“I Was Accused of Cheating. You Can’t Cheat”: Inspired by Lewis Hamilton, British Prodigy Raises Voice Against Evil Effects of Racism

Apart from being a seven-time world champion and a prominent face of Formula 1 to the world, Lewis Hamilton is also a name that stands against wrongdoing and particularly against racism. The Mercedes man has been a long-time activist against color discrimination and inspired millions across the globe to take their stands. One among them is young British motorsport Ruben Stanislaus as he recently opened up on the brutal impact of racism he has experienced.

The 18-year-old Praga Cup UK driver revealed how he was subjected to the evil practice as he went on to share the intricate details with the media. On the BBC documentary We Are England: Born to Race, Stanislaus shared, “I was told I was going too quick. This wasn’t even in my own kart.”

Stanislaus continued, “You used the club’s karts, and they were all fair, but they said it was not possible for someone to go that quick on one of those karts. So, I was accused of cheating. You can’t cheat. I was disqualified from the whole race just because they didn’t want me to win that.”

The Brit prodigy further asserted with an extreme example that age wasn’t a barrier to this when he stated, “There are a load of different examples, but that was probably the most prominent thing, and that was from around six years old.”

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Stanislaus and his friend Lewis Appiagyei were in media headlines of late as the pair got invited to the Mercedes factory for the BBC documentary. There they met the 103 race winner and Stanislaus’ inspiration, Lewis Hamilton.

FIA boss issues warning to Lewis Hamilton

FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem urged Lewis Hamilton to use the race weekend only to race and not for driving “personal agenda” after a new rule was announced lately. The FIA President also warned the drivers that they will “divert from the sport” if they use weekends to propagate their personal views.

As reported by express.co.uk, ben Sulayem shared, “You can use sport for peace reasons but one thing we don’t want is to have the FIA as a platform for private personal agenda. We will divert from the sport.”

The seven-time world champion has been the biggest campaigner on the F1 grid in recent times and he fetched himself enough likes as well as dislikes for his role in pushing for drivers to take a knee ahead of races on the weekends to show support against racism.

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The comments by the FIA boss have come right after the FIA, the governing body of F1 banned impromptu political statements during races for the 2023 F1 season as the sport wants to stay neutral in terms of global politics.