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Andretti: Keep politics out of Formula 1

Motor racing legend Mario Andretti is against sports being used as a political tool, thus suggesting Lewis Hamilton should stop using Formula 1 as a platform to launch and promote his personal beliefs. The American, 1978 F1 World Champion, has huge respect for Hamilton as a race driver and considers the Mercedes F1 driver 'without a doubt' one of the greatest in the sport. However, the high-profile, and oft contentious, political activism that the Briton brought to the centre stage of F1 does not sit well with the American, 'I've already expressed my opinion on this and was criticized for it… but I don't like to see politics in sport. 'The great thing about the Olympics is that teams...
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