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Formula One Drivers Punished Over Shirts Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights
Reuters reported. The four-time world champion driver wore a rainbow-colored T-shirt on Sunday that read “Same Love.” Drivers Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz, and Vettel’s teammate Lance Stroll were reprimanded for not removing their T-shirts that read “We Race As One.”The T-shirt “We Race As One” comes from a program started by the racing league last year that supports diversity, inclusivity, and sustainability.Vettel explained that due to the rain at the race, they forgot to take off the shirts, reported Reuters.Formula One drivers can wear the T-shirts and other apparel that is connected to the initiative, but drivers were told that they must take off that apparel before the national anthem played.According to The Guardian, Hamilton wrote
