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F1 star Hamilton raises right fist in fight against racism

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SPIELBERG – Standing on the podium to celebrate his latest win, Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton raised a clenched right fist and then delivered a message to his fellow drivers not to slow down in the fight against racism.It's 52 years since American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos introduced that powerfully defiant gesture to a worldwide TV audience when standing on the podium during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.On Sunday Hamilton and the other 19 F1 drivers wore black T-shirts with “End Racism” on them, as they had done at last weekend's season-opening Austrian GP.

Most again took the knee on the grid before Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix in Austria.Others still did not and even questioned in the.

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