert, as the two had raced as team-mates in 2016 and 2018.
      ‘HARD TO TAKE’
      In an emotional conversation with Ilott, who is currently leading the Formula 2 championship, he told SunSport: “To have both your team-mate and your former team-mate involved in an accident like that…

      “One passing away and the other being very close to… it was very hard to take.
      “The way I made peace with it was analyse the situation and understand it was a one in a trillion accident.
      “There are lessons to be learnt. I took away my personal views.
      “I changed my outlook and spent some more time with my family, because you never know when things can change.”

      Ilott recalls the moments before and after Hubert’s death and says that upon learning of his former team’s death, he was reduced to tears.

      I drove back to the pits and you realise ‘s***, what’s happened’. I caught the end of the impact and I couldn’t piece it together.
      Ilott on Spa smash

      He added: “I was coming up the hill at Eau Rouge and I could see in the distance there was a big cloud of brown grass and dirt.
      “I was the first person to stop in front of the crash and there was so much debris that I could not even tell how many cars were in the accident.
      “I could see my team-mate was upside down and because you are in racing mode, you see everything but you don’t understand what happened.
      “I drove back to the pits and you realise ‘s***, what’s happened’. I caught the end of the impact and I couldn’t piece it together.
      “It was not until 30 minutes after the race I saw a video of the accident and I knew it was not good. It is not easy to walk away after one of those.
      “At 6.45pm, we got the official statement and everyone in the paddock was upset.
      “I was crying, Anthoine was a team-mate of mine and a close friend.
      “I still don’t believe it. Even to this day, even though I have made peace with it, you don’t think it can happen in a race to you.”

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      Hubert’s car bounced off the wall and into Correa, with the former’s car flipping and breaking apartCredit: Canal+

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      Flowers have been left on the corner of the fatal crash this week on the one-year anniversary of Hubert’s deathCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Racers and F2 officials held a minute’s silence at Spa after the crash in 2019Credit: EPA
      Ilott went to visit Correa in hospital soon after the accident and the Ecuadorian-American racer will be invited as a guest of honour this weekend, where there will be tributes for Hubert.
      He says he has since used his friend’s passing as a form of motivation to achieve his goal of reaching F1.
      He is currently top of the championship driving for the Virtuosi Racing team and upstaging big names, such as Mick Schumacher, the son of Michael, and Giuliano Alesi, whose dad is former F1 driver, Jean.
      They are all part of the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) but it is Ilott – who does not have the same family racing history or sponsorship clout as the others – is leading the way.
      And he hopes that should he win the F2 title this season, he will get his shot in F1 with the Italian team or with their sister outfit, Alfa Romeo.

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      He said: “Everything is going to plan. I am focused on doing my best each weekend and really cannot do any more.
      “Hopefully those things will come. At the end of the day, the F1 team makes the decision and you have to fit in, but it is funny how the tables can turn.
      “In some people’s eyes I might not have the motorsport background or leverage that some people think, but look at Lando Norris, George Russell and Alex Albon, they all came in to F1 with talent.
      “When you get to this level, every one is good, so you have to stand out and this year, I have tried hard to do that.”

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      F1 schedule 2020: Formula One calendar with Belgian Grand Prix up next at Spa-Francorchamps

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      Formula 1 has now completed its sixth race of the season and all eyes are on Belgium as the race calendar continues this weekend.
      Mercedes extraordinaire Lewis Hamilton is in pole position in the driver standings, after cruising to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this month.

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      Hamilton cruised to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.Credit: PA:Press Association
      F1 Schedule
      Previous races
      July 05 2020: Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
      July 12 2020: Styrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg – Lewis Hamilton (Merecedes)
      July 19 2020: Hungarian Grand Prix –  Hungaroring, Mogyoród – Lewis Hamilton (Merecedes)
      August 02 2020: British Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

      August 09 2020: 70th Anniversary Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone – Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing Honda)
      August 16 2020: Spanish Grand Prix – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
      Upcoming Races
       August 30 2020: Belgian Grand Prix – Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot
      September 6 2020: Italian Grand Prix –  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza

      September 13 2020: Tuscan Grand Prix – Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
      September 27 2020: Russian Grand Prix –  Sochi Autodrom, Sochi
      11 October 2020: Eifel Grand Prix –  Nürburgring, Nürburg
      25 October 2020: Portugese Grand Prix – Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão
      November 1 2020: Emilia Romanga Grand Prix – Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola

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      The Belgian Grand Prix will be the seventh race of the seasonCredit: AP:Associated Press
      What TV channel is F1 2020 on and can I live stream it?
      The Belgian Grand Prix will take place on Sunday August 30, 2020.
      You can watch it live on Sky Sports F1, live from 2.10pm.
      Sky customers can add individual channels for just £18 per month or add the complete sports package to their deal for just £23 per month.
      Existing Sky Sports customers can also live stream the race via the Sky Go app on most devices.
      If you’re not a Sky customer, you can watch the Belgian Grand Prix by buying a Sky Sports day pass for £9.99, or alternatively buying a month pass for £33.99. More

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      Flavio Briatore, 70, insists he was rushed to hospital with prostate problems and is awaiting coronavirus test results

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      FLAVIO BRIATORE has insisted he was hospitalised with prostate problems amid claims he has coronavirus.
      The former Renault boss, 70, revealed he is still waiting for his Covid-19 test result.

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      Briatore helped Michael Schumacher to his first two Formula One world titlesCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Reports claimed Briatore was in a “serious condition” suffering from complications caused by coronavirus.
      But he has claimed he was taken to hospital because his prostate is inflamed.
      Speaking from his hospital bed, the 70-year-old said: “I only have severe prostatitis.
      “On Sunday evening I went to San Raffaele in Milan and they hospitalised me.

      “While I was here, I took a swab and I still don’t know if I’m positive.
      “Maybe it is, with the winds that are in Sardinia.”
      Briatore pointed out that he is suffering with “inflammation of the prostate and almost nothing else.”
      The former F1 team boss – who is dating a law student 49 YEARS younger than him – concluded: “But I feel good, very good.”

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      Reports claimed Flavio Briatore had contracted coronavirus Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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      His illness follows his Billionaire club being shut down following a spate of positive coronavirus tests seemingly stemming from the Porto Cervo hotspot.
      Around 60 members of staff returned positive results from the latest batch of tests.
      Briatore – who owned QPR between 2007 and 2010 – is being treated at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.

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      Flavio Briatore, pictured in 2008, is not in intensive care Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Ex-Renault boss Flavio Briatore, 70, rushed to hospital and in ‘serious’ condition with coronavirus

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      FORMER Renault boss Flavio Briatore, 70, has been rushed to hospital and is said to be in “serious” condition suffering from complications caused by coronavirus.
      Reports in Italy claim to the former F1 team boss was taken to San Raffaele hospital to Milan on Monday.

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      Flavio Briatore has been rushed to hospital due to coronavirusCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Briatore is dating a law student 49 his juniorCredit: The Mega Agency

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      Briatore is dating Benedetta Bosi, who is a student at the University of MilanCredit: The Mega Agency

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      Briatore helped Schumacher win his first two F1 titles at BenettonCredit: PA:Press Association
      Briatore’s illness follows his Billionaire club being shut down following a spate of positive coronavirus tests seemingly stemming from the Porto Cervo hotspot.
      The ex-Benetton chief is not in intensive care, according to reports in Italy – and there has been no official statement, as yet.
      However, the flamboyant Italian – who is dating a law student 49 YEARS younger than him – is said to be in “serious” condition.
      Briatore – who owned QPR between 2007 and 2010 – saw his Billionaire club closed following an outbreak of the killer virus.

      Around 60 members of staff returned positive results for coronavirus in the latest wave of testing.
      Briatore was at the club for a recent football match, along with Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic, who has also tested positive for Covid-19.
      Nightclubs are considered to be promoting a second wave of coronavirus in Italy.

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      Briatore famously dated supermodel Naomi CampbellCredit: AFP – Getty

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      Briatore was also in a relationship with Heidi Klum – with the pair having a daughter, Helene, togetherCredit: AP:Associated Press

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      Briatore helped Alonso to his only two World Championship wins at RenaultCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      And with clubs all now on lockdown, Briatore took to Facebook earlier this week to share his disappointment.

      He wrote: “My heart weeps to see an economy slaughtered by people who have never done anything in their lives.”
      Briatore helped Michael Schumacher to his first two Formula One world titles in 1994 and 1995, during the German legend’s pre-Ferrari days, at Benetton.
      He also helped Fernando Alonso to his only two career titles at Renault in 2005 and 2006.
      But he left F1 in a cloud of controversy after being found guilty of race-fixing.

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      Briatore was found guilty of ordering Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately crash his car to help team-mate Alonso win the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008.
      The Italian was banned by the FIA for life, but saw his suspension overturned on appeal.
      Despite that, he has still never returned to motorsport.

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      Formula One confirms final four races of 2020 season with Turkish GP returning for first time in nine years

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      FORMULA ONE has announced a return to Turkey as it completes a 17-race season in the Middle East.
      Istanbul Park will host its first Grand Prix in nine years on November 15 before a double-header in Bahrain and season-closer in Abu Dhabi.

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      Istanbul Park has been named on the F1 2020 calendarCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit will host the 17th and final race of the seasonCredit: AP:Associated Press
      On Tuesday, F1 announced how it will cap off a wholly unique 2020 calendar with four final races.
      Entering the schedule is Istanbul Park, located an hour east of Turkey’s bustling capital and based in a secluded location that will help the sport maintain its stringent coronavirus protocols.
      After March’s cancelled GP as the pandemic began, Bahrain will stage races on November 29 and December 6, before the season is completed in Abu Dhabi a week later.
      It means the year will end in typically gruelling fashion for team staff with three race weekends in a row.

      The announcement confirms the 2020 campaign will take place exclusively in Europe and the Middle East, with no excursions to the Americas or Far East.
      October races at Germany’s Nurburgring and iconic Italian track Imola will complete the European leg before the trip across the Bosporus.

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      Disagreements over government funding saw Istanbul Park slip off the calendar eight years ago.
      Ailing Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel may be cursing his luck at the announcement, with Turkey the stage of his infamous crash with Red Bull teammate Mark Webber in 2010.

      Of the current grid, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen have a victory apiece at Istanbul Park with Vettel winning its most recent race back in 2011.
      Last year’s Bahrain and Abu Dhabi GPs were both won by Mercedes ace Hamilton, who leads the current championship rankings by 37 points.

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      Arsenal legend Thierry Henry recalls being labelled a ‘black s***’ on live TV as he opens up on racism hell

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      THIERRY HENRY recalled being labelled a “black s***” on live TV as he opened up on his racism hell.
      The Arsenal legend, 43, spoke honestly and bravely about his personal experiences in an emotional video call with Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and Olympic great Tommie Smith.

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      Thierry Henry opened up on his racism hell with Lewis Hamilton and Tommie Smith
      And the Frenchman – who moved to the USA in 2010 to join the MLS – detailed a case where he was abused during a live broadcast.
      Montreal Impact manager Henry said: “At one point, I said people didn’t see my colour any more because I played football, because I was, in brackets, famous.
      “When I came to play in the US, my colour came back because no one could recognise me, depending on which state we were in. My colour came back. It was the first time again that I felt like I left my neighbourhood. 
      “When I arrived in New York, some people could recognise me and some couldn’t.

      “When you ask for a cab, he looks and sees you are a certain colour and puts the light on and suddenly he isn’t free any more. You’re left like, ‘Hang on I’m alone here’. It hit me again.
      “I have been called a ‘black s***’ live on TV. It is what it is, you’ve heard it before but this was live on TV which made it like, ‘Wow…’.”
      Henry posted a powerful response to George Floyd’s murder and racism in 2020 on his Instagram page in June.
      And then in the following month, for Montreal’s first game back, he took a knee for the first eight minutes and 46 seconds – the length of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of Floyd.

      When I stepped out of my neighbourhood, people started to make me feel that I wasn’t human. The colour of my skin was a problem.
      Thierry Henry

      He wore a Black Lives Matter T shirt and raised his fist in a symbol of solidarity with the movement.
      But the two-time Premier League winner knows the reality of racism on a personal level, discussing his childhood and then leaving the tough Les Ulis suburb of Paris.
      Henry added: “I grew up in a bad neighbourhood, which at the time I thought was the best neighbourhood in the world because I couldn’t compare it to anything.
      “Because there was a lot of diversity in my neighbourhood I didn’t realise anywhere was different.
      “When I stepped out of my neighbourhood, I started to realise people started to make me feel that I wasn’t human. 
      “The colour of my skin was a problem, what I wore was a problem. In Europe sometimes if you have a hood on, suddenly that means you are from a bad neighbourhood.
      “And if you have the colour to go with it, that’s a double bill.”

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      I have been collecting my thoughts for the past few days in order to eloquently describe my feelings on the tragic and unnecessary death of George Floyd. It would have been far too easy to write with emotion, hatred and vitriolic sentiment in the immediate aftermath. Although those feelings are still present, I will give it a try. Why is this still happening in 2020? Why do the same racists applaud any ethnic minority who plays for the team they support but abuse the same minorities on the street? Why are all the methods we are using to eradicate this from our society not working? It’s gone on for too long and we have come too far for this to be tolerated in modern society. I do not advocate violence, looting or destruction of property, as this will not solve any problems and many racially afflicted individuals are victims themselves of this behaviour. Why should the people be punished who have the same struggles, turmoil and racial abuse? The people who have worked their entire lives to feed their families and then have the fruits of the labour destroyed in protests against the issues they are suffering themselves? This is not the answer. However, we do urgently NEED change, we DEMAND change and most importantly, we DESERVE change. Make it happen, NOW. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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      Like Henry, Hamilton has been at the forefront in raising awareness of racism by leading the protests in F1.
      The British star, 35, has taken a knee before each race in the current season – despite criticism and lack of co-operation from some other drivers and the sport’s chiefs.
      He also called on broadcasters to do more in supporting the anti-racism campaign by helping with educating the wider public on diversity and race.
      In the call, arranged by Puma, Hamilton added: “I’m in a sport which is white dominated and there is very little diversity, for example. And with everything that happened in the States, it really brought up a lot of emotions for me. 

      “A lot of people think it is only happening in the States. Yes, there is the police brutality in the States but systemic racism is across the world. 
      “Very much in Europe and England. I experienced that a lot growing up in the UK and then when I started driving race cars. 
      “This year it has come around and I have got the sport now to acknowledge that it needs to do more.”

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      Henry took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds of Montreal Impact’s first game after George Floyd was murdered

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      Hamilton has led the anti-racism campaign within Formula One by taking a knee before each race with some of his fellow driversCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      The three sporting greats shared their personal experiences of racism across three generations

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