Vitaly Petrov criticised Hamilton over Breonna Taylor T-shirt‘We should be including people who are with the times’Lewis Hamilton has criticised the FIA for choosing Vitaly Petrov as a race steward for this weekend’s Portuguese
Grand Prix. Petrov, who was the first
Russian driver to compete in Formula One, has been critical of Hamilton’s strident anti-racism stance and his commitment to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Petrov competed in F1 between 2010 and 2012 for Renault, Lotus and Caterham. After Hamilton wore a T-shirt bearing the words “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” at the Tuscan GP, Petrov was scathing. “For me, this T-shirt, on top of calling for everyone to kneel, was too much,” he said. “But to call on that in
Formula One itself … I think half of the spectators didn’t even know what the shirt was about until it was explained to them.