Bernie Ecclestone blasts Lewis Hamilton ahead of F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: “Older generation not interested what he has to say”
Hamilton is still navigating new FIA guidelines about “personal, religio☂us and political statements” being made by drivers in the paddock but has v🍃owed to continue speaking out about issues close to his heart.
Last year, Ecclest🧜one told him to “brush off” racist comm🐎ents by Nelson Piquet - and Hamilton questioned why “older voices” are still given “a platform”.
Ahead of the 2023 season-opening 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Bahrain Grand Prix,ꩲ ex-F1 boss Ecclestone told : “Maybe the older generation are not interested in listening to what he has to say.
“In general, the older generation have seen a lot✤ more, done a lot more. Maybe, when the older generation are making statements, and some people think they’re correct, he doesn’t like it, because it’s taking up the space that he would nor꧟mally have.
“So many things in the world have changed. And the older ge꧒neration can remember the changes.
“For the youngꦬer generation, it’s not the things f🌃rom the past that they want to remember.
“People now have much more freedom to be heard. It’s all this tele�✤�phone business. You or I could put something on the phone now and it would be seen worldwide.”
The 92-year-old said about H🍸amilton’s social activism: “People don’t go to a Formula One ♏race to have a lecture.
“Definitely drivers shoulꦇd have free speech, but it’s a case 🃏of when and how they use it.
“It’s wrong. It’s all completely wrong. I’m 100🦄 per cent against it.”
Ecclestone sold F1 to Liberty Media in 2017.
Earlier this week, he claimed that the ‘crashgate’ scandal of 2008 means Hamilton’s first championship should not count, and he should be recognised as a six-time champion ratꦇher than a seven-time champion.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything f💞rom Amer💞ican sports, to football, to F1.
