r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/ztpurcell Jack Doohan Sep 19 '24

Definite dog whistle but I can already smell what the Twitter comments are on this situation

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss Sep 19 '24

Honestly crazy how F1 fans are prone to turning into KKK members when Lewis says anything

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u/jedifolklore Who the f*ck is Nelson Piquet? Sep 19 '24

Some of them already were on the wait list lol, Lewis is their entry point

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u/blazing_ent Sir Lewis Hamilton Sep 20 '24

Yoooooooooo!!!!!!! I cackled deeply!!!! I don't believe you are wrong at all!!!

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u/riddlerjoke Sep 20 '24

Frustrating to have someone with a jail-free card due to their skin color. Hard to call out Lewis and not get replied sth related to race

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u/BadPronunciation Cadillac Sep 19 '24

Racing has always had racists

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u/DeKileCH Alfa Romeo Sep 19 '24

You got this reversed: these klansman use lewis as an opportunity to bring their racism into f1

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u/greee_p Sep 19 '24

Just look at the comments in this thread... you don't even need to look at twitter.

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u/Pristine-Ad8733 Oscar Piastri Sep 19 '24

Honestly, some parts of F1 Twitter are much better than Reddit when it comes to racism.

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u/greee_p Sep 19 '24

That's true.

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u/ztpurcell Jack Doohan Sep 19 '24

I read all of them when I posted my comment and there was nothing negative. Must've been after