Bernie Ecclestone has doubled down on his comments regarding racism in a defiant response to Lewis Hamilton. The former F1 supremo was slammed last week after claiming "in many cases black people are more racist than white people".
Six-time Formula One world champion Hamilton was among those to hit back at Ecclestone's comments, branding them "ignorant and uneducated".
The 89-year-old was also criticised by F1 as an organisation, who said they "disagreed" with his view which has "no place in Formula 1 or society.” Unperturbed though, Ecclestone has now backed up his original statements with a fresh take in an interview with The Mail. "I am not anti black people," Ecclestone said. "Quite the opposite.
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