WATCH: Lord Paul Scriven name drops Lewis Hamilton during Saudi sportwashing debate in UK Parliament

Lewis Hamilton has often raised his voice during Grand Prix weekends against the various kinds of injustices in the world.

WATCH: Lord Paul Scriven name drops Lewis Hamilton during Saudi sportwashing debate in UK Parliament

Lewis Hamilton (Via: Imago, X/Fiagirly, screenshot)

Lewis Hamiton has a well-known reputation for being a bit of a flag-bearer for change within the sporting community. He is often spotted raising his voice for human rights and keeping this in view, he was recently mentioned during a UK Parliament session.

The House of Lords member, Paul Scriven, during his speech, took the time to mention Lewis Hamilton while emphasizing the importance of human rights. Hamilton has been very active when it comes to raising his voice against the various kinds of injustices in the world.

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Since making his debut in F1, the 39-year-old has never shied away from sharing his thoughts on the critical issues that emerge every now and then.

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Thank goodness for drivers such as Sir Lewis Hamilton, who has had the courage to say that human rights issues are around and that he is not convinced that F1 going to countries such as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia helps change happen.
House of Lord member said during a UK Parliament session

The main topic of discussion during the debate was powerful countries like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, using sporting events to ‘sportwash’ their controversial human rights track record. The debate also revolved around F1’s viewpoint behind staging Grand Prix events in such countries.

Lewis Hamilton claims the W15 is not the ‘evil-sister’ of Mercedes’ 2023 challenger

While Lewis Hamilton is getting mentioned during UK Parliament debates, he has a tough job at Mercedes during the ongoing 2024 F1 season. The former seven-time world champion has started his campaign on the back foot.

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff (Via: Imago)
Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff (Via: Imago)

Ahead of the ongoing Australian GP weekend, he was asked to dwell on the Mercedes W15 and while doing so, he admitted that the car is better than last year’s challenger.

It’s definitely not the evil sister or anything like that. I think we have an amazing car and there’s a lot of potential in it, and I think we just haven’t maximised it through set-up and through, ultimately, mistakes. We were obviously not happy with the performance of those first couple of races but I think there’s a lot more potential in it that we haven’t quite extracted yet.
Lewis Hamilton said in an interview with F1

Hamilton is extremely optimistic regarding the prospects of the W15 during the course of the ongoing season. The Brackley-based team is hard at work in trying to improve the car as much as possible, and the Brit feels there is a lot to come from him this year. The ongoing campaign is only two rounds down and including this Sunday’s Australian GP, there are still a total of 22 Grand Prix remaining on the calendar.

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