Lewis Hamilton to set up commission to increase diversity

Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is to arrange a fee to extend range in motorsport. The Mercedes driver stated the goal of the Hamilton Commission could be to make the game “become as diverse as the complex and multicultural world we live in.”

Writing in British newspaper The Sunday Times, Hamilton stated it could be a analysis partnership devoted to exploring how motorsport can be utilized as a car to “engage more young people from Black backgrounds with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and, ultimately, employ them on our teams or in other engineering sectors.”

“I’ve been fighting the stigma of racism throughout my racing career – from kids throwing things at me while karting, to being taunted by fans in black face at a 2007 Grand Prix, one of my first Formula One races,” he wrote.

“I’m used to being one of very few people of colour on my teams and, more than that, I’m used to the idea that no one will speak up for me when I face racism, because no one personally feels or understands my experience.”

Hamilton, who’s the one Black world champion in F1, has spoken broadly about racism after saying he was left feeling “so much anger, sadness and disbelief” following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis final month. He wrote within the paper that the “institutional barriers that have kept F1 highly exclusive persist,” including that the 1000’s of individuals employed in motorsport must be extra consultant of society.

“Winning championships is great, but I want to be remembered for my work creating a more equal society through education”, he added.