Lewis Hamilton: Supportive, confident, and teased
Formula 1 is in Bahrain for pre-season testing this week and we’ll get back to that in a minute but first let’s talk about Lewis Hamilton and his most recent social media activity. It was sports related, but not his own sport. Instead Lewis’s mind was on football and what Vinícius Júnior is going through right now after yesterday’s match between Real Madrid and Benfica.
It happened after Vini scored the game’s only goal and while he was celebrating, Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni could be seen saying something to him as he deliberately covered his mouth with his jersey. Vini then alerted the referee to the racism. And of course Prestianni and his team are denying it and gaslighting, the usual racist playbook.