Ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Black people are often 'more racist than white people'

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Ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Black people are often 'more racist than white people'
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Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has words of praise for anti-racism efforts by star driver Lewis Hamilton and others in motorsport, but he doesn't think it will have much of an impact on F1.

Bernie Ecclestone and Lewis Hamilton shake hands before the Mexico Grand Prix in 2015. Bernie Ecclestone is credited with transforming Formula One into a global, billion-dollar business with races in all corners of the world, but like many organizations, the sport he helped create has come under scrutiny following George Floyd's death.

"Lewis is a little bit special," Ecclestone, who these days has an advisory role with F1 as Chairman Emeritus, told CNN Sport's Amanda Davies. The 89-year-old continued by saying that changing attitudes towards race won't come "easily," scorning the dismantling of statues of slave trade figures -- a move Hamilton backed when the statue of Edward Colston was torn down in the English city of Bristol."So they grow up not having to think about these things. I think it's completely stupid taking all these statues down. They should've left them there.

In April, billionaire Ecclestone and wife Fabiana Flosi, 44, announced they were expecting a baby. Ecclestone's fourth child will be born this summer and when the announcement was made, he said he saw no difference "between being 89 and 29.

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