FIA set to issue guidelines to drivers about pre and post-race arrangements
Last Updated: 15/09/20 11:39am
The FIA will not launch a formal investigation into Lewis Hamilton’s wearing of a T-shirt at the Tuscan GP about the shooting of Breonna Taylor.
Having considered the matter on Monday to examine its rules, guidelines will be issued to drivers about arrangements for pre and post-race activities, including what may and may not be worn.
Hamilton wore the top during F1’s anti-racism ceremony before the race, when he took a knee, and then again in his immediate post-race interview and on the podium.
The front of Hamilton’s shirt featured the words ‘Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor’, while the back contained her picture below the words ‘say her name’.
Stewards took no action on the matter at Mugello on Sunday.
Taylor, an aspiring nurse, was shot and killed in her own home by three plain-clothes Louisville police officers in the United States in March.
Hamilton has shed light on issues of racial injustice and had previously worn a T-shirt with the message ‘Black Lives Matter’ at F1’s pre-race ceremonies, when the drivers have gathered at the front of the grid to show their support in the fight against racism.
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