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Ricciardo explains why some drivers didn't take the knee

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed the reasoning behind some drivers opting not to take the knee in support of the Black Live Matter movement at the Austrian Grand Prix. At the Red Bull Ring, every driver wore t-shirts in support of the movement which read either ‘Black Lives Matter’ or ‘End Racism’, but some - Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi - decided against getting down on one knee. Article continues under video Lewis Hamilton supported the choice of his colleagues, saying nobody should be forced into taking the knee. Ricciardo, meanwhile, believes the choice by the six comes from particular connotations that taking...
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