F1 hit back at Bernie Ecclestone over former chief's controversial comments on racism
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mirror.co.ukFormula One have distanced themselves from comments made by Bernie Ecclestone that they say "has no place" in the sport. The sport is being challenged to tackle racial inequality with world champion Lewis Hamilton hitting out at the lack of diversity.
But Ecclestone, who is no longer involved with Formula One, has claimed that black people can be more racist than white people. “I don’t think it’s going to do anything bad or good for Formula One," Ecclestone told CNN. “It’ll just make people think which is more important.
I think that’s the same for everybody. "People ought to think a little bit and think: ‘Well, what the hell. Somebody’s not the same as white people and black people should think the same thing about white people.’ “In
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