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Hamilton: 'Ignorant' Ecclestone never addressed racial abuse

Lewis Hamilton has blasted Bernie Ecclestone's "ignorant and uneducated" comments on racism, insisting he now understands why the former F1 supremo never addressed "racial abuse" in the sport. Ecclestone received a backlash from Formula 1 on Friday following a CNN Sport interview in which the 89-year-old said he had never felt concerned by racism in the sport, and neither had any teams. Mr E. also said that he didn't believe that Hamilton's activism against racial injustice and fight for more diversity in F1 - which he praised - is "going to do anything bad or good for Formula 1". Formula 1 responds to Ecclestone comments on racism Finally, Ecclestone was...
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