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Sirotkin defends Kvyat over refusal to kneel

Jul.10 Renault's Russian reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin has defended his countryman Daniil Kvyat's decision to refuse to kneel on the grid last Sunday. Lewis Hamilton led the push for the drivers to make the gesture in deference to the Black Lives Matter political movement. But six drivers refused to kneel, including Kvyat, who said Russians only kneel for their country or God. "I fully agree with him in this matter, and with the opinion of the other pilots who refused to get on their knee," Sirotkin told Sport-Express. "I respect the choice of those who did do it, but I still think that in the fight against racism and other unpleasant things in the modern world, it is much...
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