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Fri May 5, 2023, 11:26 AM May 2023

Lewis Hamilton will wear a rainbow flag on his helmet during the Miami Grand Prix to protest

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Lewis Hamilton will wear a rainbow flag on his helmet during the Miami Grand Prix to protest Florida’s anti-LGBTQ laws

The seven-time F1 champ says the laws are “not good at all.”

By Karleigh Webb May 5, 2023, 8:30am PDT

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton blasted Florida’s recent slate of anti-LGBTQ laws Thursday ahead of the Miami Grand Prix Sunday.

The lead driver for Mercedes compared legislation signed by Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis, including the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, to conditions that Hamilton has protested when F1 races in the Middle East.

“It’s not good at all,” Hamilton said to the Associated Press. “I stand by those within the community here. I hope they continue to stand firm and push back. I’ll have the rainbow on my helmet. It’s no different to when we were in Saudi.”

Hamilton’s rainbow helmet first appeared at the inaugural running of the Grand Prix of Qatar in 2021. The Persian Gulf state, which hosted the FIFA World Cup amid similar controversy following year, criminalizes homosexuality, with punishment ranging from long-term imprisonment to the death penalty.

Similar laws are also on the books in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates—all stops for the F1 circuit this year.
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