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Hamilton regrets not supporting Kaepernick

Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was "silenced" earlier in his Formula One career over his plans to protest racism by taking a knee. The Mercedes driver was one of 14 who knelt before Sunday's season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. The best and worst of the wild Austrian Grand Prix F1 came back in spectacular style at the Austrian Grand Prix. We unpack it all: Valtteri Bottas' impressive win, Lando Norris' popular podium and another gut-wrenching Lewis Hamilton-Alexander Albon collision. Listen to the latest episode Afterward, Hamilton spoke of a discussion he had years ago with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose kneeling protests in...
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