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  • there has been this awakening.

  • I think that you've seen, for example, in industry we're talking about, uh, you know, there's the end racism slogan that they used.

  • There's the racist one so that there is already has sparked change.

  • But it's really important that it's not just symbolism.

  • It's important.

  • It's not just words.

  • It's important that we really, um, put in place.

  • Some really take real action to make change, to make this a more diverse, uh, sport.

  • What strike me so much was, I mean, a member of the beginning of the last year, and it's been every year but of my life.

  • 2028 27 years in racing but particularly, you know, beginning last year, remember looking around in Australia around the paddock, and I remember I filmed it for on my Instagram remembers still no diversity within this paddock.

  • And then I got to the end of the year, and I saw all the photos of all the teams standing proudly in front there on the track.

  • Or, you know, they do a celebratory kind of photo, so that's around close to 1000 people.

  • If you think of all the teams and they would 33 and four people of color within that setting and that, you know, And I remember thinking, How has that not changed at all since I've been here?

  • Yeah.

  • I mean, the first step was for me was Mercedes and Diamond at, uh, it's incredibly iconic brand That's always been the Silver Arrows changing their card to black a start of this year, and that was something that I asked for and ask them to be a part of trying to empower them.

  • It's seeing that you've seen a school which, like many this year, have done some great things sports, sports.

  • But, you know, our sports said, We don't get involved in politics and, um, getting across that it's a human rights issue and you know, everyone has the right for equal rights and and pushing for that.

  • I think you know the Sports realized that it has a powerful voice and a place in pushing for better living standards for everyone around the world.

there has been this awakening.

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