Mercedes Formula 1 team involved in the fight against racism


The color of her car was changed to black in the fight against racism and discrimination by the Formula 1 Mercedes team. This was announced on June 29 in the official Twitter team. The Silver Arrow car will be black throughout the 2020 season. Mercedes pilots Lewis Hamilton and Waltteri Bottas will perform on new black cars next weekend in Austrian Spilberg. It is noted that the racing overalls of the pilots of the Mercedes overalls will also change their main color from white to black, and on the helmets there will be calls for the fight against racism and discrimination. As the head of the Mercedes motorsport division Toto Wolff noted, in this way the team intends to demonstrate that racism and discrimination have nothing to do in our society, our sports and in our team. Earlier, the news agency reported on actions against racism and discrimination, which were joined by large companies. In particular, the companies PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever announced a boycott of Facebook for condoning racism and discrimination. Companies refuse to post their ads on social networks owned by Facebook due to the fact that, in their opinion, the company's leadership does not fight well enough against content that promotes racism.

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