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"Kept Calling Me The N-Word": Lewis Hamilton Opens Up About Pain Of Racial Abuse At School

Lewis Hamilton has spoken about how he had bananas thrown at him and was repeatedly called the N-word during a "traumatising" school career. The seven-time Formula One world champion, who grew up in a town near London, detailed the racial abuse in the On Purpose podcast, released on Monday. The 38-year-old, who is preparing for his 17th season in F1, said: "For me, school was the most traumatising and most difficult part of my life.

Bottas says he has years of racing left in him

ZURICH: Alfa Romeo Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas said on Tuesday he still had years of racing left in him and had not given up on getting back on the podium for the first time since he left Mercedes.

China's Zhou says FIA got driver statement move wrong

ZURICH : China's first and only Formula One race driver Guanyu Zhou added his voice to the sport's freedom of speech controversy on Tuesday by saying the governing FIA had made a wrong move.

F1 drivers need clarity on political statements, says Albon

GROVE, England : Formula One drivers need more guidance from the governing FIA on what they can say at races this season after a rule change caused concern, Williams driver Alex Albon said on Monday.

F1 drivers must be allowed to speak out freely, says Perez

Formula One drivers are unhappy with a rule change barring them from making unauthorised 'political statements' at races and will discuss it as a group, Red Bull's Sergio Perez said on Friday.

F1 champion Verstappen hopes rivals can raise their game

Red Bull's Max Verstappen shrugged off a suggestion he was favourite for a third successive Formula One championship and said on Friday the sport needed a closer battle than last year even if he intended to be better than ever.

'Everyone want a title race' - Verstappen challenges rivals

Max Verstappen has challenged Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to raise their game and provide him with the championship battle that Formula One needs. Verstappen ran away with last season's title, winning 15 of the 22 races, to secure his second championship with four rounds to spare. In contrast, Hamilton, in his under-performing Mercedes, endured the worst year of his career as he failed to win a race and finished 214 points adrift.

Tensions rise between Formula 1 and FIA over 'inflated price tag' row

Formula 1 is never more than a chicane away from an unseemly spat as last week's surfacing of tensions between the sport's custodians the FIA and its owners Liberty Media demonstrated.

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"Kept Calling Me The N-Word": Lewis Hamilton Opens Up About Pain Of Racial Abuse At School

Bottas says he has years of racing left in him

China's Zhou says FIA got driver statement move wrong

F1 drivers need clarity on political statements, says Albon

F1 drivers must be allowed to speak out freely, says Perez

F1 champion Verstappen hopes rivals can raise their game

'Everyone want a title race' - Verstappen challenges rivals

Tensions rise between Formula 1 and FIA over 'inflated price tag' row