Another day, another Britard making his ignorance known worldwide. This one is a race car driver feeling conflicted while racing in India.
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Lewis Hamilton calls India 'poor' place, questions F1 body's expansion plans
https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/...ce-questions-f1-body-s-expansion-plans-482532
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has questioned the the motorsport governing body's decision to expand to new countries with no genuine racing tradition. In a rather controversial remark, the Mercedes driver told BBC that he felt conflicted while he was racing in India as it is a "poor" place.
"I've been to India before to a race which was strange because India was such a poor place yet we had this massive, beautiful grand prix track made in the middle of nowhere. I felt very conflicted when I went to that grand prix," Hamilton told BBC.
"On the racing side, I don't know how important it is to go to new countries as such," said Hamilton who sealed his fifth world title last month.
"If you had the Silverstone Grand Prix and a London Grand Prix, it would be pretty cool."
Hamilton's comments came in the wake of Formula One's decision to hold its first ever Grand Prix in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on a street circuit in 2020, the contract of which extends till 10 years.
Formula One has rapidly expanded in countries such as China, India, South Korea, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.