Racism & Diversity discussion fires up between ex-drivers
Jul.27 - The first black man to test a Formula 1 car has called triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart "racist".
It comes after reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton said Stewart's recent comments about racism in Formula 1 - that there is not "as big a problem as there might seem" - were "disappointing".
"Sir Stud Field Mouse aka Jack Stewart was by far the most racist and hostile driver I ever dealt with in my career," Willy T Ribbs alleged on Twitter.
Ribbs, now 65, became the first black man to drive a Formula 1 car in 1986 following an invitation from then Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone.
Ribbs said a month ago that he has "respect" for Ecclestone, even though the former F1 supremo had claimed that "in many cases black people are more racist than white people".
As for 81-year-old Stewart, Ribbs told him via social media: "The reason you don't see a diversity issue is because you are the diversity issue."
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Why do people spend their energy telling an 81 year old who is going senile anything? It's obvious what he is and any statute or relic of him will be pulled down
Why does anyone care what an 81 year old going senile thinks? It is obvious what he is and any relic of his will be duly pulled down. There is no making up for a lack of education...no matter how rich you are
More hollow diatribe from dankhole.
Again more references in a vain attempt to undermine the intelligence of an accomplished.
Take you socialistic left doctrines elsewhere.
An article quoting Willy T Ribbs. Really??? He was a dolt in the 70's, and he is still a dolt 50 years later. <Zero credibility.