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Barcelona kneeling not for Black Lives Matter – Mazepin

May 10 Nikita Mazepin stunned many observers before Sunday's Spanish GP by joining those drivers electing to kneel during the pre-race grid procedure. However, the embattled Russian rookie clarified that it wasn't a gesture in solidarity with Lewis Hamilton, who instigated the practice last year amid the Black Lives Matter protests. 'I decided to kneel to show respect to those veterans and people who lost their lives 76 years ago in the war,' the Haas driver insisted. Indeed, 22-year-old Mazepin also wore a tribute to the Ribbon of St George on his helmet, which he said was in deference to Russia's ‘Victory Day' to celebrate the defeat of the Nazis in 1945. 'This holiday is quite...
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