𓃲Hamilton remains the only black driver to have competed in F1 since its inceptio🅺n in 1950.

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Throughout his illustrious career, Hamilton has spoken about the discrimination he’s faced, e🌳ven during his time i𒊎n F1. 

Hamilton’s own experiences has meant he’s set up his own projects, such as the Mission 44 Foundation, a charitable organisation focused on supporting unrepresenta🐻tive grou﷽ps in the United Kingdom.

Speaking on On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast Hamilton admitted he couldn’t talk to his parents about the bullyi❀ng he endured during his childhood.

“I didn’t feel I could go home and talk to my parents,” Hamilton said, “I didn’t want my dad to think I was not s🦂trong. 

“I was already being bullied at the age of six. I think at the time of that particular school, I was probably one of three kids of colour, 🅰and just bigger and stronger bullying kids were throwing me aꦆround a lot of the time.

“And then the constant jabs, things that are either thr♓own at you like bananas, or people that would use the n-word just so relaxed. People calling you half-caste and you know, just really not knowing where you fit in. 

“That, for me, was difficult. When you then go into like history class and everything you learn in history, there are no pictures of people of colour in the hiꦛstory that they were teaching us. So, I was thinking, Oh, well, where are t🐭he people that look like me?”

It wasn’t just the fellow students that Hamilton had a tougꦗh time dealing with, with the Mercedes driver talking about the lack of support from the teaching staff.

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“Teachers were telling me, ‘You’re never going to be nothing,’” he added🌊. “I remember be💫ing behind the shed, in tears, like, ‘I’m not going to be anything.’ And believing it for a split second.”