'Ben Sulayem is not racist, his comment had nothing to do with skin colour'

Lewis Hamilton could not suppress being annoyed. The seven-time world champion was irritated by a remark made by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem ahead of the Singapore GP, where he declared drivers should not swear because 'they are not rappers'. According to Hamilton, there was 'a racist element' in the aforementioned statement, however, Guenther Steiner believes that was not Ben Sulayem's intention.