Wearing a t-shirt with the words “Black is a vibe’ and a yellow face covering, the photo showed Hamilton holding up a Black Lives Matter banner.
“Went down to Hyde Park today for the peaceful protest and I was so proud to see in person so many people of all races and backgrounds supporting this movement,” the 35-year-old said.
I was so happy to see people of all ages, sporting Black Lives Matter signs and saying it just as passionately as I was.
“We want to hear from the young people and graduates who deal with these challenges every day and we are in the process of bringing on additional partners who work on the ground in Black communities to bring first-hand perspective,” Hamilton wrote in a column for the Sunday Times.
Through his commission, Hamilton hopes to showcase how motorsport “can be used as a vehicle to engage more young people from Black backgrounds with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and, ultimately, employ them on our teams or in other engineering sectors.”
