The spectacular accident that occurred during the British Grand Prix between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen continues to spill ink across the Channel. After the wave of racist comments wiped by Lewis Hamilton on social networks, a British lord, Peter Hain, pointed out the attitude of Christian Horner, guilty in his eyes of having fueled the fire. "
The racists had an excuse to let their vitriol flow and express their hatred towards Lewis after what I consider to be an outrageous and unwelcome attack by Christian Horner,"
commented the British politician, Labor member and vice-president. of a parliamentary group dedicated to Formula 1.
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“
It was a desperate maneuver, it's disappointing coming from a driver seven times world champion, who sent a driver to the hospital (…) Everyone knows that such a maneuver in this turn, one of the faster in F1, is a huge risk
, "said Christian Horner, Sunday after the race won by Hamilton at Silverstone while his driver, Max Verstappen, was undergoing hospital examinations after his violent off the track for which Hamilton was sanctioned with a ten-second penalty deemed "
unnecessary
" by the boss of Red Bull.
“I am not saying that Christian had comments with racist connotations
, specifies Peter Hain
. He only used racing terms and there was obviously nothing racist about it. I hope that was something he said in the heat of the moment, when he felt wronged. But these episodes require leadership and not excessive explosions
”. F1, FIA and Mercedes condemned the racist messages Hamilton received on social media on Monday.
