To kneel or not to kneel? Lewis Hamilton faces decision before US GP :-: the Guardian
The championship leader is considering kneeling during the US national anthem on Sunday but F1 and politics have never been comfortable bedfellows
Lewis Hamilton is the most fascinating character in Formula One and thankfully so. It is a sport whose participants have become so stage-managed as to have hidden their personalities behind a slick corporate veneer. Hamilton has been steadfast in remaining true to himself. At this weekend’s US Grand Prix, he may do so again but with potentially huge and also perhaps unexpected repercussions. If the British driver chooses to kneel during the US national anthem on Sunday, as he has said he is considering, it will put him at the heart of one of the most divisive conflicts between politics and sport in recent history.
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