Regarding Marko’s remarks, Hamilton responds.
Hamilton said to Sky Sports F1, “It is totally unacceptable what he said, and while we say there is no room for any kind of discrimination within the sport, having leaders and people in his position make those comments is not good for us moving forward.”.
“It still shows how much work remains, and many people are working behind the scenes to stop this kind of thing.
“However, it is challenging to maneuver when those in positions of power hold these attitudes, and it prevents us from moving forward. I am not shocked.
“I don’t know what was said; you’ll have to ask Checo; but I feel like there needs to be more than just an apology and an assurance that everything is fine.
“There needs to be more than that.
When teams have had individuals, particularly drivers, make comments, they typically have them taken down or at the very least, they release a quote stating that they don’t support that sort of thing.
It’s interesting that they didn’t do that for this one, but my team is not involved.
We don’t move as a team in that way.
It demonstrates the value of the work I am putting into the team and the sport.
To make this a more inclusive environment, we still have a lot of work to do.
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Marko also responded to Verstappen’s comments, and the Red Bull driver thought that Marko’s apology had resolved the situation.