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Hamilton and other F1 drivers take a knee in Austria

December 1, 2019 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates with a trophy after winning the race REUTERS

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton and a majority of Formula One’s 20 drivers took a knee on the starting grid before Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

The sport’s only Black driver, an outspoken campaigner against racial injustice and for greater diversity, wore a black T-shirt with ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the front and ‘End Racism’ on the back.

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