Sebastian Vettel, formerly of Ferrari and Aston Martin, said he warned close friend, Mercedes AMG driver Lewis Hamilton of racial things said by other teams.
Sebastian Vettel supports Lewis Hamilton in F1 racing. The German racer supports his close friend and warns him about things being said about Hamilton because of his unique looks. In an interview, Lewis Hamilton said he was warned by close friend Sebastian Vettel that other teams were saying unkind, racial things about him behind his back. Hamilton is the only black driver in Formula 1 and he has faced plenty of discrimination in both Formula 1 and various parts of society.
Very often, Hamilton had Vettel's support when it came to unfair times on the grid and even believing things needed to change in the F1 paddock. It was said that Hamilton was warned by Vettel that unfair, racial things were being said behind his back. On the DAZN programme, True Driver, Hamilton said in an interview "We have to get people to empathise, we need empathy. Sometimes I wonder, does nobody else care? Sebastian was one of those people who supported me the most. He told me that in some teams they spoke racist things about me. He knelt down with me in 2020, I have not yet seen a driver as brave as him. The laws must be changed so that people live better. We are risking our lives to try to educate others."
Vettel also developed an interest in environmental practices during the later parts of his Formula 1 career and shed light on how to do sustainable practices. Hamilton has also spoken up about other issues during his F1 career, including preserving the environment, animal rights and LGBTQ+ acceptance, which he advertises on his current helmet, which is donned in rainbow colors. He said "I don't know what my next project will be. Animal protection laws have to continue to be reviewed, with the environment. It's hard for people to see the disasters that happen. I have Mission 44, a project that I launched in London and I want to expand it to Africa and the US, with which we want to instill in children that they can have a good future, that they can become engineers or whatever they want."
