Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton made a personal pledge of £20m (roughly R417.2m) on Tuesday as he launched a new foundation, Mission 44, supporting under-represented young people in Britain.
Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton made a personal pledge of20m on Tuesday as he launched a new foundation, Mission 44, supporting underrepresented young people in Britain.
“In my early life, I experienced first-hand how coming from an underrepresented background can affect your future but, luckily for me, I was able to overcome those odds through opportunity and support,” sport's only Black driver said.Hamilton has raced from early on with the number 44 on his car, rather than the number one reserved for a reigning champion.
A commission founded a year ago by Hamilton to help motorsport engage more young people from Black backgrounds issued its report this month.Among barriers to diversity were hiring from a select group of top universities, the rural locations of teams and systemic underachievement in schools.
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