MANAMA : Formula One has to draw attention to issues in the countries it visits, Lewis Hamilton said in Bahrain on Thursday as drivers began a new season with tighter rules on what they can say.
It was the first time he had faced the media at a grand prix since the re-wording of the international sporting code last December to require written permission to make or display"political, religious and personal statements or comments". "That view has not always been shared within the sport, whether its teams or people in high-powered positions, but more needs to be done without doubt.Asked about the human rights situation in Bahrain and Formula One's impact, he said he was"not sure it’s got better while I’ve been coming all these years."
"This sport still has a lot more work to do in the diversity space," he said when asked about the general absence of female figures in the latest run of the popular Netflix docu-series 'Drive to Survive'.