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Hamilton: Only wealthy kids coming through in motorsport
Lewis Hamilton's rags-to-riches story is that of legend, but the four times Formula 1 World Champion fears that the days when kids from working-class families could make it in motorsport are long over. Hamilton, who last month signed the most lucrative deal in the history of motor racing with Mercedes, said of the current situation at the grassroots of the sport, “When people ask me where the next me is coming from, I say: No, these kids come from wealthy backgrounds, not from the struggle I came from.' “It goes to the fundamentals of how the sport is governed. There are so many aspects that are not being tackled. There are only wealthy kids coming through. There are not kids from...
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