Rapper comment slammed by Lew

LEWIS Hamilton believes there is a "racial element" to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's claim that Formula One drivers should not act like rappers.

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Ben Sulayem said F1 stars have a responsibility to stop swearing on the radio. The expletive messages are bleeped out and then broadcast during races.

"We have to differentiate between our sport - motorsport - and rap music," Ben Sulaymen, 62, told Autosport.

"We're not rappers, know. They say the f-word how many times per minute? That's them and we are (us)." you Responding to Ben Sulayem's remarks ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, Hamilton, 39, said: "I don't like how he has expressed it. Saying 'rappers, is very stereotypical.